Scoop Up Brownstoner Magazine’s Spring/Summer 2020 Issue Starting Today
Find it in homes, supermarkets, brokerages, banks and bagel shops across the borough.
11 Brooklyn Creatives Make a Townhouse Their Own
Each property posed its own challenges -- including rentals, one that was chopped up into apartments, and another that was a dilapidated, uninhabitable wreck.
Creative Life: Family and Community Inspire Bed Stuy’s Kai Avent-deLeon
Her home is minimal but inviting, uncluttered but rich, understated but also distinctly unboring.
Slee & Bryson: Architects for the Modern Age
The firm's unassuming but numerous buildings changed the look of Brooklyn.
Art Space: Daniel Mandelbaum
Bushwick-based artist Daniel Mandelbaum lets chance determine the creation of his small clay sculptures.
Sofreh’s Nasim Alikhani Shares a Recipe for Koufteh Ghelgheli
These small meatballs with carrots and potato are from Isfahan, a city in central Iran.
A Long Life Reflected in Sofreh’s Dishes
The dishes at the Prospect Heights Persian restaurant were culled from many sources and perfected over a long period of time.
Woodwork Restoration Secrets Revealed: How to Get That Nineteenth Century Glow
The vogue for natural woodwork with a clear finish peaked in the late Victorian era and has enjoyed many revivals since.
Forties Fever Heats Up Design
Brooklyn designers are feeling the 1940s in rooms and objects with curves, facets, fringe and velvet.
Bed Stuy’s Radical Women Is More Than Just a Store
When entrepreneur and musician Kim Hill opened the boutique on Tompkins Avenue, she was in a predicament.
