The Times' "Critical Shopper" columnist has concluded that it's time to "make lemonade" when it comes to how Ikea's presence in Red Hook is viewed:Sure, it furthers Red Hook's transformation into the Paramus Park shopping mall in New Jersey. Yes,

These are the priciest residential sales in Brooklyn so far this year, per public records. The Heights dominated the first six months of the year, but the record-breaking One Main condo sale and the Connelly mansion closing will mean the

Wowza! Downtown's Toren is not only rising at lightning speed—now at 32 of its 38 stories—it's also started showing its face to the world. The 110 Livingston blog has some shots via Wired NY of some curtain wall that's been

How ridiculous-looking is this? We don't make it down this last block of State Street very often (we tend to take 3rd Avenue to Lafayette when heading back to Clinton Hill from Smith Street or the Heights) so this addition

The Aloft/Sheraton hotelapalooza rising at 222 Duffield Street has made big strides since we checked in back in February. From what we're hearing, though, it's going to be another 18 months or so until this bad boy's open for business.

Within the next few months the city is going to start a second round of community-based planning for a major overhaul to J.J. Byrne Park. The Parks Dept. is going to focus on revamping the main section of J.J. Byrne,

Here's a submission from Kensington: "We did all of this ourselves, both front and back including designing and building the pergola. We wanted two distinct 'rooms' in back and used the pergola as a visual divider. We have no pics

While this video doesn't actually show last month's Boerum Hill House Tour, it highlights 10 of the event's featured locations. Fun facts abound, like: "It is thought that modern Hoyt Street followed an old Native American trail to the original

Real-estate shares fell victim to economic and credit concerns in the second quarter, registering bigger declines than the broader S&P 500.

Regional and small banks are expected to report large losses from their mounting volume of soured loans made primarily to home builders.

Companies are taking less office space, driving down rents in most U.S. markets and giving tenants an edge.

The massive overhaul to the city's building code took effect yesterday, according to City Room, marking the beginning of a one-year period in which new-building filings can conform to either the old or new codes. Some of the new rules

Financial opportunity is outweighing environmental issues for property owners swept up in a land grab by energy companies targeting gas reserves. Rights for deep drilling are fetching as much as $2,500 an acre, or more.

How would different security companies configure a home with a system, and what would they charge to alert the police about triggered motion sensors? Here's a look at ADT, Brink's, Monitronics and Protection One.

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Curbed reports that the zoning text amendment that'll limit the heights of new buildings and building additions on a bunch of streets in Carroll Gardens passed the City Planning Commission today. The Council will vote on the matter on July

The Black Fives blog posted some absolutely stunning photos of the new recreation center at the Park Slope Armory as well as some archival material about the structure in the late 19th and early 20th century. The item talks about

June Fletcher offers her take on two recently launched sites: RentBureau.com, which helps landlords screen tenants and ForeclosurePoint.com, a listing service.