Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Windsor Terrace, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Bay Ridge, and Sheepshead Bay. They range in price from $979,888 to $3.35 million 277 Windsor PlacePrice: $3.35 millionArea: Windsor TerraceBroker: Corcoran (Jacob Henderson)Sunday, April 2, 1 – 3 p.mSee it here -> 246 Fenimore StreetPrice: $1.55…
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Cobble Hill House With Conversation Pit, Elizabeth Roberts Reno Asks $11 Million
After a thoroughly modern interior overhaul, this 1850s brick row house in the Cobble Hill Historic District boasts a curvaceous plaster stair, a double-height kitchen with a wall of glass, and new finishes throughout. The renovation by Elizabeth Roberts Architects included a three-story addition, new mechanics, and heating and cooling systems. Featured in an Insider…
Dow Jones Futures Rise After Fed Sell-Off; Apple, 5 Titans Mask Market Weakness
Dow Jones futures rose slightly early Thursday, while S&P 500 futures advanced modestly and Nasdaq futures jumped. The stock market rally attempt suffered a nasty downside reversal Wednesday following the Fed meeting and comments by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. KB Home and Coinbase were key movers overnight. X The Federal Reserve raised rates by a…
In Noted Row, Bed Stuy House With Mantels, Renovated Kitchen, Sunroom Asks $2.35 Million
One of a stretch of intriguing English Arts and Crafts style houses by Brooklyn architect William B. Tubby, this 1890s Bed Stuy row house has a renovated interior with a garden rental and a triplex above. At 394 Lafayette Avenue, it is near the Bed Study and Clinton Hill borders and within walking distance from…
Work on Long Delayed Gowanus Canal Sewage Overflow Tanks to Finally Start
On the banks of Brooklyn’s heavily polluted Gowanus Canal, Major Eric Adams on Wednesday ceremonially broke ground on the first of two long-delayed underground sewage overflow tanks, designed to prevent further pollution of the waterway, and a total of 3.6 acres of public space that’ ll top both tanks. Together the tanks — costing a…
3 Ways to Cut Costs for Apartment Building Insurance
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…
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…
Brooklyn News: History Uncovered in Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill Construction Uncovers Mystery Structure Workers recently uncovered two large and mysterious round structures at 218 Front Street in Vinegar Hill while prepping the site for construction of a new 218-unit seven-story apartment building. Brownstoner reader Marc Agger snapped some photos. Turns out the structures are remnants of 19th century coal-gas holders, also known…