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The rental unit at 153 India Street in Greenpoint. Photo via Streeteasy

by Susan De Vries

Greenpoint Railroad Apartment With Mantel, Wood Floors Asks $3K a Month

On the third floor of an 1890s tenement building, this Greenpoint apartment for rent has a mantel, a built-in, and picture rails. The railroad layout, without a hallway and with each room providing access to the next, will require a creative configuration, but the unit does have a large eat-in kitchen and a bit of storage.

new buildings under construction along the Gowanus canalThe development at 325 Bond Street in Gowanus in March of this year. Photo by Susan De Vries

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens With $903 Units in Gowanus Waterfront Build

An affordable housing lottery opened for a new nine-story development that replaced a former parking lot next to the now-demolished Green Building in Gowanus. This is the affordable component of Rabsky Group’s two-tower Westmark development, made possible by the area’s rezoning. It sits between Bond Street and the Gowanus Canal.

sunset park living room with view into a dining room with wainscotingPhoto via Brown Harris Stevens

Sunset Park Finnish Co-op With Wainscoting, Built-ins Asks $645K

This two-bedroom apartment could use a bit of TLC, but it boasts numerous period details and a location across from Sunset Park. It is on the third floor of 4404 6th Avenue and within the Sunset Park North Historic District.


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Clinton Hill Loft With Two Bedrooms, Two Baths Asks $1.445 Million

In Clinton Hill, this apartment has high ceilings, two bedrooms, and some bonus space with a large storage loft. It is in the 1920s industrial building at 110 Clifton Place, on the corner of Classon Avenue. The three-story elevator building has been known as the Ping Pong Building since it was converted to residences in the 1980s.

rendering of multi story housingRendering by J Frankl Architects via Community Board 5 Land Use Committee

Cypress Hills Monastery Could Be Razed for Apartments, Stirring Opposition

The cloistered nuns moved out of the Carmelite monastery on the edge of Highland Park in Cypress Hills just over three years ago. Now a developer with plans of rezoning the site to build a nine-story, 345-unit apartment complex on the church-owned site appears to be moving in, and some locals are already organizing against their new neighbor.

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