Popular stories on Brownstoner this week include a housing lottery in Crown Heights, the tale of a publisher’s demolished manse, and more Brooklyn news.
The tower at 1185 Carroll Street behind some brick row houses in Crown Heights in 2022. Photo by Susan De Vries
by Affordable Housing Lottery for Wait List Has Three-Bedrooms for $48K
In an affordable housing lottery to get on a wait list for a coveted Mitchell-Lama complex in Crown Heights, three-bedroom units are priced at less than $50,000 while some studios can be had for less than $20,000.
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Photo via Douglas Elliman
A Beverley Square West House With a Porch and More to See, Starting at $849K
Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Beverley Square West, Windsor Terrace, Bay Ridge, and East Flatbush.
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A house on Rugby Road in the newly designated Beverley Square West district in October. Photo by Susan De Vries
Flatbush Gets Two New Historic Districts Following Landmarks Vote
Flatbush has two new historic districts, Beverley Square West and Ditmas Park West, bringing the area’s total to five following a unanimous vote by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
At Tuesday’s meeting, all the commissioners backed the proposal, though two questioned why the districts couldn’t be extended as many locals requested. At October’s public hearing, 35 speakers supported the designations and most urged adding nearby blocks, including Westminster and Stratford roads and parts of Beverley Road. Three people opposed the plan.
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The Schwarzmann house at St. Marks and Nostrand avenues in 1913. Photo via Brooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
The Big Mansion on the Corner: Crown Heights’ Schwarzmann House
The idea of a magnificent bridge to cross the East River and join Brooklyn and Manhattan was proposed by engineer John Roebling in 1852, but it took until 1869, after the Civil War, for everything to line up and work to start. Completing the bridge took more than a decade thanks to a host of setbacks and problems. It wasn’t completed until 1883 and on opening day, May 24, people were finally able to walk or ride from Brooklyn to Manhattan and back. While this ability had a great effect on both cities, Brooklyn’s development, specifically regarding neighborhoods and housing, is our topic for the day.
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Photo via Brown Harris Stevens
Park Slope Neo-Grec With Mantels, Interior Shutters, Wood Floors Asks $2.995 Million
Tucked between taller row houses, this Neo-Grec is just a few blocks from Grand Army Plaza. The brownstone has had some updates over the centuries, but still has some wood floors, mantels, a stair with substantial newel post, and a stair niche (aka coffin corner). At 823 Union Street, the two-family also sits across the street from the Park Slope Food Co-op.
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