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March 16th, 2026
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- Guerrilla Battle Over Padlocks, Trash on the Brooklyn Bridge [NYT]
- Poverty in NYC Inched Higher in 2024 for Third Year in a Row [NYT]
- Two Dead, Four Wounded In Spate of NYC Bar Shootings [NYP]
- NYC Fields Hundreds of Complaints Over New Broker Fee Ban [NYP]
- F Train Station Gets Upgrade As Part of $700M MTA Plan [News12]
- Velázquez Bids Goodbye at Brooklyn Heights Association Meeting [Eagle]
- Staff, Students Celebrate New High School Building in ENY [BP]
- Officer Scott Returns to the Brooklyn Art Haus Stage [Greenpointers]
- NYC’s Brand New Apartment Buildings That Are Falling Apart [Gothamist]
- Tax Liens And the Curious Case of Fillmore Brown [TRD]
- 579 Sackett Street Tops Out in Gowanus [NYY]
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Bob, I always love walking by those houses!
Daily Links: Water Outages, Leaks Plague Luxury Greenpoint DevelopmentThese Tudor Revival row houses are really unusual. There are similar houses across Flatbush Avenue on Chester Court which comprise their own Historic District. Otherwise there’s nothing else quite like them on Brooklyn although there are later joying southern Brooklyn with some Tudor touches.
PLG Tudor With Charming Exterior, Wood Burning Fireplace Asks $2.1 MillionSusan—Nice photo of Maple Street in PLG! Those mansions were built for the Todd family of ship/building fame.
Daily Links: Water Outages, Leaks Plague Luxury Greenpoint DevelopmentAlso, Chas. M. Higgins & Co was formed by Charles and his brother in law John Gianella in 1885. Charles Michael Higgins invented the Higgins American India ink in 1880.
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