Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for East New York Apartments Starting at $589 a Month An affordable housing lottery has launched for studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments for the first building of a large, four-building affordable and supportive housing development rising in East New York. — Photo by Thomas Richter The Insider: Storied Brooklyn Heights Townhouse…
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Coney Island Celebrates Locals With Co-Naming Ceremonies
By Adam Daly, Brooklyn Paper Three Coney Island streets were recently co-named to honor the legacy of locals who have left a lasting mark on the south Brooklyn community. Co-naming ceremonies held in the past two weeks honored Reverends Sylvester and Georgia McEaddy, Cyclones aficionado Marty Bromberger, and “Major” Jimmy Prince. Council Member Ari Kagan,…
A Pair of Greek Revivals, Clinton Hill’s Oldest Landmarked Houses Emerge From Scaffolding
The scaffolding has come down and work on the two oldest houses in the Clinton Hill Historic District was wrapping up when we stopped by last week. The pair at 448 and 450 Waverly Avenue were constructed circa 1840s, and the Landmarks-approved scope of work included re-creating the missing dentil cornice at No. 450. That…
Lark Cafe to Open at Prospect Park Parade Ground
By Ximena Del Cerro, Brooklyn Paper Lattes and bagels from a good sport! Foamy cups of coffee and smoothies decorated with slices of fresh fruit have made Lark Cafe a neighborhood favorite in Flatbush. So much so that when Prospect Park Alliance, the non-profit that sustains Brooklyn’s second-largest park, was looking for a local business…
Former Chase Bank in Bushwick to Be Razed for New Affordable Senior Housing Development
Bucking the trend of new faux affordable developments in north Brooklyn, a 14-story, 250-unit deeply affordable senior housing complex is planned for the corner of Grand Street and Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick. The site at 95 Bushwick Avenue is currently home to an early 20th century Neo-Classical bank building executed in pale stone with columns…
Bushwick Community Calls on Landmarks to Protect Cook Mansion From Demolition by Neglect
Bushwick community members and preservationists will rally outside the more than 130-year-old Romanesque Revival Lipsius-Cook Mansion on Bushwick Avenue on Wednesday, calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission to safeguard the building from further deterioration. The Bushwick Historic Preservation Association and Historic Districts Council have organized a rally to “light a fire” under LPC and get…
Brooklyn News: Restoration of Brooklyn Paramount Theatre
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens in Cypress Hills for $419 Studios and $722 Three-Bedrooms A lottery has opened for 341 apartments in the 100 percent affordable Atlantic Chestnut development under construction in Cypress Hills on the site of a former food processing plant that burned down in 2012. — Linden Terrace III is the third development…
Funds to Restore Magnolia Tree Earth Center’s Facade Reach $70K With Help From Boro Prez
The team behind Bed Stuy’s Magnolia Tree Earth Center is getting closer to its fundraising goal to fix the center’s crumbling facades and remove the more than decade old sidewalk shed thanks to a $20,000 donation from the Brooklyn borough president and more than $50,000 raised in a GoFundMe. According to the organization’s board president,…
Clinton Hill Brownstone Apartment With Two Bathrooms Asks $4,250 a Month
This duplex for rent on the top two floors of a Clinton Hill brownstone has quite a bit to recommend it, including vintage charm, a bathroom on each floor, and plenty of space. If there’s a drawback, apart from the climb on the stairs, it might be that the top floor appears to be the…
Grand Brooklyn Heights Greek Revival With Marble Mantels Asks $7.25 Million
Back on the market after a 2021 sale, this 1840s townhouse in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District is a substantial 25 feet wide with five floors of living space. While some period details such as marble mantels remain, some of the finishes date to a 1909 renovation. Located at 116 Pierrepont Street, the house has…