Park Slope 117 Berkeley Place Corcoran Sunday, 3:00-4:30 $1,900,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Heights 218 St. Marks Avenue Brown Harris Stevens Sunday, 12:00-1:30 $2,999,000 GMAP P*Shark Boerum Hill 270 Dean Street Realty on the Greene Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $1... »
Welcome to the Hot Seat, where we interview folks involved in Brooklyn real estate, architecture, development, and the like. Introducing Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley, husband and wife filmmaking team. Michael and Suki got lots of attention upon the... »
Touch-a-Truck Brooklyn On April 28th, PS295, The Studio School for Arts & Culture will host Brooklyn’s second Touch-A-Truck street fair. At this exciting family event, kids will have a chance to climb inside and explore some of the working trucks and v... »
Reviewed: Casa Ventura [FIPS] Subway Service Alerts: Weekend and Next Week [BHB] Barbès, a Neighborhood Institution, Turns 10 [Brooklyn Based] Annual Community Plant Sale to Benefit Cobble Hill Tree Fund [PMFA] Op-Ed: Will Casino Gambling Revitalize Co... »
Today, Partners in Preservation, a community-based program provding preservation grants for local historic places, announced 40 historic NYC places in the running to have their grant requests fulfilled. American Express and the National Trust for Histo... »
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Quarters A: Former Commandant’s House, Brooklyn Navy Yard Address: 24 Evans Street Cross Streets: Plymouth and Hudson Streets, behind private gate. Neighborhood: Vinegar Hill Year Built: 1805-1806 Architectural S... »
We’ve been trying to get to the 800,000+ historical photos the city has just put up online for awhile now, but the server is often overloaded. Anyway, we got a look at some of the offerings today, and they’re magical. A few more tasty shots on the jump... »
Dumbo Reported by Dumbo NYC, the Brooklyn Roasting Company is tripling its size. Dumbo NYC, who thinks this is the best coffee and espresso in the nabe, says: “They’ve taken over the space next door at 25 Jay Street and working on adding more productio... »
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Commercial/residential building Address: 375 379 Flatbush Avenue Cross Streets: Corner Sterling Place Neighborhood: Prospect Heights Year Built: 1885 Architectural Style: Neo-Grec with Second Empire details Archi... »
If you don’t mind ‘em long and skinny, this floor-through co-op at 790 President Street in Park Slope has a lot going for it. Within the 70-odd-feet-long apartment, there are two bedrooms, two dens a living room, bathroom and kitchen. Unfortunately, th... »
We didn’t cover the Community Board 6 liquor license meeting yesterday in the flesh, but other outlets are reporting that the board’s committee on such matters approved the license for Barclays Center and then gave a thumbs-down to Kemistry Lounge, a n... »
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private house Address: 77 Prospect Place Cross Streets: Sixth and Flatbush Avenues Neighborhood: Park Slope Year Built: Unknown Architectural Style: Post Modern? Architect: Unknown Landmarked: No The story: There... »
Kemistry Lounge, the business applying for a liquor license at 260 Flatbush Avenue against the wishes of nearby neighbors, is back on Community Board Six’s Liquor License agenda tonight. The Prospect Place Neighbors Group is urging CB6 to reject the li... »
Our masked and anonymous soldier in the Brooklyn commercial real estate trenches files this month’s report on what he/she is seeing in the field. The latest column is particularly timely given yesterday’s Crain’s article about Dumbo’s continued status ... »
Aaron Brashear of the Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights sent in this photo above (there’s another after the jump) of the five two-family townhouse development on 22nd Street between 6th and 7th avenues. He noted that the bottom floor unit looks l... »
