Insurance premiums for owners of brownstones and apartment buildings have gone up nearly 30 percent the last two years. Here’s how to make sure you’re getting the best deal: Show what you’ve got: If you’re shopping for brownstone or apartment building insurance, Brownstone Agency invites you to share your current plan. “You show me what…
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Bay Ridge Row House With Wood Floors, Moldings Asks $1.35 Million
In Bay Ridge, this early 20th century row house has some fine period details and appears to be move-in ready. At 432 76th Street, it is one of a row of single-family dwellings built in 1910 by Shlikerman Realty. The angled bay front brick houses all have restrained adornment, with bands of rusticated stone and…
Brooklyn Listings Six Months Later: One Sold, Three off the Market
This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focused on homes in Williamsburg, Park Slope, Crown Heights, and Boerum Hill. How did they fare? There are only a handful of photos in the listing, but this Williamsburg wood frame has enough history behind it to make it an…
Greenlight Bookstore Closing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Greenlight Bookstore will be closing its Prospect Lefferts Gardens location on May 14, the bookstore’s owner and cofounder Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo announced in an email to customers Monday morning. She also posted a six-minute video on YouTube explaining the decision. Stockton-Bagnulo said the closure of the store at 632 Flatbush Avenue comes down to the financial…
Show Some Architectural Love With a ‘Heart Bombing’ at the East New York LIRR Substation
Get crafty and show off your passion for the history of East New York by joining a group of local activists as they raise awareness about the neighborhood’s empty and neglected LIRR Substation No. 2. The light-hearted event on March 18 includes time for creating paper hearts and love letters, community conversations, and then a…
Brooklyn News: Brooklyn Teacher Achieves Ownership Dream
A Standalone PLG With a Garage and Three More to See, Starting at $1.85 Million Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and Crown Heights. They range in price from $1.85 million to $11.49 million. — Photo by Michael Moran The Insider:…
Modern Park Slope Townhouse With Roof Terrace Asks $4.995 Million
A rare find, this recently constructed modern townhouse in Park Slope has a handsome Brazilian hardwood exterior, double-height ceilings, and large windows that let in abundant sunlight on every floor. The single-family stretches over four floors and also has a landscaped backyard and roof terrace. Inside the front door of 566 Carroll Street is a…
The Insider: Unfussy Decor Takes Park Slope Brownstone Up a Notch
Got a project to propose for The Insiders? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] com What’s not to like about a nearly intact late Victorian barrel-front brownstone on a park block? This one was respectfully renovated a few years back and recently upgraded and decorated for new home owners by Clinton Hill-based Studio Nato…
Squatters take over Chicago woman’s home as she tries to sell, claim they’ve been scammed themselves: report
A Chicago woman found herself embroiled in an expensive and time-consuming legal battle with a squatter she discovered in her family home while trying to sell the property. Karen Polk told WGN-TV this week that she was tidying up her family’s home in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood in order to sell the property now that her…
Pols, Activists Push for Passage of Statewide Good Cause Eviction Bill
At a town hall meeting championing Good Cause Eviction on Thursday night, an organizer with Make the Road New York asked a crowd of about 70 people how many of their families are renters. Most people in attendance, tenants from Greenpoint and Williamsburg, raised their hands. So did the two speakers on stage — state…