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www.brooklynpaper.com
11 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

Report Shows Little Progress in East NY Pilot Program to Convert Illegal Basement Apartments

Three years into a pilot program launched in East New York to convert illegal basement apartments into safe and regulated dwellings, the scheme has shown minimal progress, according to a new report.Tens of thousands of New Yorkers live in basement units, most of which are not legal residences under local law.
Brooklyn Paper
11 months ago
Brooklyn

Progress slow in pilot program to make East New York basement apartments legal, safe * Brooklyn Paper

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Three years into a pilot program launched in East New York to convert illegal basement apartments into safe and regulated dwellings, the scheme has shown minimal progress, according to a new report.
Eater NY
1 year ago
NYC food

Get Ready for Gravy-Slathered Biscuits in the West Village

Bird Dog, a West Village restaurant whose tasting menu channels Italy and the American South, is opening a daytime cafe in the neighborhood on June 6, according to a spokesperson.Located two doors down from the restaurant at 523 Hudson Street, near West 10th Street, Southern Charm is all about biscuits - topped with gravy; turned into bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches; or available with more than a dozen flavors of butter, including chicken skin and Calabrian chile versions.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Barnes and Noble to open on Atlantic Avenue on Jan. 18 after closure of Court Street store * Brooklyn Paper

When one door closes, another opens - sometimes right down the street.The two-story Barnes and Noble on Court Street bookstore closed its doors one last time on Jan. 10 after 20 years in business, but bookworms need not fear - the store is just relocating to a few blocks over to Atlantic Avenue, where a brand-new book haven will open on Jan. 18 in a storefront formerly occupied by the department store Barney's.
www.brownstoner.com
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Three Sold, One in Contract

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Clinton Hill and Prospect Park South.How did they fare?This Prospect Lefferts Gardens one-bedroom doesn't come with a lot of bells and whistles, but it does have some Deco character, an efficient layout and freshly skim coated walls.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Kings County Nurseries to be replaced by pair of 7-story apartment buildings * Brooklyn Paper

A new seven-story apartment building will rise at 625 New York Avenue in East Flatbush, the site of the longstanding, family-run Kings County Nurseries, building department records show.
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Brownstoner
11 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn Listings Six Months Later: One Sold

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Windsor Terrace, Fort Greene, Flatbush, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.How did they fare?With high ceilings and elegant moldings, this Windsor Terrace two-bedroom could be a head turner with a little sprucing.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn Listings Six Months Later: Two Sold

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Midwood, and Prospect Park South.How did they fare?With five distinct areas and Deco details such as arched doorways, this roomy studio offers vintage charm and the perk of being located in Prospect Lefferts Gardens not far from Prospect Park.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Prospect Lefferts Gardens Studio With Foyer, Dressing Area, Arches Asks $349K

With five distinct areas and Deco details such as arched doorways, this roomy studio offers vintage charm and the perk of being located in Prospect Lefferts Gardens not far from Prospect Park.It appears to be in move-in condition, with room for creative updates such as paint in the kitchen and bathroom.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn Listings Six Months Later: Three 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 office and a gracious entry.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

A Benjamin Driesler-Designed Park Slope House and Three More to See, Starting at $1.125 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Park Slope, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Bed Stuy.They range in price from $1.125 million to $3.695 million.
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QNS.com
11 months ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn homeless man busted for spraying anti-Asian graffiti on Far Rockaway store: NYPD - QNS.com

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Detectives from the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force arrested a Brooklyn man on May 23 for spray painting anti-Asian graffiti on a Far Rockaway wine and liquor store last month.Angel Mario, 43, who lives at a homeless shelter for men on Clarkson Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, was taken into custody and booked at the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway on hate crimes and other charges for an incident on the night of April 19.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

MTA bus driver suspended after driving over 81-year-old's foot in Marine Park * Brooklyn Paper

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An MTA bus driver is facing disciplinary action after driving over an elderly woman's foot in Marine Park on Monday night.The 81-year-old woman was walking in the crosswalk at East 36th Street and Avenue S at 10:50 p.m when a B2 bus ran over her foot and knocked her to the ground.
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Brownstoner
11 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

Top 10 Brooklyn Listings: A Fort Greene Brownstone

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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens.Listings in Park Slope and Crown Heights were popular with readers this week.The least expensive on the list is a semi-detached in East Flatbush at $780,000 and the most expensive is a brownstone in Fort Greene in $5.85 million.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Top 10 Brooklyn Listings: An East Flatbush Semi-Detached

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a rental in Bed Stuy, a co-op in Clinton Hill, and a standalone in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.Listings in Crown Heights, Clinton Hill, and Park Slope were popular with readers this week.The least expensive on the list is the Bed Stuy rental at $6,700 a month and the most expensive is a limestone in Park Slope at $5.495 million.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn News: Bed Stuy Restaurant Opens

Vinegar Hill has hit number three in the list of New York City's most expensive neighborhoods, spurred by sales in one luxury development on Water Street.-
A PLG Standalone With a Garage and Three Others to See, Starting at $999,888 Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, and Bay Ridge.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn News: Brooklyn Teacher Achieves Ownership Dream

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.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

How the Editor in Chief of Elle Decor Spends His Sundays

Asad Syrkett stays close to his Brooklyn home, doing Pilates, seeing friends, burning incense and reading fiction.
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Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce launches new initiative for budding BIPOC-owned businesses * Brooklyn Paper

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has announced a new initiative to support local women of color as they launch and grow small businesses.Starting on March 15, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color)-owned businesses will be able to apply for the BK Entrepreneur Academy, a mentorship program aimed at enhancing equality for entrepreneurs of color in the borough.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Man shot on Crown Heights bus in late-night incident * Brooklyn Paper

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A 25-year-old man was shot on a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus in Crown Heights late on Tuesday night.According to a New York City Police Department representative, the victim was the unintended target of the bullet after two men got into an argument on a B44 select bus at the corner of Empire Boulevard and Nostrand Avenue just after 11pm.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

PLG's Melrose Parkside designated historic district, but some residents have concerns * Brooklyn Paper

Prospect Lefferts Gardens has a new historic district, with the Landmarks Preservation Commission voting unanimously Tuesday to designate two rows of 38 "remarkably cohesive and intact" townhouses on Parkside Avenue.The support came despite trepidation from some homeowners, with eight local residents emailing the agency in opposition to landmarking and one attaching a petition signed by 20 people (six of whom had sent emails).
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

PLG's Melrose Parkside Designated Historic District, But Some Residents Have Concerns

Prospect Lefferts Gardens has a new historic district, with the Landmarks Preservation Commission voting unanimously Tuesday to designate two rows of 38 "remarkably cohesive and intact" townhouses on Parkside Avenue.The support came despite trepidation from some homeowners, with eight local residents emailing the agency in opposition to landmarking and one attaching a petition signed by 20 people (six of whom had sent emails).
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

LIVE PRIMARY RESULTS: Brooklyn voters await election results * Brooklyn Paper

Polls are officially closed for the June 28 primary elections, and results are beginning to trickle in.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

How Do You Find an Apartment in N.Y.C. These Days?

Apartment hunting in the city has never been easy, but now the search has become seemingly impossible as prices soar.Readers told us about their pandemic housing struggles - and eventual successes.
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Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Shop early, shop small: More than 300 local vendors to attend BKLYN Commons pop-up shop and networking event on Nov. 17 * Brooklyn Paper

With the gift-giving season right around the corner, BKLYN Commons is hosting their 6th annual Open Desk: Small Business Pop-Up event on Flatbush Avenue on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 5pm.The event gives over 300 members of its members and local small businesses a chance to showcase their various products and services while networking and taking part in business-building workshops and activities.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Con Ed asks 100K Brooklyn customers to temporarily reduce energy use for ongoing repairs * Brooklyn Paper

More than 100,000 Con Ed customers are being asked to temporarily cut down their usage of high-voltage appliances on Aug. 8.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

E-bikers threatened with tickets for trying to ride Prospect Park loop * Brooklyn Paper

NYPD officers stood sentry over the weekend at a checkpoint set up at an entrance to Prospect Park, enforcing Parks Department agency rules by threatening anyone attempting to ride the loop on an e-bike with a summons in another sign of the city's often-conflicting policies on micro-mobility.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Kings County Nurseries to Be Replaced by Seven Story Apartment Building

A new seven-story apartment building will rise at 625 New York Avenue in East Flatbush, the site of the longstanding, family-run Kings County Nurseries, building department records show.
NYC food
Eater NY
5 months ago
NYC food

Los Tacos No. 1 Opens Another Manhattan Location

Los Tacos No. 1 is opening a new location near Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.
A restaurant in Prospect Lefferts Gardens is changing its name and menu offerings to expand its bar and counter-service concept. [ more ]
Eater NY
1 year ago
NYC food

Applebee's Pushes Back Against NJ 'No Kids' Rule With Free Meals

After Nettie's House of Spaghetti announced on Instagram that it would cease to allow kids under 10 at its Italian New Jersey restaurant, the Internet lit up, reigniting a decades-old debate about the role of children in restaurants.Now turnaround chain Applebee's is joining in the foray, and a PR-grab announcement stated, from now until February 26, kids will get free meals at 36 Doherty-owned Applebee's New Jersey locations as retribution.
Eater NY
1 year ago
NYC food

A Seafood Restaurant From a Prolific Prospect Lefferts Gardens Business Owner - And More Openings

Since March 16, 2020, when the state first temporarily closed indoor dining, hundreds of new restaurants have opened, including a seafood restaurant in Prospect Lefferts Gardens from a prolific restaurateur, an Italian halal restaurant in Bay Ridge, and an English bistro with meat pies in the West Village.
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Brownstoner
11 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

Top 10 Brooklyn Listings: A Red Hook Wood Frame

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Prospect Heights rental, a Flatbush row house, and a Prospect Lefferts Garden standalone.Park Slope and Prospect Lefferts Gardens were popular this week.The least expensive on the list is a Sunset Park rental at $2,800 a month and the most expensive is Park Slope Neo-Grec at $3.6 million.
Brownstoner
11 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

Scoop Up a Copy of Brownstoner Magazine's Spring/Summer 2023 Issue

Brownstoner magazine's Spring/Summer 2023 issue is hot off the presses.Get your hands on a copy and check out:


In Cobble Hill, interior designer Erin Fearins and architect Jesse Fearins have created a comfortable family home bursting with joie de vivre and savoir faire.Bed Stuy dancer, choreographer, and artist Pia Monique Murray collaborates with a grassroots arts group on the performance series "Spread Love," which debuts next week.
Brownstoner
11 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

Top 10 Brooklyn Listings: A Prospect Park South Standalone

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a row house in Clinton Hill, a semi-detached house in East Flatbush, and a standalone one in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.Popular listings were scattered across the borough this week.The least expensive on the list is the semi-detached home in East Flatbush at $780,000 and the most expensive is a brownstone in Fort Greene in $5.85 million.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Join the Lefferts Manor Association for a Walking Tour and Get a Peek Inside Two PLG Homes

Learn more about the architecture of Prospect Lefferts Gardens and the area's evolution from farmland to a neighborhood filled with single-family homes with a special walking tour this month.Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen will be leading the tour and providing an in-depth look at the architectural and social history of the neighborhood.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Top 10 Brooklyn Listings: A Prospect Lefferts Gardens Rental, a Boerum Hill Wood Frame

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a co-op in Clinton Hill, a row house in Boerum Hill, and a standalone in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.Boerum Hill and Prospect Lefferts Gardens were popular this week.The least expensive on the list is a Prospect Lefferts Gardens rental at $6,600 a month and the most expensive is a row house in Gowanus at $5.496 million.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

New York Nominations to the National Register

A proposed historic district and a church, both in Brooklyn, are among a list of 13 new nominations to the State and National Registers of Historic Places announced last week by Governor Hochul.Designation will make them eligible for preservation help, including grants.Nominated in Cypress Hills is the former English Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation at 105 Barbey Street.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Top 10 Brooklyn Listings: A Standalone in PLG

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a rental in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, a row house in Kensington, and a brownstone in Park Slope.Popular listings were scattered around the borough this week.The least expensive on the list is a Prospect Lefferts Gardens rental at $6,400 a month and the most expensive is a row house in Gowanus at $5.496 million.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Prospect Lefferts Gardens House With Hot Tub Asks $6,600

This whole-house rental in Prospect Lefferts Gardens combines the Beaux-Arts with the Arts and Crafts in a bow-fronted limestone with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garden hot tub.At 45 Sterling Street, it is one of a row of 11 designed by noted Brooklyn architect Benjamin Driesler and marketed as " Easy Housekeeping Homes."
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn Gained One Individual Landmark and One Historic District in 2022

With 2022 almost at an end, we take our annual look back at the Brooklyn buildings and neighborhoods considered significant enough to merit designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission during the year.Brooklyn gained one individual landmark and one historic district this year.The hearing for one potential historic district, the Linden Street Historic District in Bushwick, took place in November but the commission has not yet voted.
www.brownstoner.com
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Two Sold, One in Contract, One Still Available

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Marine Park, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Boerum Hill and Clinton Hill.How did they fare?For the buyer who sees the potential, this Marine Park single-family has period details, including a rumpus room, along with parking and a location near the neighborhood's eponymous park for under the million dollar mark.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Marine Park Tudor, a Prospect Park South Colonial Revival

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Prospect Lefferts Gardens co-op, a Clinton Hill row house and a Midwood standalone.Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Park Slope and Prospect Park South were popular this week.The least expensive on the list is a Park Slope rental at $3,300 a month and the most expensive is also in Park Slope, a manse asking $9.95 million.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Scoop Up a Copy of Brownstoner Magazine's Fall/Holiday 2022/23 Issue

Brownstoner magazine's Fall/Holiday 2022/23 issue is hot off the presses.Get your hands on a copy and check out:


     A Bed Stuy townhouse where interior designer Jennifer Morris pulled together a colorful, welcoming home for a growing family in record time.Brownsville attorney turned designer Busayo Olupona, whose wares draw on her heritage and employ artisans in Nigeria who create unique fabrics using traditional artisanal techniques.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn News: The Hasty Demolition of the Dangler Mansion

It starred as the family home in Spike Lee's semi-autobiographical 1994 film 'Crooklyn' and now, less than a decade after an impressive restoration and stint as a bed and breakfast, the 1880s Bed Stuy brownstone is on the market.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Spacious Flapper-Era One-Bedroom With Parquet, Art Deco Tub, Walk-in Closets in PLG Asks $450K

Large for a one-bedroom, this 1920s apartment has some sweet period details as well as thoughtful updates.It's on the fourth floor of 80 Winthrop Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: Three Sold, One in Contract

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Park Slope, Bed Stuy, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Boerum Hill.How did they fare?
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Limestone in PLG Landmark District With Mantel, Built-ins, Garden Wants $6,500 a Month

Whole houses in the landmarked section of Prospect Lefferts Gardens don't come up for rent all that often.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Bay Ridge Bungalow With Garage and Three Other Open Houses to See, Starting at $1.1 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Clinton Hill, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Bay Ridge and Midwood.They range in price from $1.1 million to $1.885 million.
Brownstoner
1 year ago
Brooklyn real estate

Spend a Summer Afternoon Soaking in Local Art and Music at the PLG Arts Fest

The work of more than 30 artists will be dotted throughout Prospect Lefferts Gardens this weekend as PLG Arts hosts its first art walk.
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