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We're halfway through our monthlong newsletter series dedicated to the joys of walking.This week, we're making our walk into a workout.Walking, at any intensity, is good for you.A slow, steady pace has been shown to lower the risk of heart disease and diabetes.But research suggests that increasing the length of your walk can lower the risk of premature death and diseases such as cancer and raising the intensity brings additional benefits.

Up a short flight of steps on the elevated first floor of a Park Slope HDFC co-op, this modernized Edwardian flat has high ceilings, three bedrooms, and a winding floor plan.Located at at 471 17th Street, about a block from the sunken Prospect Expressway and close to Prospect Park, it appears to be move-in ready.

Up a short flight of steps on the elevated first floor of a Park Slope HDFC co-op, this modernized Edwardian flat has high ceilings, three bedrooms, and a winding floor plan.Located at at 471 17th Street, about a block from the sunken Prospect Expressway and close to Prospect Park, it appears to be move-in ready.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Flatlands, Park Slope, Bay Ridge, and Clinton Hill.How did they fare?In Flatlands, a new owner could boost the charm of this 1930s semi-detached brick house with a few updates while retaining some fun vintage details like a rumpus room with built-in bar.

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Never a boaring day!Brooklynites were left baffled by flyers plastered around Prospect Park claiming a lost pet pig had run away from its owner and was wandering the borough.

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Prospect Park Alliance, a nonprofit group that operates Brooklyn's central park, is beginning a restoration project on the historic Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch at Grand Army Plaza.The operation, led by the Alliance and a partnership with the city, will repair the arch's exterior and renovate lighting, according to park employees.

In big news for the borough's wildlife lovers, Wild Bird Fund will be opening an outpost in Park Slope just two blocks west of Prospect Park.The new location at 183 7th Avenue will be the second for the New York City nonprofit, which rehabilitates sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife, after it first opened its doors on Columbus Avenue in Manhattan in 2012.

In big news for the borough's wildlife lovers, Wild Bird Fund will open an outpost in Park Slope just two blocks west of Prospect Park.The new location at 183 Seventh Ave. will be the second for the New York City nonprofit, which rehabilitates sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife, after it first opened its doors on Columbus Avenue in Manhattan in 2012.

Right now, most of America is built on the assumption that you own a car.Which means most of the advice written for Americans is written with the assumption that your car is how you're getting anywhere.Going camping?Pack up the car!Head to the mall to buy things to put in your car! Make your vacation a road trip, with destinations you fundamentally cannot visit if you don't have a car!

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A stampede of over 26,000 runners will pound the pavement for over 13 miles on Saturday during the Brooklyn Half Marathon, winding their way through the streets of Kings County.

Wendy Kaplan is the director of Trinity Place Shelter, which houses up to 10 young people at any given time most of them transgender men and women of color and steers them toward permanent housing, as well as professional or educational goals they set for themselves.The shelter, an independent nonprofit, was originally a pilot project of Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, and still occupies its basement on the Upper West Side.

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The season of shopping and gift-giving is here, and for the architecture enthusiasts on your list, these three recently published volumes offer rich photography along with a dive into Brooklyn and New York history.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Clinton Hill, Windsor Terrace, Bay Ridge, and Brooklyn Heights.How did they fare?In Clinton Hill, the right buyer will need to have the vision and energy for a complete reno and have an income that fits the requirements for this flexible four-room walk-up apartment.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Brooklyn Heights, Bay Ridge, Park Slope, and Fort Greene.How did they fare?A tidy one-bedroom on the penultimate story of a Brooklyn Heights brownstone mixes original details with fun updates, including a minimalist kitchen with white cupboards and a blue counter.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Park Slope, East Flatbush and Brooklyn Heights.How did they fare?In Park Slope, this top floor one-bedroom has a few period details in keeping with the 1930s history of the building, a practical layout and four closets.

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Historic Brooklyn landmarks, including the Carroll Street Bridge, Park Slope row houses and the arch at Grand Army Plaza, have been turned into a buildable Lego model as part of a prominent Brooklyn architecture firm's anniversary celebrations.

Rents around Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza have risen faster than at any other subway stop over the past year, according to a new analysis by the apartment listing site RentHop.Apartments near the Grand Army Plaza 2/3 station have risen by 25% in the past year, climbing to $2,800 for a one-bedroom by the famed 80-foot Soldiers and Sailors Arch and grand entrance to Prospect Park.

The United States Secret Service on Monday said it turned away the Muslim mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, ahead of the Eid reception at the White House.Mayor Mohamed T. Khairullah was not permitted to attend Monday's Eid reception despite an invitation to the East Room ceremony after his clearance for entry was not approved by Secret Service, the Council on American-Islamic Relations' New Jersey chapter told CNN in a statement.

Smorgasburg, the city's longstanding outdoor food festival, returns next week at its locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn.The market will be open for the season on Fridays at the Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center beginning March 31, on Saturdays at Marsha P. Johnson State Park in Williamsburg starting April 1, and on Sundays at Breeze Hill in Prospect Park after April 2.

This Windsor Terrace one-bedroom has a number of things going for it, including curving banks of windows and arched openings.Near Prospect Park, it's located at 176 Seeley Street, a 55-unit, six-story Colonial Revival red brick apartment building dating from 1938.The apartment opens to a large foyer, off of which radiate the main rooms.

A one-bedroom in a notable Brooklyn Heights Queen Anne townhouse is not huge, but it has a serene feel and plenty of original historic details as well as modern conveniences.It's on the fourth floor of 87 Remsen Street, a zippy concoction of fine brickwork and decorative terra-cotta designed by architect William H. Beers in 1899 for a socially prominent family whose fortune came from straw hats.

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A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after raping a woman near Prospect Park in 2018, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday.According to the district attorney, 32-year old Mowngly Lucas was given 2o years in prison and 15 years of post-release supervision following a Dec. 2022 conviction on charges including rape, burglary, and robbery.

Late last month in Prospect Park, I ran past a patch of purple crocuses practically glowing in the sun.March temperatures may slouch below freezing and snow may blanket the ground, but nothing can stop the lengthening days from enticing shoots from the soil and people's moods out of their wintry doldrums.

Officials cut the ribbon Saturday on a new, permanent pedestrian plaza on the Underhill Avenue Open Street in Brooklyn, in what the city is calling the "first step in the evolution of Prospect Heights' Open Streets to permanent public spaces."The one-block stretch of Underhill Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street, adjacent to the Lowry Triangle Park in Prospect Heights, has been painted a brilliant turquoise, outfitted with furniture, and furnished with planters and granite blocks at each end to halt automobile traffic and allow the space to flourish as a gathering spot.

The Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park has gotten a major cash infusion, as a national arts organization has shelled out a $275,000 to help promote the iconic historical monument.The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the big-dollar grant to the Prospect Park Alliance, which maintains Brooklyn's Backyard and the significant structures within the greenspace.

Mourners gathered to honor the life of Norman Fruchter, a civil rights activist and member of the Education Reform Movement, after he was struck and killed by a reckless driver in Bay Ridge on Jan. 4.According to the NYPD, Fruchter was crossing the intersection of 68th Street and Bliss Terrace, where he lived, at approximately 10:10 p.m. on Dec. 22, when the driver of a Hyundai Elantra struck him while driving in reverse down the north side to the south side of the street.

Williamsburg residents awoke to a surprise today: The "Graham Ave-Ave of Puerto Rico" street sign that hangs above traffic on corner of the busy thoroughfare and Moore Street was removed and replaced with a sign simply reading "Graham Ave."
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Wild Bird Fund to Open Brooklyn Location for Locals Who Love Wildlife In big news for the borough's wildlife lovers, Wild Bird Fund will be opening an outpost in Park Slope just two blocks west of Prospect Park.

Dressed in black leggings and a puffer jacket, Bethany Lane, 35, was walking down Bleecker Street in Manhattan last Friday afternoon with a pack of three goldendoodles and one bernedoodle named Tinkerbelle.They poked their noses into the Whalebone store to collect some treats, before trotting along the Hudson River Park and having their photos taken by several tourists.

My first experiences running were on my high school track team, but as an adult, I've become mostly a solo runner.That's one advantage of running: You don't need a team or a class.But it can help.Strava, an exercise-tracking app, released its Year In Sport report, and one data point caught my eye: Runners who had group activities in January 2022 recorded 78 percent more active time than those who ran solo.

With high ceilings and elegant moldings, this Windsor Terrace two-bedroom could be a head turner with a little sprucing.It's on the second floor of 14 Prospect Park Southwest, a circa 1915 building known as The Augusta across from Prospect Park.Its tapestry brick facade is studded with neo-Classical details including diamonds, squares and arches.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses 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, nonetheless this two-bedroom, one-bathroom co-op on the penultimate floor of a Fort Greene townhouse checks a lot of boxes.

A new owner could boost the charm of this 1930s semi-detached brick house with a few updates while retaining some fun vintage details like a rumpus room with built-in bar.The 18-foot-wide home also has an original mantel, a generously sized kitchen and a detached garage.-
'All I'm Asking Is for a Normal Life,' Crown Heights Tenant Pleads in Harassment Trial Francis Roberts fought back tears in the witness stand of a Brooklyn courtroom Thursday as he explained how alleged harassment by his landlord and a tenant in his building has affected his life.

With its large rooms, central foyer and curved doorways, this Park Slope two-bedroom reflects design sensibilities of the early '40s.It's on the fourth floor of 44 Prospect Park West, a six-story, 55-unit building across from Prospect Park and just outside the historic district.The brown brick building has a broad and modern entrance in pale stone as well as a classical detail near the roof in the same pale stone.

New York State is a pretty big place.When we try to figure out the ethos of state as a whole, we surely have to divide it up into smaller pieces.Buffalo is not Manhattan and never will be.The rural counties are a completely different beast than the Big Apple.From Buffalo to Staten Island, there are a lot of little pieces to put together in order to construct the jigsaw puzzle that is New York State.

The season of shopping and gift-giving is here, and for the architecture enthusiasts on your list, these three recently published volumes offer rich photography along with a dive into Brooklyn and New York history.New York Art Deco: Birds, Beasts, & Blooms Andrew Garn
The wealth of Art Deco ornament in New York City sometimes eludes the casual stroller who may not be able to see every feature.

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.

The time has come-the time, that is, when our social feeds are completely overtaken by people posting their Spotify Wrapped.Every year, the music-streaming app convinces us that our taste is unique and eclectic, that no one is a bigger fan of our favorite artists, and that what we listen to says something really profound about our personalities.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Downtown Brooklyn, Ditmas Park, Prospect Heights and Windsor Terrace.How did they fare?While not huge, this one-bedroom loft in an early 20th century Downtown Brooklyn commercial building has high ceilings and big wraparound windows, as well as an appealing country style kitchen.

For an occupant who appreciates original details and has the means to renovate, this top-floor sponsor unit brimming with original features has a number of rare attributes and could make an exceptional home.On the plus side: Beaucoup original details, an unusually big footprint, two bathrooms, a top floor perch with three exposures and roof rights.

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.

On a walk by the usually popular and lively Cafe Tucum in Bed Stuy on Friday morning, we were sad to see a marshal's notice posted to the door and a completely empty interior.Crown Heights Landlord Harassment, 'A Living Hell,' Includes Sewage, Drug Deals: Lawsuit Over the past six months, 76-year-old Park Place tenant Francis Roberts says he has had sewage bubbling up through his kitchen sink due to broken plumbing and more leaking in front of his bedroom windows from two portable toilets set up outside.

It seemed like an easy case: A woman told the police that a man had attacked her and her dog in Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, striking the dog with a stick so hard that he later died.Park users regularly spotted the attacker, in the same area, in the morning hours, cursing at women with dogs.The attack led to debates about policing and liberal orthodoxy in the face of violent crime, and at least 11 articles in the city's three daily newspapers.

When this Park Slope manse was for sale in 1910 the ad pitched it as "must be seen to be appreciated" with exquisite details and an ideal location across from Prospect Park.The massive dwelling on Prospect Park West still has plenty of those original details in evidence, including a central gallery and gleaming woodwork.

The Prospect Park Alliance has a new leader.Morgan Monaco, who has had a long career in public service in the city, was appointed as the organization's president and the administrator of Prospect Park on Oct. 18.Monaco is the first Black female leader in the Alliance's history."I am humbled to be able to take over the helm of such an incredible public amenity," Monaco said in a statement.

Packed with details, this 1890s Sunset Park brownstone appears surprisingly intact, with multiple mantels, fretwork, moldings and built-ins.A kitchen renovation took a cue from the period style, with cabinetry mimicking original built-ins and the inclusion of a vintage stove.The two-family at 465 54th Street sits in the Sunset Park South Historic District.

In an early 20th century flats building, this two-bedroom Park Slope co-op has a railroad layout that might not be ideal for everyone, but it boasts some period charm, a renovated kitchen and a private roof deck.It is on the top floor of the eight-unit 483 12th Street, just a short stroll to Prospect Park.