This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focused on homes in Fort Greene, Bed Stuy, Caton Park and Park Slope. How did they fare? While its compact footprint could challenge a small family of committed minimalists, this two-bedroom, one-bathroom co-op on the penultimate floor of a Fort…
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Celebrating Christmas in 1899: A Tale of Two Brooklyns
Editor’s note: This story is an update of one that ran in 2013. Read the original here. Many of our American society’s most enduring Christmas traditions come from the Victorian Age. Our idea of Santa Claus, the giver of gifts, became fully imagined in the 19th century. From mid-century England we got Dickens’ London, with…
Brooklyn News: Downtown Brooklyn Landmarks Sold
Landmarked Duffield Street Houses Unexpectedly Sold as DoBro Development Site for $10 Million The landmarked quartet of early 19th century houses in Downtown Brooklyn known as the Duffield Street houses recently sold for $10 million, an Instagram story posted by the listing broker revealed. The marketing and sale of the property as a development site…
Renovated Two-Bedroom in Alfred Tredway White’s Historic Cobble Hill Towers Asks $980K
In a building with a noteworthy architectural pedigree, this corner unit in Cobble Hill was renovated with an open plan living room and kitchen, beamed ceilings and built-in storage. It is on the fourth floor of 140 Warren Street and is part of the Cobble Hill Towers, the 1870s red-brick buildings originally developed by philanthropist…
Ditmas Park One-Bedroom With Wood Floors, Renovated Kitchen Asks $2,450 a Month
In a Ditmas Park co-op building, this one-bedroom rental has the generous foyer, arched openings and closet space expected from its 1940 construction date. It is on the top floor of the six-story 385 East 18th Street which was designed by architect Oscar I. Silverstone and completed by the summer of 1940 by builders William…
Dog the Bounty Hunter Sells Colorado Home for $1.6 Million — See Inside!
Dog the Bounty Hunter CO Home for Sale Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage, Heath Epperson with Virtuance Photography Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman is looking for a change in scenery! On December 19, the A&E star, 69, sold the Castle Rock, Colo. home that he shared with wife Francie Frane for $1.6 million. The sprawling property is…
Preservationists Protest Demolition of Landmarked Buildings Across City
Angered by the razing of landmarked or calendared properties throughout New York City — including the Jacob Dangler mansion at 441 Willoughby in Bed Stuy and literary landmark 14 Gay Street in Greenwich Village — dozens of preservationists, pols and neighborhood activists called for change at a gathering on the steps of City Hall Thursday…
A Look Back at a 19th Century Brooklyn Thanksgiving
Editors note: This post originally ran in 2015 and has been updated. You can read the first post here. Thanksgiving in America has always been a rather strange combination of festivals, food and frolic. We watched colorful parades in the morning, stuff ourselves in the afternoon and then retired to our couches to watch two…
Aaron Judge's historic 62nd home run ball sells for $1.5M at auction
Major league ballplayers aren’t the only ones securing big paydays. Aaron Judge’s record-setting 62nd home run ball sold for $1.5 million, according to Goldin Auctions. The auction closed on Saturday night for a winning bid of $1.25 million plus a $250,000 buyer’s premium. “Multiple players have hit more home runs in a season but in…
Vanderburgh County's most expensive home in August sold for $800k
After July’s top-selling home in Vanderburgh County fetched $2.1 million, August saw nothing close to that number. August’s most expensive sale, on West Boonville-New Harmony Road, reached “only” $800,000. After months of a red-hot sellers’ market, with skyrocketing average sales prices, things have cooled a bit. During August, a listed Vanderburgh County spent a median…