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 […]
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One BBP Could Score Residential Record High Price For Heights
A combined penthouse unit and 3-bedroom 4-bath condo below at One Brooklyn Bridge Park could set a record-breaking residential price tag for Brooklyn Heights. According to a story in the New York Daily News, MNS CEO Andrew Barrocas is close to signing a $9 million contract for the duplex. One Brooklyn Bridge Park, at 360 […]
One Brooklyn Bridge Park Triplex Penthouse Back On The Market: $5.5M
A 4,638 square foot Triplex Penthouse on the 14th floor of One Brooklyn Bridge Park is back on the market with a new price tag: $5.5 million. The unit has been listed, delisted and relisted several times since 2007, MNS broker Penelope Stipanovich tells the New York Observer. The 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath unit at […]
Morning Walk Photos
My morning walks, these days mostly confined to Saturday mornings because of my work schedule, usually follow the same route: from Montague on to the Promenade, down one block to Remsen, across to Hicks, down to Joralemon, then down the hill, past One Brooklyn Bridge Park and on to Pier 5. I then walk around […]
NYC OEM To Those In Evacuation Zone: ‘Don’t Leave’
From the NYC Office of Emergency Management: The time to evacuate for Hurricane Sandy has passed. It is time to shelter in place. Get to a safe, indoor location. Stay away from windows and remain above the 3rd floor but below the 10th floor, if possible. Once inside: – Close and lock all windows and […]
Actor/Comic Jerry Brooks Buys Digs At One Brooklyn Bridge Park
Actor and stand-up comedian Jerry Brooks—better known as J.B. Smoove—has closed on an 843-square-foot, 1-bedroom condo at One Brooklyn Bridge Park. The loft-style unit, for which he paid $524,398, includes a home office. The deal was brokered by MNS. Brooks is perhaps best known for playing Leon on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
‘Real Deal’ Profiles Heights’ Resident & Highbrow Broker Elizabeth Stribling
Elizabeth Stribling, founder of Stribling & Associates real-estate brokerage, made headlines in 2008 when she relocated from the Upper East Side’s East 84th Street to Brooklyn Heights, in a record-setting $6.6 million 12th-floor 3,442SF pad at One Brooklyn Bridge Park. This month, she is profiled in The Real Deal in a story titled “Stribling: The […]
One Brooklyn Bridge Park Among NYC’s Top 10 Condo Sales in 2011
Property Shark compiled a list of the 10 top-selling developments of 2011 earlier this year, which shows the boroughs dominating Manhattan—with condo buildings in Brooklyn and Queens taking the first four spots. According to the realty site, “Two years ago Manhattan was dominating this list; in 2011, six out of the top 10 Buildings with […]
Seller Of Record-Breaking 212 Columbia Heights Relocates To One Brooklyn Bridge Park
Former literary agent Nina Lorez Collins—who recently sold her Brooklyn Heights home at 212 Columbia Heights for a (then) record-crushing $11 million—has lapped up a 3,482 square foot “townhouse-style” condo with private pocket terrace at One Brooklyn Bridge Park. Two days after closing the sale of her 7,000sf Columbia Heights townhouse, the publishing honcho paid […]
BHA Gets BBP Back in Heights Congressional District
Brooklyn Heights Association President Jane McGroarty has alerted us to a change the BHA was able to effect in the redrawing of Congressional district lines that has just been made final. As proposed, the new map will put all of Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, and Carroll Gardens in the 7th Congressional District, now […]
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