Bed Stuy
Real estate blog PropertyShark [https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/] released its quarterly report of NYC’s 50 priciest neighborhoods yesterday with DUMBO holding firmly to its fifth place ranking. As it did in the last report in December 2017 [/dumbo-boerum-hill-and-red-hook-are-brooklyns-priciest-neighborhoods/], Tribeca came in at the #1 spot with a median
Boerum Hill
Summer = Fun One day it will be warm again in Brooklyn and it will feel like summer is on its way. There are so many fun-filled summer camp options. Here are just a few… via Park Slope Armory YMCA Facebook pagePark Slope Armory YMCA [http://www.ymcanyc.org/prospectpark/pages/
Announcements
CLINTON HILL – The lottery for 38 newly constructed affordable units at 555 Waverly Avenue launches tomorrow, March 27. Rendering of 555 Waverly Avenue via HTO Architect [http://www.hto-architect.com/555-waverly.php]The units are part of an eight-story, 190-apartment building that replaces a former commercial bakery, according to Curbed
Bushwick
Lots of new restaurants have recently opened in the borough or will be coming our way soon. Check out our list below of seven newcomers in Fort Greene, Park Slope, DUMBO, Clinton Hill, and Bushwick. Let us know if you’ve tried any of the eateries or if we’ve
Announcements
CLINTON HILL – The NYC Department of Design & Construction [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/ddc/about/about-ddc.page] (DDC) has announced that reconstruction work at Putnam Triangle Plaza will begin “on or about Monday, March 26, 2018.” Via NYC DOT and FAB Alliance presentation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/
Business
Credit: GREENE HILL FOOD CO-OPCLINTON HILL – Facing the loss of their longtime lease, members of a Brooklyn cooperative grocery store are fighting to stay together and find a new home for their business. After learning that the building they have operated out of since 2011 had been sold, the board
clinton hill
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/CLINTON HILL – Plans to add two stories to a landmarked Brooklyn Heights building were rejected by the Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) at a public hearing on Tuesday. Rendering via Marin Architects’ presentation to the Landmarks Preservation CommissionMarin Architects presented to
Bushwick
EAST WILLIAMSBURG – The man wanted in connection with a pair of ineffectual bank robberies was arrested yesterday, police reported. Christopher Kelly, 41, of East Williamsburg, was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted robbery, said police. Kelly was a suspect in the attempted robberies of a Chase Bank on
Bay Ridge
The Chase Bank on Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill was almost robbed Wednesday by the same luckless thief (Screenshot via Google Maps)CLINTON HILL – Two times a loser, the failed bank robber from earlier this week tried to strike again, but once again left empty-handed. On Wednesday, the entirely ineffectual
clinton hill
FORT GREENE/CLINTON HILL – RXR Realty [http://www.rxrrealty.com/property/development/810-fulton-street/]‘s twelve-story mixed-used development topped out recently [https://nyrej.com/broadway-construction-and-rxr-top-out-200-million-12-story-residential-retail-property] at 810 Fulton Street [/rxr-realty-to-build-12-story-rental-apartment-building-at-810-fulton-street-fortgreene/] (between Clermont & Vanderbilt Avenues). 810 Fulton Street (Rendering via aufgang.com [http://portfolio.aufgang.com
clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – A posh, modern two-bedroom, two-bath condo is currently priced at $1.55 million at 4 Downing Street, in what was formerly the famed Broken Angel House [/for-iconic-clinton-hill-buildings-is-change-welcome-fortgreene/]. 4 Downing Street via Compass [https://www.compass.com/listing/4-downing-street-unit-4b-brooklyn-ny-11238/ba435e6cbffb17e91961fcd071e3e3ce9184cd5a/] Built in the 1880s, 4 Downing Street (at Quincy
Arts & Culture
Art by Derrick Cross at SNAPFORT GREENE/CLINTON HILL – Sometimes you need to go back in order to move forward.That is the theme of this year’s Black Artstory Month, which will be taking place along Myrtle Avenue, between Washington Park and Classon Avenues. Since 2012, the annual art