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The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a co-op in Prospect Heights, a two-family in Crown Heights, and a standalone in Flatbush.Crown Heights, Park Slope, and Flatbush were popular this week.The least expensive on the list is a Flatbush rental at $2,400 a month and the most expensive a townhouse in Brooklyn Heights at $9.75 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.-
The Insider: All-Out Renovation of Brooklyn Heights Gothic Revival Fulfills Homeowner's 50-Year Dream This transformation of a grand brownstone was a long time coming - five decades, approximately.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Brooklyn Heights, Bay Ridge, Crown Heights, and East Williamsburg.How did they fare?This top-floor Brooklyn Heights one-bedroom has prewar details like wall moldings, picture rails, and wood floors along with a kitchen that seems generously sized for the scale of the apartment.

We've all heard it before: Why go to a restaurant to eat something you can make at home?But sometimes you order something so incredible, so unforgettable, that you immediately want the recipe to make whenever you feel like it.Here at The Times, we've been collecting restaurant recipes which can be found on New York Times Cooking for decades, from high-end French restaurants to neighborhood spots.

The 10 Carmelite nuns of Cypress Hills, cloistered in Brooklyn for almost 20 years, decided to leave New York City after much contemplation.As much as they tried, the sisters of the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph, devotees of silence and prayer who rarely left the confines of the cloister, could no longer ignore what was going on outside.

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One person is dead after a large Crown Heights fire that engulfed an apartment on Monday morning.The inferno broke out at 1760 Union Street near Rochester Boulevard just after 1:45 p.m., and around 60 FDNY personnel across 12 units rushed to the scene.

By Lloyd Mitchell Posted on April 30, 2023 Authorities investigate as firefighters work to tame three manhole fires in Crown Heights, Brooklyn early Sunday morning.Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Firefighters worked Sunday to tame a trio of manhole fires that broke out on a Brooklyn block.

It was a dark and stormy Saturday - but the foul elements did not dampen the resolve of booklovers who celebrated Independent Bookstore Day in New York City.Cafe Con Libros, a tiny bookstore in Crown Heights, was filled with enthusiastic shoppers.Nebyat Teferra of Crown Heights was meeting her friend Helina Seyoum at the bookstore, which focuses on women authors and feminist literature.

When Scott Warfel met Luccas Israel in 2019 through friends, neither thought romance was in their future.But during the pandemic, their friendship moved slowly, thoughtfully, into a deeper connection.By 2021, both felt invested in the relationship, but were not ready to move in together.At the time, Mr. Israel, 29, a project coordinator for Taschen, an art book publishing house, was living in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in a self-described queer frat house with three roommates, whom he met at Florida State University, and was craving a quieter existence.

Rich with original woodwork, this Bay Ridge row house has a long list of eye-catching original details dating from when it was built in the early 20th century as well as some mid-century updates.At 577 76th Street, the single-family dwelling has wood floors with inlaid borders, pocket doors, an original stair, stained glass, and an intact dining room.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Williamsburg, Park Slope, Crown Heights, and Boerum Hill.How did they fare?There are only a handful of photos in the listing, but this Williamsburg wood frame has enough history behind it to make it an intriguing prospect.

By Meaghan McGoldrick Posted on March 27, 2023 Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams A 31-year-old man was stabbed to death inside a Brooklyn apartment Sunday night, cops said.According to authorities, police responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress inside of 712 Crown Street in Crown Heights.

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Cops are looking for the gunman they say shot at a group of people while riding a bike in Brooklyn last week.According to authorities, at around 10:06 p.m. on March 16, a man was riding his bike in front of 1455 Saint John's Place, near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, when he pointed his gun at a group of people and fired a shot.

By Dean Moses Posted on February 19, 2023 A woman was shot inside a Brooklyn parking lot on Feb 18, police said.Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams A woman was injured Saturday night after a shooting inside a Brooklyn parking lot, police said.

Hidden in the back of a Latin market in Astoria, three Queens moms have set up a Thai counter spot - located at 30-72 Steinway Street, near 31st Avenue - where they dish up daily steam table specials and offer a set menu under the name Secret Thai Street Food.The idea for the new spot that opened last month is for patrons to mix and match entrees and create different platters of regional Isan food from northeastern Thailand - all for under $20.

State Senator Zellnor Myrie visited what is now the inhabitable home of an elder constituent, highlighting the horrific conditions the tenants are being forced to endure.The building is the home of Pradine Saint-Fort and her 70 year-old mother in Crown Heights, located at 1114 Park Place in a rent-stabilized apartment.

Last fall, Eater reported that Anna Delvey would be launching a dinner series out of her East Village apartment while on house arrest; now those parties will get their own reality television series, per .Delvey's dream guests for the show, dubbed Delvey's Dinner Club would be people like tech mogul Elon Musk, performance artist Marina Abramovic, and author Ottessa Moshfegh, according to the New York Post.

From 2010 to 2020, New York City saw a 9% decline in its Black population.In just the last decade, the District I represent - which includes the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bed-Stuy - has experienced a 20% loss in its Black population.In neighboring communities across the city, the same housing and affordability crisis wreaking havoc in traditionally Black neighborhoods is actively undermining the wellbeing of all poor and working class communities across the five boroughs.

Crystal's Corner is a monthly column written by New York City Council member Crystal Hudson (District 35), Chair of the Committee on Aging.Every New Yorker knows there are a handful of fundamental truths about living in the greatest city in the world: Times Square should be avoided at all costs, we have the best bagels, and your landlord is probably terrible.