Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: All Four Sold

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 Greene townhouse checks a lot of boxes. There are high ceilings, wood floors, big windows and original moldings. The living room…

Where are home prices in America’s 400 largest housing markets headed in 2023? These 5 charts give us some clues

Nationally, home prices rose for 124 consecutive months between February 2012 and June 2022. Now we're in reverse: Through September, the seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller National Home Price Index has posted three consecutive monthly declines. In total, this 2.2% decline in the lagged resale index ties the second biggest home price correction of the post-World War II era, although it remains far below the 26% correction between 2007 and 2012.While it's pretty clear that pressurized housing affordability…

Newburgh's Candlelight Tour of Homes Returns

After a pandemic pause, the historic homes of Newburgh will once again be decked out for the holidays with the return of the annual Candlelight Tour. Sponsored by the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, the self-guided Candlelight Tour of Homes features Newburgh spaces both public and private decorated out for the holidays. In addition to historic homes, this year's tour offers the chance to get inside some recently rehabilitated properties and new construction.…

A Wood Frame With Porch in Cypress Hills and Two More to See This Weekend, Starting at $499K

Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are all wood frame dwellings and are found in Bay Ridge, Bed Stuy and Cypress Hills. They range in price from $499,000 to $1,385 million. Constructed in 1924 as a single-family, this detached wood frame house was converted to a two-family in 1941, according to the certificate of occupancy. It still has that arrangement, with a top floor rental and a lower duplex. The duplex has…

A Crown Heights Colonial Revival and Two More to See, Starting at $745K

Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Crown Heights, Bay Ridge and Marine Park. They range in price from $745,000 to $4,999 million. In the Crown Heights North II Historic District, this 1890s Colonial Revival standalone townhouse has the evidence of some of its historic bona fides on a plaque on the front facade. In the 1950s, the brick and limestone dwelling was home to singer and Academy Award and…

BQE to Close for Three Weekends, Around 20 Nights While Repairs Are Made on Cantilever

Sections of the BQE's triple cantilever will be closed for three weekends between March and October next year while “emergency repairs” are made to areas around Clark Street, Grace Court and the Joralemon Street garage, Department of Transport reps told a community meeting on Wednesday night . Queens-bound lanes will be closed for all three weekends, while Staten Island bound traffic will be less affected with just one lane closed on the first weekend, DOT Executive…

Funds to Restore Magnolia Tree Earth Center’s Facade Reach $70K With Help From Boro Prez

The team behind Bed Stuy's Magnolia Tree Earth Center is getting closer to its fundraising goal to fix the center's crumbling facades and remove the more than decade old sidewalk shed thanks to a $20,000 donation from the Brooklyn borough president and more than $50,000 raised in a GoFundMe. According to the organization's board president, Wayne Devonish, another $40,000 is needed to complete the repairs, and he hopes that it can be raised and work started…

Grand Brooklyn Heights Greek Revival With Marble Mantels Asks $7.25 Million

Back on the market after a 2021 sale, this 1840s townhouse in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District is a substantial 25 feet wide with five floors of living space. While some period details such as marble mantels remain, some of the finishes date to a 1909 renovation. Located at 116 Pierrepont Street, the house has a red brick facade and retains its brownstone details, including the Greek Revival-style door surround seen in the historic tax photo.…

The Insider: Drama and Glamor Define New Decor in South Slope Townhouse

Got a project to propose for The Insiders? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] com Often, a designer's clients will come up with Pinterest images or magazine tear sheets at the beginning of a project to convey the look they envision for their space. Not so with Crystal Sinclair's new clients, a young couple who enlisted the designer, who is based in Tuxedo Park, NY, to make some architectural upgrades and completely furnish three floors…

Williamsburg’s Annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Feast

A Williamsburg parish officially began the 136th annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast, a street festival full of Italian eats, music and games, with an opening mass and processional on July 5. The 12-day festival, which dates back to 1887, celebrates Italian culture and tradition with tons of vendors selling authentic cuisine and sweet treats, games and more. John Notaro, general festival chair, said the origins of the feast and special segment known as the…