Nestled on what could be mistaken for just an ordinary, unassuming street corner in Downtown Brooklyn, stands a brick building responsible for helping an unknown number of enslaved people in their journey to freedom. The building, located at 227 Abolitionist Place, also known as 227 Duffield Street, was once home to some of the area’s…
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Bushwick’s Faro Restaurant Closing Its Doors After Eight Years
Faro, a Bushwick mainstay for fresh pasta and seasonal produce, is closing after eight years serving the neighborhood from its Jefferson Street location. “It’s been an amazing journey and, after almost eight years, the time has come to close the doors at Faro. We are proud to have been part of the Bushwick community and…
Last-Mile Warehouses May Need Permit
Elected officials on the New York City Council are seeking to blunt the proliferation of last-mile logistics warehouses run by Amazon and other large companies, arguing that the rapid package deliveries they facilitate have caused an epidemic of truck traffic, and with it air and noise pollution , in communities of color. Such facilities have…
Brooklyn News: A Co-op in a Notable Brooklyn Heights Townhouse
Compact One-Bedroom With Mantel, Woodwork, Central Air in Heights Queen Anne Asks $750K A one-bedroom in a notable Brooklyn Heights Queen Anne townhouse is not huge, but it has a serene feel and plenty of original historic details as well as modern conveniences. It’s on the fourth floor of 87 Remsen Street, a zippy concoction…
Dar525 Will Bring Its Mediterranean Flavors to Bed Study With New Outpost
Mediterranean restaurant Dar525 is coming to the corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Hancock Street in Bed Study this spring, bringing Middle Eastern food to an area where it is lacking. The eatery, whose menu includes a variety of flatbreads, dips, kebabs, and salads, opened at 525 Grand Street in Williamsburg in 2012. In 2016,…
The Insider: Long, Dark Fort Greene Row House Opens Up to Nature
Got a project to propose for The Insiders? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] com The versatility of the vintage Brooklyn row house continues to amaze, even when the presenting circumstances seem less than ideal. Even innovative, seasoned architects like Scott Oliver and Margarita McGrath of Clinton Hill-based Noroof Architects were daunted by the…
Fearing Displacement, Coney Island NYCHA Tenants Protest Privatization Plan
Tenants at NYCHA Haber Houses in Coney Island rallied against potential privatization of the complex on Sunday, calling on the city to abandon plans to add their homes to a public-private housing program. Alongside an organization called United Front Against Displacement, residents have been working to unite their neighbors against privatization since December, when they…
Actor Gbenga Akinnnagbe, Local Pols Ask Public to Help Save Bed Stuy’s Magnolia Tree Earth Center
On Bed Stuy’s Lafayette Avenue there grows an approximately 140-year-old Magnolia Grandiflora, an extremely rare sight anywhere north of Philadelphia, and Brooklyn’s only living landmark. Behind it are three historic row houses that were saved from demolition in 1977 to protect the tree. All four largely owe their survival to one woman: Hattie Carthan. In…
A Queen Anne in the ‘Health, Comfort, and Refinement’ of Rochelle Park, Yours for $869K
In the late 19th century residential enclave of Rochelle Park, this Queen Anne offers a wraparound porch and balconies from which to enjoy the surrounding vistas as well as some period details on the interior. Located at 11 The Boulevard in New Rochelle, NY, the house on the market was constructed as part of Rochelle…
Brooklyn News: A Sunset Park Senior Housing Lottery Debuts
Lottery Opens for Deeply Affordable, Including Free, Senior Housing on Former Church Site A lottery has launched for 57 truly affordable apartments for seniors in an under-construction development at 6309 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, the site of the former Zion Lutheran Church.— Park Slope Brownstone With Opulent Woodwork, Mantels, Built-ins, Central Air Asks $5.6…