Brooklyn Home Owners can enjoy the holidays by following this stress-free checklist. We have officially entered the preparation season, and there is much to do. Checklists are a great way to ensure you don’t forget something important. I use checklists to keep me on track regularly.  Time Off Start your holiday planning by deciding on […]

A little piece of coastal Florida now resides on Union Street in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. Ashley Albert and Jonathan Schnapp opened the doors of their self-envisioned Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club on February 19. Only six weeks later it has become a destination for Manhattanites on the weekends and a welcome addition to Brooklyn’s […]

Jeff Babikian In February, Babikian was promoted to vice chairman of CBRE — marking the first time a New Jersey office leasing professional achieved that title at the firm. “Jeff is one of the industry’s most respected professionals, having built strong long-term relationships with high-profile occupiers, investment clients and landlords throughout the region,” Jeffrey Hipschman, […]

Update: reader Andrew Porter has confirmed that Caffe Buon Gusto is moving to 72 Clark Street, evidently to the space previously occupied by Tazza. It seems the owner did decide that one Italian restaurant on Montague was enough. A neighbor alerted me to paper covering the windows at Caffe Buon Gusto, so I rushed to […]

In the News Greenpoint Designer Knows How to Dress a Rock Star [NYT] A Night Out in Park Slope With Old Jewish Men [NYT] Live from the Brooklyn Museum—Today’s Top Stories! [New Yorker] Newtown Creek Alliance Wants Input on Proposed Creek Changes [Greenpointers] Industry City’s Ice Rink Returns to Brooklyn for the Holidays [Gotham Mag] […]

Frank Lloyd Wright and 7,000-square-foot modernist residence in Weston, Massachusetts (Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, Getty) A Massachusetts mansion inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright has hit the market for $38 million. Amy Mizner and William Montero of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty listed the 17,000-square-foot modernist home in Weston, Mass., for the highest price […]

We hardly knew you! Word is that the restaurant, formerly the Heights Café, has been sold, though we don’t yet know to whom. It opened just under three months ago, and will close at the end of this week. We’re told that Dellarocco’s, which has the same ownership as Giulia, has not been been sold […]

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Flatbush, Bay Ridge, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Park Slope. How did they fare? In Flatbush in a 1940 Colonial Revival brick building, this one-bedroom has fanciful arches and wood floors, along with space for dining, an […]

Capital Partners’ Jason Simek with 9210 Wyoming Avenue North (Capital Partners, Getty) Edina-based Capital Partners teamed up with Bahrain-based alternative investment firm Investcorp to buy 16 properties across the Twin Cities for $249 million, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported. The seller is Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Artis REIT, which made about $148 million off of the […]

The International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF)—one of the centerpiece events of New York City’s design week— opens to the public on Tuesday, May 20th at Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan. Last Saturday, I visited the fair and caught up with some of the Brooklyn designers who are exhibiting and were featured in our book […]

Brooklyn Center ousted Mayor Mike Elliott in favor of challenger April Graves as Twin Cities voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to decide dozens of races for county commissioners, school board seats, suburban mayors and councils. Graves, who works for the Minneapolis Health Department, serves on the Brooklyn Center City Council and promised to take […]

With so many changes in the Brooklyn Real Estate Market, many ask if they should buy or rent. Unfortunately, there isn’t a clear-cut answer; it depends. Sometimes a person should rent, but most often, home ownership has many more benefits and advantages.   Whether you buy or rent now depends on your financial situation and personal […]