As expected, a fourth Brooklyn Heights residential property on the market by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society has sold. BHB reported in late March that 183 Columbia Heights, then asking $7.1 million, was close to contract after attracting 27 offers, according to the building’s listing agent Massey Knakal Realty Services. The Real Deal reported […]
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161 Columbia: See Inside First On-The-Market Rental Unit
The Watchtower residential property at 161 Columbia Heights that sold March 20 for $3 million and returned to the market 10 days later as a rental is now being marketed by Ideal Properties Group, with the first interior images online for a 1-bedroom unit for $2,895/month. The descriptor: “This spacious 1-bedroom apartment is newly renovated […]
Happy Holiday Weekend: Passover & Easter
With Passover and Easter aligning in 2012, BHB wishes a joyous holiday weekend to all. For anybody that would like a hasty tutorial on the two occasions, you are welcome to read the synopses below… * For the Jewish religion, Passover celebrates God’s freeing of the Jews from bondage in Egypt through the leadership of […]
10 Days After Closing, 161 Columbia Heights Returns To Market As Rental
The Watchtower residential property at 161 Columbia Heights that closed March 20 after a $3 million sale to investment and management firm Sugar Hill Capital Partners, is back on the market less than two weeks later as a rental. According to Curbed, after a quick renovation, the newly named five-story walk-up “161 Heights” offers
Sold! Third Of Eight Watchtower Properties In Heights Grabs $3M
The third of eight Brooklyn Heights residential properties on the market by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society has bid “Amen” to owners Jehovah’s Witnesses. A five-story walk-up apartment building at 161 Columbia Heights sold for $3 million to investment and management firm Sugar Hill Capital Partners. The listing was managed by Massey Knakal Realty […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses Unload Columbia Heights Carriage House—$3M Under Asking
A second building in the Jehovah’s Witnesses Brooklyn Heights real estate collective has sold for $3 million less than its original asking price. Curbed reports that a 4,172-square-foot carriage house at 165 Columbia Heights Street (between Clark and Pierrepont streets), was asking $7.2 million in 2008, and sold for $4.1 million, according to city records. […]
Watchtower Sells Orange Street Building for $7.1 Million
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the Jehovah’s Witnesses to its friends, has sold 50 Orange Street for $7.1 million. It and two Columbia Heights properties were put on the block in August:
Brooklyn Heights’ Rabbi Simcha Says No Gelt, No Glory
Sometimes it just feels like life is all nun and shin but no gimel. This is especially true during heated games of dreidel during Chanukah. Rabbi Simcha Weinstein (@rabbisimcha) of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights shares his double secret super dreidel powers:
Kingdom Come: NYT on Bossert Hotel in Brooklyn Heights
The New York Times reports on the Bossert Hotel, currently owned by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. The piece discusses how members of the religion, known as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, become eligible for a stay in Brooklyn’s “Waldorf”. It also covers the fact that the Watchtower plans to move out of Brooklyn Heights over […]
Veteran of Anti-Apartheid Struggle to Preach at St. Ann’s Church Sunday
Father Michael Lapsley, who lost an eye and both hands during the struggle against apatheid in South Africa, and who founded the Institute for the Healing of Memories, will preach at the 11:00 a.m. service this Sunday, October 30, at the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, corner of Clinton and Montague Streets […]
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