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20 Henry Street Ticket Imbroglio – the Video

Karl Junkersfeld enlists the help of Cranberry’s Jim Montemarano in saving one car from being towed in front of 20 Henry Street.  BHB reader “My2Cents” had posted signs warning unwitting motorists that they would be towed from the No Parking zone after the normal DOT sign was obscured by scaffolding around the old Peaks Mason Mints […]

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Launch Event Thursday for 20 Henry Street

The sales office of 20 Henry Street, located at 114 Henry Street, will host an  opening event this Thursday, November 20 from 6-9pm. Guests will be entertained with live jazz courtesy of Chris Washburn and the SYOTOS Band as well as a “winter whites” tasting from Michael Towne Liquors. The event is free and open […]

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20 Henry Street: From Affordable Housing! to Affordable Housing?

Today, the condos at 20 Henry Street, aka the Peaks Mason Mints Factory, officially went on sale.  The building, which was once “afforadable housing” under Mitchell Lama now boasts luxury residences with a top price of $2.56 million.   Curbed reports that broker Halstead claims that over 1,900 folks have expressed interest in the properties.

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NY Times Takes a Walking Tour of Brooklyn Heights

BHB tipster “Bradley” sent us this link to a New York Times Weekend Explorer video feature on our humble neighborhood (and accompanying article, thanks MiB). Appearing in the piece are Deborah Schwartz of the Brooklyn Historicial Society,  nabe residents Frank Santos (who tells a great story about workers at the Peaks Mason Mints Factory tossing […]

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Curbed Reader: 20 Henry… Feh

A Brooklyn Heights tipster wrote to Curbed this week about the new development at 20 Henry.  The tipster is not impressed: Curbed: A tipster has the scoopage on new Brooklyn Heights condo conversion 20 Henry (at 20 Henry Street, ‘natch), which was formally the Peaks Mason Mints building, constructed in 1929. The two-building setup has […]

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20 Henry Street Deal Closed

  The Praedium Group has closed the sale of 20 Henry Street (Peaks Mason Mint candy factory) to Urban Realty Partners for $19.6 million. The property was originally listed in January for $22.5 million.  Before selling, Praedium had secured the Landmarks' approval to construct a 14,500 square foot, 4 story residential building (pictured) on the […]

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Yassky: No Hall Passky for Walentas

The NY Post covers the DUMBO middle school/development drama in today's edition: NY Post: Rumble Over Jumbo Dumbo Apartments: "DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights do need a middle school, but it should not be used as an excuse for an inappropriate building," said Yassky, who is forming a task force to find an alternate site for […]

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20 Henry Street on the Block

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports today that after all the drama surrounding the development of 20 Henry Street, the property has been put on the market for $22.5 million. The photo here shows the Landmarks approved four story building proposed to be built upon the building's garden area.  UPDATE: 

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Goodbye 20 Henry Street Garden

The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the Landmark Preservation Commission approved a scaled down plan to replace the landmark garden at 20 Henry Street with housing units. On their 8th attempt for approval architects Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg and owners the Praedium Group received the green light from the commission for a four story […]

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Eagle: New Architect for 20 Henry Street

The Brooklyn Eagle reports on the latest in the 20 Henry Street saga: Brooklyn Eagle: New Architect…: New permit applications have been filed with the Department of Buildings (DOB) for the renovation and conversion of a by now familiar building at 20 Henry St. in Brooklyn Heights, more familiarly known in the area as “the […]

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