This attractive Sunset Park one-bedroom, while compact, has appealing original features, a nicely updated minimalist kitchen, and appears to be in move-in condition. It’s on the third floor of 531 41st Street, a 40-unit, four-story co-op across from Sunset Park and just outside the neighborhood’s historic districts. Dubbed “Park Slope Homes” despite its location, the…
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Stay in School With a Home in a One-Room Schoolhouse, Starting at $169,900
One-room schoolhouses are no longer the educational norm that they were for some American children in the 19th century, but they can still be found scattered across the landscape of New York. Those converted into dwellings can often offer petite living spaces with a bit of charming character. Our three picks include one brick and…
Brooklyn News: A Greenpoint Housing Lottery Launches
Lottery Opens for Greenpoint Stabilized Units With Views, Central Air, Starting at $410 a Month A lottery has opened for apartments in a 100 percent affordable building going up on the waterfront in Greenpoint. The 22-story, 375-unit development is part of Greenpoint Landing, a 22-acre 10-building high-rise complex made possible by the 2005 Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning….
Scoop Up a Copy of Brownstoner Magazine’s Spring/Summer 2023 Issue
Brownstoner magazine’s Spring/Summer 2023 issue is hot off the presses. Get your hands on a copy and check out: In Cobble Hill, interior designer Erin Fearins and architect Jesse Fearins have created a comfortable family home bursting with joie de vivre and savoir faire. Bed Stuy dancer, choreographer, and artist Pia Monique Murray collaborates with…
Celebrate a Brooklyn Juneteenth With Food, Music, and Events Around the Borough
The Brooklyn calendar is full this year for a Juneteenth with a celebratory mix of events that offer summer enjoyment along with some food for thought. The Juneteenth holiday commemorates the day when news of Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. While Black Brooklynites of…
Crown Heights House With Garage, Oriel Asks $2.499 Million
While there are only a handful of interior photos to provide a glimpse of original details, this Crown Heights townhouse offers a generous amount of space and is part of an architecturally intriguing block. The semi-detached house at 1441 Union Street, which has been in the same family for decades, also has a garage. The…
Lottery Opens for Greenpoint Affordable Apartments
A lottery has opened for apartments in a 100 percent affordable building going up on the waterfront in Greenpoint. The 22-story, 375-unit development is part of Greenpoint Landing, a 22-acre 10-building high-rise complex made possible by the 2005 Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning. Still under construction and set to open in the fall, the H1H2 Apartments at 35…
Prospect Heights Beaux-Arts Flat With Working Fireplace, Clawfoot Tub, Modern Kitchen Asks $1.775 Million
This Prospect Heights Edwardian walkup has no lack of glowing original woodwork, including two mantels with mottled tile, and a laboratory-inspired modern kitchen. Located on the top floor of 207 Park Place, the unit is also quite spacious with three large bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. Part of a row of three, the circa 1901 Beaux-Arts…
Health Department let NYCHA cover up lead paint hazards even after child was hospitalized: lawsuit
The city’s Health Department allowed the New York City Housing Authority to cover up test results showing hazardous levels of lead paint in a residential unit and skirt responsibility to remediate the conditions, even after a child was hospitalized with severe lead poisoning, a new lawsuit filed by the child’s mother alleges. Ikasha Whitaker, a…
Brooklyn News: Locals Rally for Toñita’s
Park Slope HDFC Edwardian Flat With High Ceilings, Three Bedrooms, Storage Asks $500K Up a short flight of steps on the elevated first floor of a Park Slope HDFC co-op, this modernized Edwardian flat has high ceilings, three bedrooms, and a winding floor plan. Located at 471 17th Street, about a block from the sunken…