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Gowanus Inn & Yard, 645-651 Union Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Out-of-town visitors will have a new option for accommodations come summer. That’s when Gowanus Inn & Yard [http://www.gowanusinn.com/] is scheduled to open at 645-651 Union Street. With construction wrapping up, the hotel is slated
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Boro President Eric Adams with reporter Emily Smith at the Kensington Stables. (Photo via BPEricAdams/twitter)City officials are leading the charge to save the historic Kensington Stables from condo developers bidding since the building went up for sale in February [/historic-kensington-stables-sold-bankruptcy-auction-week/]. The stable was pulled from a bankruptcy auction
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Rendering via CookFox [http://www.cookfox.com/project.php?id=550-Vanderbilt]The new luxury condos [http://550vanderbilt.com/] rising at 550 Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights will offer a slew of amenities—concierge, doorman, gym, garage, playroom, roof deck, and a 1,600-square-foot rooftop farm. Residents of the 17-story, 278
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Few things are more satisfying than unfriending someone who deserves it. We might not be able to slam phones when hang up on someone, but at least we can do something approaching the digital equivalent. But now, you can find a place that deserves you. (Courtesy Zillow/Nord East Realty
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Rendering via Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com/more/educational-construction-fund-ecf-designates-alloy-to-build-2-new-schools-in-downtown-brooklyn-as-part-of-a-mixed-use-development] On Monday, the real estate development firm Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com/] revealed its plans to erect 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com/], a massive new project consisting of two towers—one measuring 38 stories, and the other a
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SoulCycle via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/73r-CJH51I/?taken-by=soulcycle]SoulCycle [https://www.soul-cycle.com/], the cultish spin fitness center, is scheduled to open a new location on the upper level of 342 Flatbush Avenue (between Sterling Place & 8th Avenue) in June. Their signature yellow stationary bikes will
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April showers might bring May flowers, but in the meantime, they provide a perfectly good reason to stay home and cozy up. I could have said hygge [http://www.vogue.com/article/hygge-trend-lagom-2017], but let’s face it: it’s time for a change. (Courtesy Elena Boeva of Kings and
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The Wheeler, view from Fulton Street (rendering courtesy of Tishman Speyer) Tishman Speyer announced yesterday its plans to develop The Wheeler [http://www.thewheelerbk.com/], a new 620,000-square-foot creative office campus in Downtown Brooklyn. A partnership with Macy’s, Tishman Speyer acquired the top five floors [/creative-hub-health-center-mixed-use-building-coming-downtown-brooklyn/] of the
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Farragut Houses (Photo by planetbklynacademy via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/_fhV3PNJU6/?tagged=farraguthouses])Trash piling up from countless construction sites in and around the Brooklyn Navy Yard is causing a massive rat infestation in the neighborhood. An increasing number of creative and tech businesses moving into the Brooklyn
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The Clock Tower Penthouse at One Main Street in DUMBO (Image via Corcoran [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/listings/display/2546956])A stunning, 6,813-square-foot, triplex penthouse at DUMBO’s Clock Tower building located at One Main Street has sold for $15 million [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/listings/display/
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> LAST DAYS FOR LOVE LETTER BROOKLYN. The garage at hoyt and livingston closes today. Thank you @chinobyi and @icysigns and @colossalmedia and @macys and most of all BROOKLYN for making me the man I am today (IN A 3/4 shearling) [https://www.instagram.com/p/BAcYkyorCtT/] A post
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(Rendering via New Empire Real Estate Development [http://www.usnere.com/development/new-empire-9th-2128-ocean/])The southern Brooklyn development boom [/bays-tallest-sky-scratching-condo-tower-open-soon/] continues, stretching to the northern corner of Madison with a new mix-unit condo tower. Developers revealed renderings of a nine-story, 56-unit building under construction at 2128 Ocean Avenue between Kings Highway
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Photo by BKLYNER[Updated: Monday, April 3 at 9:30am] City Council Member Brad Lander’s office released an announcement [http://bradlander.nyc/news/updates/agreement-reached-for-neighborhood-supermarket-affordable-housing-at-5th-avenue-key-foo] on Thursday, March 30 regarding the agreement reached [/bye-bye-key-food-deal-closed-construction-begin-year/] with Avery Hall Investments on the Key Food site located at 120 Fifth Avenue. “The
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Ever need some Comic Relief [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief_USA]? Well, you have a better chance of seeing Andy Kaufman live than finding it here. … The joke’s on you! I’m funnier than Tony Clifton *and* I’ve got links to the best real estate deals
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Photo by BKLYNERThe Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) released its Winter 2017 Brooklyn Retail Report [https://www.rebny.com/content/rebny/en/research/REBNYRetailReport/Winter_2017_Brooklyn_Retail_Report.html] yesterday, revealing that the average asking rents for available ground floor retail spaces have increased in seven of
Arts & Culture
Rendering via KPFNYCHA has commissioned architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) to design a resiliency and renewal program for the Red Hook Houses in response to the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The storm left thousands of Red Hook residents without power and basic necessities for weeks