While residential prices held steady throughout Brooklyn in 2012′s second quarter, a marked decline in inventory and a notable uptick in brownstone sales raised the bar for pricing in Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill.
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Magic Johnson is back in the news regarding his alliance with the agonizing completion of 20 Henry Street—and it’s as ugly as ever. The Real Deal reports that a labor dispute has erupted between Hudson Meridian Construction and the baller’s Canyon Johnson Urban Funds. The contractor has threatened to walk off the job at the […]
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Our neighbors to the south in the posh Brooklyn Bridge One appear to dig their digs. According to Curbed, the condo community has sold 317 units, with 25 more units in contract, which equates to 80% sold. Just under 100 apartments remain on the market, including one- and two-bedrooms, as well as lofts with flexible […]
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After going back in time to 1902 last month, we’ve given the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives another spin into the past. This time we transport back to July 10, 1880, 132 years ago today… What a deal! The Hotel St. George is offering special summer rates, for $10 a week. Your offer includes a bedroom, […]
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Fitness center “everyday athlete” will open its second Brooklyn location in the Heights this summer at 130 Clinton Street. Tomas Anthony and Alejandra Belmar opened their first zen-centered store in 1998 in nearby Carroll Gardens at 136 Union Street. According to the company’s website, “We believe fitness is essential and transformative. It also should be […]
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Despite the collapse of about half of a three-story brownstone building in Carroll Gardens early Monday morning, miraculously, no residents were injured. Much of the eastern wall of 241 Carroll Street (between Court and Smith streets) came down, exposing the interior of the regal brownstone. A gash extended from roof-to-ground, and included much of the […]
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The 150-year-old Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, a gothic revival building in Boerum Hill at Fourth Avenue and Pacific Street in a severe state of disrepair, is slated to be demolished in the next year, according to Rev. Christopher Ballard of the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, who is in charge of the […]
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David Maundrell, founder of brokerage firm Aptsandlofts.com, was interviewed in the New York Daily News‘ Real Estate “Ask A Broker” section Thursday, about Brooklyn’s hot spots. The residential firm recently opened a second storefront office in Cobble Hill and according to Maundrell, the “next hottest nabes in NYC” are… Cobble Hill and Bushwick, Brooklyn. He […]
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For those who can’t make the meeting tomorrow (Monday, June 25) evening at St. Francis College on the proposed Fieldhouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park, there will be another meeting on the same topic this Wednesday evening, June 27, starting at 7:30, at the Alfred T. White Center, 26 Willow Place. More details, supplied by Ben […]
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Real estate blog Brick Underground reports this week about “Kathryn” a Seattle transplant who moved to the Big Apple to pursue a career in the movie business. Initially landing here on the Lower East Side, she quickly found that her work schedule didn’t mesh too well with the 24/7 Snookification of the area. “At any given […]
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