Ever wonder how little it can cost to purchase property in Brooklyn Heights? We scanned listings at Streeteasy for the entire neighborhood, and found a sweet studio in a well-established Central Heights building for $215,000. The Brown Harris Stevens listing for 70 Remsen Street is on the first floor (Unit 1J) and apparently in need [...]
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Juice Whiz Erica Huss ‘Squeezes’ Into One Brooklyn Bridge Park
Juice purveyor Erica Huss, co-founder of Blueprint Cleanse, has purchased one of the few remaining units at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, 360 Furman Street. Her $2.25 million waterfront condo is a 2-bedroom duplex, with entrance, living & dining rooms on the top floor, and the bedrooms plus a windowless family room on the lower level. [...]
Is Lena Dunham Leaving Brooklyn Heights?
It seemed kind of curious, from the start. Lena Dunham, pop culture “It” girl; Emmy-nominated creator, writer & star of HBO’s runaway hit series “Girls”; upcoming $3.7M Random House published author (and acclaimed member of the 2012 BHB Top 10)… settled in to an 800sf, $550,000 1-bedroom apartment at Mansion House on Hicks Street last [...]
After Less Than A Year, 40 Willow Place Mansion Flips For $7.65M
It was less than a year ago—in August 2012—when the 7,400sf, three-story, 45-foot-wide modernist mansion at 40 Willow Place sold for a wicked $7.35 million—a mere shaving off its October 2011 list price of $7.5M. Curbed reports that “Brooklyn’s most valuable townhouse” has again changed hands. About four months ago, it was back on the [...]
City Comptroller John Liu: Library Properties Should Not Be Sold
Citizens Defending Libraries, the Brooklyn Heights-based organization aiming to protect city libraries “from sale, shrinkage and deliberate underfunding,” had an active week, including a story in The New York Times, coverage in The Nation and a sanctioned appearance at City Hall from City Comptroller John C. Liu. In a video posted by Liu’s office, he [...]
Celeb Sniffing: Are Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem Heading To Heights?
The New York Daily News reveals in its Confidential column that A-list celebs Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem were spotted apartment hunting in Brooklyn Heights. NYDN: Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem were recently spotted apartment-hunting in Brooklyn Heights. The duo were looking at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, at 360 Furman St., where they checked out [...]
Bank On It: Work Ensues On 177 Montague Street Rear Condo Entrance
The 13-unit condo integration at 177 Montague Street—the location of Chase Bank—is moving forward following its approval by Community Board 2′s Land Use Committee last December. Barry Rice Architects is the firm on the project, which calls for condos in the rear annex building at Pierrepont Street. At year-end, building owners York & Sawyer also [...]
Montague Street’s Verizon Wireless Storefront Riling Preservationists
Preservations are raising sand that Brooklyn Heights’ Verizon Wireless storefront is parading multiple injustices to the 19th century row-house at 146 Montague Street in which it has long been housed. In a hearing last month, the Landmarks Preservation Commission refused to retroactively permit an illegal aluminum display box, according to a story in the Brooklyn [...]
21 Grace Court Alley Now Up For Sale After Being An $11.5k Monthly Rental
The stately carriage house, number 21, at the end of Grace Court Alley, was marketed as a rental for $11,500/month ($138,000 annually) back in September. It is now on the market for $3.5 million for 2 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, with parking, central AC, skylights, fireplace, W/D and three outdoor areas. The Brown Harris Stevens listing [...]
Area Man Writes Verse About Apartment Search, Posts Around In Brooklyn Heights
Twitter user Daniel Kanter (@danielkanter) snapped a photo of an “open letter” to Brooklyn Heights from “James Carpenter” who claims to someone who would like to continue living in the neighborhood. However it appears that circumstances are not allowing him to say. He writes in verse that reminds us of a certain singer from Manchester, [...]
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