Work's started on the first building in the Hello Living series that'll be full frontal on Washington Avenue (the rest are on Pacific or coming to Dean). This entry into Eli Karp's mini-neighborhood on the Prospect Heights-Crown Heights border is
The Real Estate compares and contrasts based on the second quarter Miller Samuel market reports. Eh, what's $1,081,288?Brooklyn vs. Manhattan: A Handy Price Guide [TRE]
Sometime between the days of yore and yesteryear, it was common practice for builders all over New York to dump whatever they could find onto their sites in order to fill in holes or create higher grades. Similarly, they would
If you're a troll or a spammer, you better try to get your last licks in now, because by Monday, the guest commenting function will be a thing of the past on Brownstoner. If you haven't signed up for a
This brownstone at 28 2nd Place in Carroll Gardens is a bit unusual. It's 34 feet (and four windows) wide, double the width of many houses. As a result, the three-story house is almost 5,000 square feet and has another
It's been about a year since closings began at Williamsburg's Mill Building. Since then, a handful of units have changed hands, including a couple on the top floor which went for over $900 per square foot. Compared to those levels,
Here are some of the topics posted on The Forum today:Vintage Brass Public School Doorknobs (above)Cablevision Attaching Boxes w/o Building Owners' PermissionSomeone to Refinish Three Pine BookcasesWindowless Bathroom Without a Vent?Need a Great Custome Window Maker and Installer
We just got back from the kick-off party for the new TKTS booth at Metrotech Center. Tout le monde was there. We're pretty excited about this—it's a nice boost for Downtown Brooklyn. Broadway performers and politicians galore in the slideshow.
Brooklyn has left the stone age behind, or at least joined the ranks of Manhattan, Queens and Long Island in finally having a Miller Samuel residential market report to call its own. The inaugural report from Jonathan Miller & co.
Photo by ultraclay!. City to Test Peak Rates for Parking Meters [NY Times]Of Mice and a Congressman [NY Daily News]City Charter May be Overhauled [NY Sun]Specialty Lenders Thriving [NY Sun]Subway Stations to Suffer [AMNY]City Eyes Schwinn-Dig [NY Post]
A right-wing think tank has issued a big report that, according to the Sun, says affordable housing construction would be sped up by the use of nonunion labor. The Manhattan Institute is—not surprisingly—arguing that soaring construction costs are slowing development,
Movement into and out of U.S. cities slowed sharply last year as the housing bust forced more Americans to stay put, according to new Census Bureau data.
The supply of homes available for sale in 18 major metropolitan areas in June was down 2.4% from a year earlier, according to ZipRealty. Inventory totals in June were about even with those a month earlier in those areas.
More and more of Ward's Bakery is biting the dust. This is the view of the back of the building, on Dean Street, this afternoon. Ward's Bakery: SWO But Well Beyond Salvation GMAP
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While the loss of a tenant can prove disastrous for a sole landlord in a real-estate deal, the experience of multiple investors in a Phoenix bottling plant shows that the headaches can be magnified if something goes awry in a
