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Century-Old Home To Be Razed For Apartments On Lenox Road

100 Lenox Road at Bedford Avenue. (Photo courtesy Joe Strini for PropertyShark) Another centennial Victorian home near Prospect Park is set to be swapped with a multi-story apartment building, based on Department of Buildings [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/PropertyProfileOverviewServlet?boro=3&houseno=100&street=Lenox%20Road&requestid=0&s=

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Century-Old Home To Be Razed For Apartments On Lenox Road

100 Lenox Road at Bedford Avenue. (Photo courtesy Joe Strini for PropertyShark) Another centennial Victorian home near Prospect Park is set to be swapped with a multi-story apartment building, based on Department of Buildings [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/PropertyProfileOverviewServlet?boro=3&houseno=100&street=Lenox%20Road&requestid=0&s=

Central Brooklyn

Open House For Iconic Home In Prospect Park South, Asking Price $2.9 Mill

(Photo Courtesy: Zillow [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1305-Albemarle-Rd-Brooklyn-NY-11226/30666281_zpid/] )Another iconic Prospect Park South Historic home was listed yesterday for $2.9 million, according to Zillow, joining this summer’s $2 million club [/blog/real-estate/looking-fixer-upper-121-marlborough-road-sale/] — and almost toppling over into the $3 million dollar club. This 10,

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Open House For Iconic Home In Prospect Park South, Asking Price $2.9 Mill

(Photo Courtesy: Zillow [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1305-Albemarle-Rd-Brooklyn-NY-11226/30666281_zpid/] )Another iconic Prospect Park South Historic home was listed yesterday for $2.9 million, according to Zillow, joining this summer’s $2 million club [/blog/real-estate/looking-fixer-upper-121-marlborough-road-sale/] — and almost toppling over into the $3 million dollar club. This 10,

Central Brooklyn

Architect Makes His Mark On Cortelyou Road Businesses, And Now A Home

The Farm on Adderley via The Farm on AdderleyThe architect who has created the interiors of several well known businesses on Cortelyou Road was written up in an interesting article in Brownstoner [http://www.brownstoner.com/interiors-renovation/ditmas-park-brooklyn-house-renovation-ole-sondresen/] last week. Ole Sondresen, who has designed the interiors of Sycamore, the

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How High Can Ditmas Park Home Prices Go?

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThis is a guest column written by Mary Kay Seery [http://www.bhsusa.com/real-estate-agent/mary-kay-seery#], a local licensed real estate agent with Brown Harris Stevens. Ditmas Park area homes have been commanding unprecedented sale prices – some homeowners are starting to wonder when the $3 million

Central Brooklyn

How High Can Ditmas Park Home Prices Go?

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThis is a guest column written by Mary Kay Seery [http://www.bhsusa.com/real-estate-agent/mary-kay-seery#], a local licensed real estate agent with Brown Harris Stevens. Ditmas Park area homes have been commanding unprecedented sale prices – some homeowners are starting to wonder when the $3 million

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Photo Of The Day: Brownstone Beauties

Photo by Franny ReynosoNeighborhood Realtor Franny Reynoso caught a photo of one of the things we all love the most about the neighborhood. This is 13th Street between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to

777 Rugby Road

Investor Pulls Out Of Ditmas Park After Company Can’t Land Houses, Sells Home At 777 Rugby Road

After spending $1,055,000 on a Victorian at 777 Rugby Road in May 2013, the Australian financial advisory firm Dixon [http://www.dixon.com.au/] is leaving Ditmas Park because the company said it couldn’t purchase the approximately 20 homes it had aimed to buy, according to Brownstoner

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History Of Nathan’s Famous Explored By Brownstoner

Nathan’s Famous in the 1950s (Source: eBay via brownstoner.com)Every time I am tasked with writing something about the original Nathan’s Famous (1310 Surf Avenue) I get really hungry. There is something about those delicious, ketchup-covered* hot dogs, the salty crinkle-cut french fries and the sea breeze

4th avenue development

Corner of 4th Ave and 11th Street Set For Large Demolition

Brownstoner reported yesterday that 4th Avenue and 11th Street appears to be on the brink of one epic construction project [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/demo-for-nine-buildings-on-4th-avenue-and-11th-street/?stream=true] . In addition to the demolition of Cafe 474’s old building, which we reported had been purchased by Fourth Eleventh

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13th Street Home Sells for Over 2 Million Dollars

Brownstoner reports that the 2-story, wood frame home at 303 13th Street has recently sold for $2,050,000 [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/01/park-slope-wood-frame-sells-over-2-million/] , making it the first South Slope frame to go for over 2 million. The 1860’s townhouse boasts 2,276 square feet, a

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O Captain! My Captain! Patrick Stewart Moving to the Slope

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PatrickStewart2004-08-03.jpg] It’s time to stock up on Earl Grey tea, Brooklyn, because Brownstoner reports that Sir Patrick Stewart, already established as the savior of our children [/blog/neighbors/things-i-wish-had-happened-to-me-but-did-not], is moving to an undisclosed 2+ million dollar Park

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A Garden on the Roof

photo via Brownstoner [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/06/the-outsider-beauty-and-bounty-in-park-slope/] In this weekend’s Outsider, Brownstoner features a totally stunning [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/06/the-outsider-beauty-and-bounty-in-park-slope/] Park Slope rooftop garden by Brooklyn-based designer Cynthia Gillis [http://architetto.com/cmg/cmg-index.html]. As in, some commenters are comparing

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Bensonhurst Architecture: Mediterranean Revival

Even though the basic design is the same...there's a lot of diversity in detail, from the types of entrances...to the details on the facade and the height of the stoopsDuring the 1920’s, Bensonhurst went from a rural farming community to a medium-density urban neighborhood, almost in the

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Gravesend House Sells for $10.26 Million

(Photo courtesy of Property Shark via Brownstoner) Did somebody say there was a housing slump? Someone forgot to tell the buyers of a Gravesend home that just sold for $10.26 million, an amount topping the charts of 2009 home sales in the borough. The building at 2111 East 2nd