It is time to start planning your impressive tabletop decor for the return of the Prospect Park Alliance’s annual giant outdoor dinner party celebrating Brooklyn’s backyard. Attendees at the Prospect Park Soiree usually come decked out in festive attire and loaded down with all the makings for a themed tablescape. Tables and chairs are provided,…
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Brooklyn Open Houses: A Bay Ridge Standalone
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…
Fort Greene One-Bedroom With Deck, Pierced Plaster, Central Air Asks $4,700
In an unassuming brick Italianate, this one-bedroom has grand original details along with some creative and modern deconstructed elements. It’s located on the parlor floor of 90 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene, close to BAM and Fort Greene Park. The unit’s main rooms have elaborate mid-19th century pieced plasterwork highlighted by a cream, tan,…
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…
Park Slope Two-Bedroom With Parquet, Built-ins, Dishwasher Asks $4K a Month
Original tile in the kitchen and bathroom is one of the most striking features of this two-bedroom apartment in a prewar walkup in Park Slope. The four-room unit appears in good condition, with high ceilings, parquet floors and, remarkably, windows on four exposures. Designed by Architect E. M Adelsohn, 174 15th Street opened in 1929…
State Denies National Grid Petition for East Williamsburg Vaporizers
The state’s Public Service Commission has denied National Grid’s petition to build two new liquefied natural gas vaporizers in East Williamsburg, ruling that the fossil fuel project is unnecessary. The final decision on the controversial proposal now heads back to the Department of Environmental Conservation, who will determine the ultimate fate of the utility company’s…
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:…
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…
Brooklyn Listings Six Months Later: Two Sold
This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focused on homes in Brooklyn Heights, Bay Ridge, Park Slope, and Fort Greene. How did they fare? A tidy one-bedroom in the penultimate story of a Brooklyn Heights brownstone mixes original details with fun updates, including a minimalist kitchen with…