NYC should still move forward with cycling network, transit service, and pedestrian safety improvements developed to mitigate the shutdown—even if it never happens Following Thursday’s announcement that a complete L train shutdown, slated to begin in April, may be averted due to a new Canarsie Tunnel design, questions linger. If approved by the MTA board, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 11th-hour plans to change course on repairs four years in the making will affect not only the L train, but also multimodal transportation …
Shop Small? Find Out What Can Be Done To Fight “Mallification” At BHS Thursday Evening
This Thursday evening, November 29 starting at 6:30 the Brooklyn Historical Society will present “Malls vs. Bodegas: Resisting the Suburbanization of the City.” This panel discussion will be moderated by Paul Goldberger, contributing editor of Vanity Fair. Admission is $5, or free for BHS members. Make reservations and more information here.
An Interview with Designer/Maker Evan Z. Crane
AH: Where in Brooklyn did you grow up?EC: I grew up on 13th Street between 3rd & 4th Avenue. It is the borderline between Park Slope and Gowanus. It has all the colorful aspects of a neighborhood where residential meets industrial. When I was a kid, if you parked your car on the lower third of the block it was almost guaranteed you would get your tires stolen. It was, and still is sometimes, referred to as South Slope. The Daily News once called it “The Frayed Edges of Park Slope.” That is by far my favorite moniker.AH: When did you know you wanted to be a designer? How did you get started?EC: I …
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Matt Damon’s New Pad, a Williamsburg Duplex Condo
Duplex Condo With Curved, Double-Height Window Wall in Williamsburg Asks $999K This two-bedroom duplex condo has two terraces and a lot of glass — most notably the dramatic double-height curved wall of windows in the living room that dominates the space. — Did Matt Damon Break Record With Penthouse Purchase in The Standish… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Matt Damon’s New Pad, a Williamsburg Duplex Condo appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Hunting for Brooklyn Real Estate – Brownstoner
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Hunting for Brooklyn Real Estate BrownstonerPopular stories on Brownstoner this week included homes for sale in Bay Ridge and Clinton Hill and an apartment for rent in Park Slope.
Love thy neighbor — then buy their apartment
It can take years — sometimes decades — but New Yorkers looking to trade up can sometimes do just that by buying the apartment next door. Combined units represent only a fraction of the market, around 2 percent to 5 percent of sales in the city, according to Miller Samuel Real Estate. But with a dose of luck, they do happen regularly, as the New York Times reported. “I’ve heard of lots of people who …
How to Display the Best Ever Christmas Lights on Your Home
Hanging Christmas lights is a difficult task. But here are nine tips from lighting professionals that will make the job a little easier. Simple or extravagant, Christmas lights express welcome Christmas cheer. But hanging Christmas lights tends to bring out, well, let’s just say, not Christmas cheer. If you are an annual do-it-yourselfer, you know how difficult hanging lights can be. You know how much time and patience decorating with lights require. And depending on the height of the peak of that …
4 open houses in the West Village to check out this weekend
If you’re looking to buy in the West Village, here’s a few decent options Welcome to the weekly Open House Tour, because who doesn’t love a little real estate gawking? This time around, we’re looking at what’s on the market in the West Village. $525,000 can buy you this prewar studio, located on Grove Street, near Bedford Street. Highlights here include an arched doorway, inlaid wood floors, and a decorative fireplace. There is a corner kitchen with white cabinetry and white appliances and two closets for storage. Maintenance will run you $816/month. Floorplan When: Saturday, …
Goodbye, Chip Shop, and Other Neighborhood Changes
Your correspondent was deeply saddened, on arriving for his and his wife’s (this time joined by some neighbors) usual Friday night dinner at the Chip Shop, to find at the top of the extensive beers, ales, and ciders menu a note that the place would close at the end of this weekend, having lost its lease. I returned today to enjoy one last Full English Breakfast and the company of others who had been regulars there, as well as some I hadn’t met before, and of long time bartender Liz Drobits (photo).Atlantic Avenue has lost one other watering hole. Last weekend, as I was walking …
Wanted Design: How Two French New Yorkers Gave the City What It Really Wanted
Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat, founders of the WantedDesign fair, at Industry City.Five years ago, a rumor spread through the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) at the Javits Center in Manhattan that there was “another design fair,” a smaller one (some said “cooler”), just down the street in the Chelsea Terminal Stores. Many made it, many did not. But what all attendees of the first WantedDesign fair in Manhattan found was a refreshingly different kind …
Drains, Fences and Radiators: Top 10 Brownstoner Forum Topics in 2018
For puzzled homeowners, landlords and renters, the Brownstoner Forum is a place to seek advice, vent or compare experiences revolving around the pleasure and the pain of dealing with property. Some topics are evergreen, from dealing with radiators to diagnosing a clogged drain. In fact, none of the most frequently… Read More >The post Drains, Fences and Radiators: Top 10 Brownstoner Forum Topics in 2018 appeared first on Brownstoner.
Brooklyn Real Estate Six Months Later: One Sold, Two in Contract, One Still Available – Brownstoner
Brooklyn Real Estate Six Months Later: One Sold, Two in Contract, One Still Available BrownstonerAs we inch closer toward the new year, another look at four of our featured listings from six months ago. This week, we have homes in Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, …
Scammed homebuyer to recoup lost money through job as a cybersecurity spokesman
An Oregon resident who lost the down payment on his new home to a scam will recoup the money he lost by working as a cybersecurity spokesman for his title company. Aaron Cole had received an email on Dec. 3 with instructions for wiring a $122,850 down payment on his new home, so he followed the instructions and transferred the funds only to find out days later that he had sent the money to scammers …
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year to Sell Your Home
Now is the best time of the year to sell your home thanks to some really great reasons that only the month of December provides. Is now a good time to be selling a home? When it comes to selling your home, there’s no time like Christmas! It’s true there are fewer buyers looking for a home at this time of the year. But the pros definitely outweigh the cons. So don’t let the holidays keep you from taking advantage of selling your home now. It’s the most wonderful time of …
NYC on track to see lowest traffic fatalities since 1910
The city is also on course for its fifth consecutive year of declining traffic fatalities New York City is on track to see its lowest number of traffic fatalities on record. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that 2018 has been the safest year on record and experienced the fewest number of traffic fatalities since 1910, which he largely attributed to his Vision Zero initiative. Though it’s still too soon for the concrete numbers, the city is on course to achieve its fifth consecutive year of declining deaths, with fatalities declining by one-third since 2013. Both Manhattan and Staten Island managed to reached record …
Local News Round-Up: Kushner Gives Refunds; Changes At Brooklyn Bridge Park
One need only look the towers rising all around us to know that the little guy doesn’t often survive a battle with Big Real Estate…but at 89 Hicks Street, that’s what happened.Crain’s reports that after a class-action lawuit by five tenants, Kushner Cos. re-paid $100,000 that it had overcharged them in “skirting” rent regulation laws. Lawyers for the tenants and others in similar situations in Brooklyn Heights buildings purchased by Kushner Co. say that further litigation is likely, despite Kushner Cos.’ attorney’s contention that the matter is settled. Get the full story at Crain’s. Water over a troubled bridge? We …
Design Borough: Two Fairs in Brooklyn
Elodie Blanchard’s installation at WantedDesign Brooklyn in Industry City.What used to be a New York “design week” has evolved into NYCxDESIGN, a full, two-week stretch of design exhibitions throughout the city, in all of its boroughs. Brooklyn stands out as the destination for not one but two prominent fairs, WantedDesign Brooklyn (May 7-17) and BKLYN Designs (May 6-8), both of which have been up and running for a number of years and helped to…
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Matt Damon in Brooklyn Heights, a Glamorous Reno
Charming Prewar Two-Bedroom Co-op in Prospect Heights, Near Grand Army Plaza Asks $795K Here’s a prewar co-op in Prospect Heights that’s primely located just a half-block from Grand Army Plaza. It’s located at 274 St. Johns Place, in a circa 1913 brick building with 16 units, one of several built along… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Matt Damon in Brooklyn Heights, a Glamorous Reno appeared first on Brownstoner.
Social media workers flock to Brooklyn – Real Estate Weekly
Social media workers flock to BrooklynReal Estate WeeklyHome buyers employed in social and digital media who purchased residences in Brownstone and North Brooklyn in the second quarter of 2014 increased 571 percent over the same period last year. That's the finding of the Profile of Home Buyers in …
Fort Greene: Brooklyn’s Next Hot Spot? (Part 2) – Bisnow
Fort Greene: Brooklyn's Next Hot Spot? (Part 2)BisnowAlong the residential streets, 308 and 306 Clermont tell a story of rising real estate values. Each sold for $1.7M, but 308 (on the left, meticulously renovated in '07) sold a year ago and 306 (on the right, in much worse shape) sold last month at …and more »
NYC real estate heir arrested for urinating on candy – Brooklyn Daily Eagle
NYC real estate heir arrested for urinating on candyBrooklyn Daily Eagle… real estate heir who admitted killing his neighbor in Texas a decade ago is facing a new charge in Houston — that he urinated on candy at a drug store. Authorities say Robert Durst, who recently owned and sold properties in Brooklyn, was arrested …
Allegation that Durst urinated at CVS store adds to strange tale – Houston Chronicle
Daily MailAllegation that Durst urinated at CVS store adds to strange taleHouston ChronicleThe turmoil has done little to dampen Durst's real estate business. The New York Post reported last week that he bought two Brooklyn buildings in 2011 for $8.65 million and sold them for $21.15 million. New York City records show that Durst owns or has …Cross-dressing millionaire real estate heir arrested for 'urinating on candy …Daily Mailall 139 news articles »
Upstate casinos eye tax break to compete with NYC-area rival
From left: Michael Treanor and Nevele Casino rendering At least three casino developers are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in property tax breaks for upstate gaming venues, in part because the incentives will help them compete with a casino project that would be located about 45 minutes from New York City. Michael Treanor, CEO of Nevele, told Capital New York that his company’s $640 million casino in Ulster County’s Ellensville would have a harder time attracting customers if the state grants …
Ex-Hudson Companies exec plans Bronx affordable housing
2065 Walton Avenue in the Bronx Developer Alan Bell, formerly a principal with Hudson Companies, and supportive-housing builder Jericho Project have teamed up to construct a 10-story affordable-housing building in the West Bronx. The property at 2065 Walton Avenue, near East Burnside Avenue, is set to hold 92 apartments. Bell and Jericho paid $1.15 million for the site in November 2013. Michael Gelfand’s MHG Architects was hired to design the site, which is slated for completion by 2016. About 60 percent of the units are intended for homeless veterans, and 40 percent are designated for homeless people ages
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