Design-Tastic ‘Burg Row House With Henrybuilt Kitchen, Lacanche Stove Asks $3.75 Million
This South Williamsburg row house, at 64 South 4th Street, has been written up in both Dwell and Design Sponge, and for good reason. It’s a beaut, gorgeously renovated from top to bottom by Agencie Group architects.
The result is stylish, tasteful and warm, with impeccable rustic-tinged finishes. Features include wide-plank chestnut floors reclaimed from a Virginia barn, tin ceilings, exposed beams, and a glass wall at the rear of the parlor floor.
Would You Fork Over $1.299 Million to Live in This Sleek Two-Bed, Two-Bath Williamsburg Condo?
Units in new construction “boutique” buildings, with oversized windows, sleek open kitchens and Euro-style bathrooms, have not been scarce lately. You may well have noted this.
But condos are difficult to come by — especially with two bedrooms and two baths in prime Williamsburg, such as this one at 538 Union Avenue. It’s a particularly nice looking representative of the breed, in a 13-unit building.
Snag Your $563 Studio in a Prime ‘Burg Building — Lottery Opens Wednesday
Rendering of 149 Kent Avenue by GF55 via 6sqft
An affordable apartment in a new luxury building in prime Williamsburg may sound pie-in-the-sky, but for the lucky winners of this housing lottery it will become a reality.
Williamsburg’s Bedford Avenue Among Priciest Retail Strips in the Country, Report Finds
Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. Photo by Mary Hautman
It’s no secret that Williamsburg’s storefront rents are some of the priciest in the borough, but a new report now reveals they are also some of the priciest in the country.
Vice Co-Founder Gavin McInnes Ditching ‘Burg Three-Bedroom
Photo to 80 Metropolitan Avenue PHV via Halstead. Video still of Gavin McInnes via Rebel Media
Has Williamsburg lost its luster, or is Gavin McInnes just cashing in? The Vice Media co-founder — who left the company in 2007 citing “creative differences” — has listed his luxe 1,300-square-foot penthouse for $2.499 million, as first noted by Curbed.
That’s more than double what he paid for the pad a mere five years ago.
Bushwick Needs ‘Burg-Style Rezoning — But With Affordable Housing, Says Councilman
The view from Bushwick Inlet Park in Williamsburg. Photo by Mary Hautman
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning proposal has gotten a lot of flak from local community boards, but at least one Brooklyn City Council member is throwing his support behind the plan. And he’s gunning for a ‘Burg-style rezoning of Bushwick — but, this time, with tons of mandatory affordable housing.
Developer Eyes ‘Burg CitiStorage Site Once Promised for Bushwick Inlet Park
Soccer field at Bushwick Inlet Park. Photo by Mary Hautman
The large plot of Williamsburg waterfront off North 10th Street — at one point planned to be made into a city park — has caught the eye of Hudson Yards developer Related Companies, Crain’s reported.
Second CrossFit Gym Opens in East Williamsburg
Brooklyn’s getting physical, physical.
See Williamsburg Through the Eyes of a Fiery Brooklyn Activist
Tourists in Williamsburg. Photo by Mary Hautman
Take a tour of Williamsburg’s lesser-known areas, led by one of Brooklyn’s louder voices.
Inside National Sawdust, Williamsburg’s Luminous Audio Black Hole
The story is improbable: A piano-loving tax lawyer hires untested architects to transform a 100-year-old sawdust factory into an acoustically tricked-out, next-generation venue for — of all things — chamber music.
But the result? Extraordinary.