More than 100 people filled a gymnasium in Brooklyn Friends School in Downtown Brooklyn Tuesday night to review the Department of Transportation’s refined concepts for the future of the city-owned section of the beleaguered Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which includes the crumbling triple cantilever. The meeting came just days after the city announced it would be delaying…
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The 6 Advantages of Renovation Loan Financing
Whether you are purchasing a home that needs fixing up or renovating a home you already own, renovation loan financing options can help you create your dream home now and pay for it over time. It doesn’t matter if it’s a small or large project — CrossCountry Mortgage can help finance your vision. Renovation loans…
Colorful Yet Practical Furnishings Update Young Family’s Brooklyn Townhouse
Unlike some of designer Jennifer Morris’s clients, Lizzie and Jed Dederick did not come to the initial meeting armed with tear sheets and Pinterest boards. They came with something arguably more important: open minds. Their vision for the three-story brick row house they had just bought on the cusp of Clinton Hill and Bed Study…
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…
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…
The most expensive homes sold in Huntersville the week of Jan. 15
A house in Huntersville that sold for $850,000 tops the list of the most expensive real estate sales in Huntersville in the past week. In total, 11 real estate sales were recorded in the area during the last week, with an average price of $554,636, $219 per square foot. The prices in the list below…
Bay Ridge 1920s Tapestry Brick Row House With Wood Floors, Moldings, Garage Asks $1.079 Million
On a one-block street, this row house was part of a 1920s development that turned former Bay Ridge estate land into tidy rows of single-family tapestry brick houses with garages. It was converted to a two-family, but 7023 Ridge Crest Terrace still has some period details like wood floors, picture rails, and wall moldings as…
Ditmas Park West Unit With Two Bedrooms, Ogee Arches, Sleek Kitchen Asks $799K
Quirky ogee arches contrast with World War II-era scientific design in this two-bedroom co-op in Ditmas Park West. It’s on the fourth floor of The Collingswood at 385 Argyle Road, a six-story, 60-unit elevator building that opened in 1941. Architect OI Silverstone added restrained Colonial Revival touches to the streamlined red brick exterior, including keystoned…
Exxon Mobil to Sell Thai Refinery, Retail Unit to Bangchak
(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. will sell its controlling stake in Esso (Thailand) Pcl, which runs a local refinery and retailing business, to rival Bangchak Corp. as the largest US oil company focuses on its home market and the production of lower-emission fuels. Most Read from Bloomberg Bangchak will acquire 66%, or 2.28 billion shares,…
Brooklyn News: A Park Slope Wood Frame Gets a Splash of Color
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings of 2022: A Brooklyn Heights Manse, a Bay Ridge Row House Looking back at the listings that readers were drawn to in 2022, there isn’t a single neighborhood that dominates and the properties reflect a fairly wide price range. While the most expensive is a budget-busting Brooklyn Heights manse…