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Sephora May Anchor “Women’s Power Center” at Court and Joralemon

According to Lois Weiss’s “Between the Bricks” column in the New York Post, cosmetics retailer Sephora will be the anchor tenant in the retail space being developed in the Brooklyn Municipal Building at the southeast corner of Court and Joralemon streets. Weiss quotes Albert Laboz of United American Land, the developer of the site, as […]

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Brooklyn Heights Couple Keeps Close Quarters In 240-Square-Foot Apartment

Boy, talk about micro-managing. Brooklyn Heights couple Erin Boyle, 28, and fiancé James Casey, 30, are profiled in the New York Post about thriving in their—eek!—240-square-foot apartment. The writer and biologist, respectively, pay $1,500 a month for their uber-cozy digs, which they claim works by staying tidy and minimalist. (It probably doesn’t hurt that they’re […]

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Manager of St. George Dorm “Gouging” Students: Post

Educational Housing Services, the not-for-profit entity that manages the dormitory for students and interns at the St. George Hotel building, Henry and Clark streets, is giving its residents a bum deal while paying top managers choice salaries, according to an article by Annie Karni in today’s Post. New York Post: New York City college students […]

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Squadron’s Community Meeting Hits Hot Button Issues

Last evening’s Community Meeting got off to an interesting start when Brooklyn Heights resident and long time Brooklyn Bridge Park advocate Tony Manheim asked State Senator Daniel Squadron if, now that in a deal brokered in part by Squadron and Assemblywoman Joan Millman, the State has given control of the Park to the City, he […]

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Post: Witness Buildings May Solve Park Funding Problem

Existing buildings owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses could, it is suggested, be purchased by the City, converted to luxury condos, and the tax revenue they generate used to help fund Brooklyn Bridge Park maintenance. New York Post: The Jehovah’s Witnesses could answer the prayers of locals fighting to keep more high-rise condos out of Brooklyn […]

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