Popular stories include neighbors fighting against deed theft, a Crown Heights reno, and more Brooklyn news.
A new 19-story development along Atlantic Avenue in Prospect Heights. Rendering via NYC Housing Connect
by Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for Atlantic Avenue Build With $962 Units
An affordable housing lottery has launched for a new 19-story development along Atlantic Avenue in Prospect Heights. The building includes a total of 258 apartments, the majority of which are market rate, and has a range of amenities including a cold plunge pool and pickleball court.
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The house at 116 Buckingham Road in Prospect Park South. Photo via Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
A Prospect Park South Standalone and More to See, Starting at $875K
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Prospect Park South, Williamsburg, Kensington, and Bay Ridge. They range in price from $875,000 to $4.25 million.
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Carmella Charrington (left) with her father and sister outside 212 Jefferson Avenue. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith
Neighbors Organize Against Deed Theft, Call Out Investors Who Target Heirs
This story from 2024 about neighbors organizing against deed theft was popular again with readers after the recent eviction protest at 212 Jefferson Avenue and the arrest of locals and City Council Member Chi Ossé.
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Photo via Brown Harris Stevens
Wood Frame With Evocatively Worn Interior Asks $4.9 Million in Brooklyn Heights
The picturesque exterior of this Brooklyn Heights wood frame yields to an evocative interior with wide planked floorboards, plaster walls stained with remnants of wall colors of the past, and Federal-era mantels. At 25 Cranberry Street, the early 19th century dwelling sits within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.
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Photo by Sarah Voigt
The Insider: Crown Heights Reno Burnishes Landmark Townhouse
The four-story townhouse had pedigree, to be sure. It was designed around the turn of the 20th century by prolific Brooklyn architect Axel Hedman, and retained a substantial amount of its original oak woodwork. “The house had been maintained but never updated,” said architect Kimberly Neuhaus, “and there was a large ’70s kitchen at the back of the garden floor that looked like it had been plopped in from a tract house somewhere.”
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