Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that an East Flatbush man has been charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of a forged instrument, and other charges for allegedly forging documents in an attempt to transfer ownership of an elderly neighbor’s house to himself. 390 East
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The power of social media is at the epicenter of America’s body politic, but it can also serve as a gateway to refuge from the doldrums of the everyday grind. Put differently: Instagram isn’t just for bodega cats anymore. Here’s a group of grammable apartments from Southern
Announcements
FLATBUSH – The New York City Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/] (EDC) filed construction documents this week for a 255-unit, 100% affordable rental development at 2119 Caton Avenue. Flatbush Caton Market on the corner of Flatbush and Caton Avenues (via Google Maps)BRP Companies [http://www.brpcompanies.com], Urbane
News
545 Broadway (Rendering via Blesso Properties)WILLIAMSBURG – Renderings were revealed this week for a new mixed-use rental high-rise to be constructed above the Lincoln Savings Bank in Williamsburg. The 27-story building will have 218 units rental property, with office and retail space below, 6sqft reports [https://www.6sqft.com/revealed-27-story-tower-at-lincoln-savings-bank-site-will-be-tallest-in-east-williamsburg/
Bensonhurst
Unfinished Seth Low Park’s ball fields in August 2017 (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER) GRAVESEND – They look finished, and they look beautiful. The two new tracks and artificial turf ballfields, in addition to the exercise equipment have been tempting neighborhood kids for weeks now. Unfinished Seth Low Park’s exercise area
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – Drone footage released by the architecture firm ODA [http://www.oda-architecture.com/] shows construction progressing on two massive housing developments coming to Bushwick. Together, the developments at 10 Montieth Street and 123 Melrose street—site of the old Rheingold Brewery [http://www.brownstoner.com/history/rheingold-beer-brewery-brooklyn-bushwick-history/] —take up 1.
Announcements
BUSHWICK/CROWN HEIGHTS/SOUTH SLOPE – Affordable housing lotteries recently launched for three Brooklyn buildings. 810 Flushing Avenue via Google MapsFirst is Bushwick’s 810 Flushing Avenue (at Beaver Street) which has nine one-bedrooms available for $1,039/month. The seven-story building was built in 2016 and houses 42 units, according
celebrity
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn may be losing one former-Bostonian-turned-Hollywood-actor [/emily-blunt-and-john-krasinski-list-park-slope-townhouse-for-8m/], but may soon gain another. Remember the Brooklyn Heights penthouse asking for $16.645 million [/brooklyn-heights-penthouse-break-record-boroughs-expensive-home-sale/]? The Wall Street Journal [https://www.wsj.com/articles/matt-damon-is-in-contract-to-buy-brooklyn-heights-penthouse-1505249552] reported on Tuesday that actor Matt Damon is in
Central Brooklyn
Leaders of the march led chants of “Whose city? Our city!” and “Brooklyn’s not for sale!” (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)About 200 community organizers and protesters marched through rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhoods this Saturday in a rally opposing gentrification, racism and police violence organized by the Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network (BAN)
Announcements
DITMAS PARK — Brooklyn Industries was an outlier on this stretch of Cortelyou Road, which is home to two dollar stores, a small gift shop and a handful of restaurants. It opened in January of 2013, taking over the storefront that was for two decades selling Avon [/avon-moved-out-of-cortelyou-corner-retail-space/]on the corner
Central Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Book Festival [/brooklyn-book-festival-week-literary-events-sept-11-17/] is taking over the county of Kings, and we’re as excited as you are. Here are a list of perfectly cozy apartments that are ideal for a good read [/greenlight-bookstores-picks-for-the-brooklyn-book-festival-fortgreene/]. (Courtesy Dolly Ramkissoon)1105 Cortelyou Road, 2nd Floor (Sponsored) Available: Now Price: $3,000/
Business
A modern problem: Renting is stressful for everyone involved. Finding an apartment takes a lot of time, energy, and trust. Most of us have had the experience of being interested in a unit, just to realize it’s already been leased or located in a part of town that we