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The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Park Slope co-op, a Bed Stuy row house, and a Midwood Park standalone. Park Slope was popular with readers again this week. The least expensive property for sale on the list is the Prospect Heights co-op at $1.195 million and the… Read Mor
Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for $844 Units at Atlantic Avenue Tower An affordable housing lottery debuted for a new tower along Brooklyn’s arterial Atlantic Avenue. Construction for the development, dubbed Prosper Brooklyn, was under way before the recently passed Atlantic Avenue rezoning. T
Friday means open houses! It's a great weekend to see what’s out there, and we’ve got five we absolutely love. You can feast your eyes on a 4-bedroom with bay windows in Park Slope, a West Village 1-bedroom with its own private roof deck, or a beautiful 3-bedroom with views of Morningside Park. And
Some good news for New Jersey Transit riders: Full service to and from New York City will resume Sunday as the agency finishes replacing the century-old Portal Bridge. Service has been cut by 50 percent since February 15, while rail operations switched from the old bridge to the new $1.5 billion Por
The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and Art House New York (AHNY) announced the city’s first Art House Cinema Week New York. The week-long celebration of independent cinema runs from March 20-26 at nearly 30 independent local theaters throughout the city. MOME is providing 5,000
This Chelsea loft condominium in the Spears Building at 525 West 22nd Street is as classic as it gets. Built in 1880, the former furniture warehouse sits next to the High Line, and the homes within have kept the warmth and architectural detail of the industrial era. Framed by exposed brick walls, ma
Smorgasburg has unveiled its lineup of vendors ahead of its return next month, kicking off its 16th season the first weekend in April. The beloved outdoor food market will host 74 vendors, including 22 making their Smorasburg debut. The market opens in Williamsburg’s Marsha P. Johnson State Park on
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Bed Stuy, Greenpoint, and Flatlands. They range in price from $698,000 to $2.99 million. 289 Macon Street 704 Humboldt… Read More > The post A Greenpoint Row House and More to See, Starting at $698K appeared first on Brownstoner.
Gracie Abrams has purchased another unit at Greenwich Village’s 1 Fifth Avenue co-op, a year after buying a $5.5 million penthouse in the building, with plans to combine the two. The pop star paid $4.5 million for the 18th-floor penthouse, which was once two separate units and now includes one bedro
Embrace the colors of spring in atmospheric surroundings with the overflowing floral abundance of the annual Lyndhurst flower show. Each year designers take over the Tarrytown mansion for one weekend, decking the already rich interior spaces with a profusion of blooms. Over 20 florists are participa
by Jose Martinez This article was originally published on March 10 at 5 a.m. EDT by THE CITY As the founder of an organization that’s staged dance performances in public across Queens since 2014, Karesia Batan has navigated the winding path for securing city permits more times than she can count. “I
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Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta is reportedly making another run at one of the casino industry’s biggest names. Fertitta Entertainment is in talks to acquire Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment in a deal valuing the company at roughly $7 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The discu
Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta is reportedly making another run at one of the casino industry’s biggest names. Fertitta Entertainment is in talks to acquire Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment in a deal valuing the company at roughly $7 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The discu
A South Bronx landlord must pay $2.1 million and fix severe, long-standing violations within a month following a historic court judgment. On Thursday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the first-of-its-kind ruling against the owners of 919 Prospect Avenue, imposing the maximum penalties under the city’
Brooklyn Heights’ iconic Watchtower Building, the longtime world headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, may soon be transformed into a waterfront development with hundreds of homes. Developer CIM Group is proposing a mixed-use redevelopment at 25-30 Columbia Heights that would include 661 apartmen
The much-anticipated new residential development, Eighty Clarkson, has released renderings of interiors and amenity spaces following a record-breaking year of sales. The not-yet-completed West Village condo has been kept under wraps, though quietly managing to sell over a billion dollars in volume d
It is a modest studio, but for Prospect Park lovers who want park-adjacent living for less than $3,000 a month, this might fit the bill. It is on the garden level of 304 Garfield Place, a row house in the Park Slope Historic District. It is one of a stretch of… Read More > The post Studio in Park Sl
With St. Patrick’s Day less than a week away, New Yorkers can tap into the city’s rich Irish heritage at pubs and cultural institutions across the five boroughs. Beyond just March 17, many spots host weekly traditional Irish music nights, known as “trad” sessions, or seisiún in Irish, where skilled
"I call it a loft," said architect Graci Mills of the 50-foot-long apartment in a circa 1900 eight-unit building she shares with her partner and their newborn daughter. "We took down walls and put in a big pocket door. The majority of the time, it’s just one long space." Mills, a… Read More > The po
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