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It’s the hipsters vs. the Hasids in Crown Heights. Religious Jews are upset at their new, young neighbors for everything from women wearing shorts; bar hopping and sunbathing.
One of the best condensed review of the Bed-Stuy food and wine scenes I’ve seen. Thank you Gothamist.com. Blog post at http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/?p=3674
Crown Heights has seen influx of young upwardly mobile couples, college kids and hipsters into the area, just a short walk along tree-lined Eastern Parkway to the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Prospect Park.
From Gothamist, published 2/18/11 Ken Maldonado for The Wall Street Journal The St. Johns Heights condos at 524 St. Johns Place in Brooklyn. In certain circles, Crown Heights just doesn\’t have the same cachet as Prospect Heights. But it\’s not as easy for apartment hunters to find good deals in the ProHigh these days! Thankfully, realtors have come up with…
Warehouse spaces are still being converted into not-so-giant lofts. Artists and furniture makers are still finding space for $1,200 per month. Lounges, bars and nightlife have found good homes. So have a new breed of New Yorkers.
This restaurant actually lives on the ground floor a brownstone in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens on Saturdays and Sundays only.
The neighborhood’s history as one of the main docking ports of New York has always distinguished the neighborhood and its distance from public transportation has further isolated it, crafting a particularly distinct sense of community within the neighborhood.
On Atlantic Avenue, between Henry Street and Hicks Street. • Pets OK on a case by case basis • Hardwood Floor • Common Courtyard/Garden • Laundry in the Building • Near Shops • Near Nightlife • Heat+Hot Water Included • New Appliances • Dishwasher • Granite Bath • Pets are permitted provided they are controlled • Walking distance to the…
Beautiful brownstone just of Prospect Park. Four blocks to the subway and within 4 block of everything. Naturally, you can get full details by subscribing to RDNY.com. Forget about all the other apartments available. This one alone is worth the price of admission.
Newly listed 1 BR in a renovated loft building. Some very nice features, like oversized windows, high ceilings, a garage on premises, new appliances and just a block from Pratt Institute and the very fine Clinton Hill neighborhood.
True, it\’s not Lundy\’s, but the locals like it just fine
At long last, Sheepshead Bay finds that a legend can be replaced
The evolution from postindustrial to residential chic is ongoing, as evidenced by massive construction along Water Street and signs advertising new rentals and loft apartments in old factory and warehouse buildings.
The city\’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled to start the designation process for two new historic districts
Perfect 1 BR in the best part of Brooklyn Heights – steps from the Promenade on Pierrepont Street. $2,100 per month.
Quite possible the best block in Park Slope, steps to the park, around the corner from Grand Army Plaza, a 1 BR with a garden, grape vine, and antique tin ceilings for $1,875/month. Unit: 334734
This small section of Brooklyn bordering Flatbush and Brownsville is battling rising crime and living costs with genuine kindness that crosses ethnic boundaries.
I\’ve always wanted to get to know some of the small shops, boutiques, restaurants, and food provisioners in Brooklyn better. But who has all that time? There are just too many fun and interesting places to visit.
Apartment rentals in Brooklyn and Queens are starting to move up in price again.
Brooklyn Heights is one of the most beautiful places to live in New York.
The ever popular Brookyn Flea Market has moved indoors for the winter. Just head over to One Hanson Place, just across from BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). The space is the iconic old Williamsburg Dime Savings Bank building, AKA One Hanson Place. Even if you don\’t need to buy anything, you should see the space. It\’s even worth the trip…
I love the NYC subway system. You pay one fare to go anywhere in the city, unlike Philadelphia or London (the only other cities whose public transportation I know about) which charges you based on how long you ride. Here\’s a fascinating story by Andy Newman in the Aug 22, 2008 New York Times called The Curious World of the…
I visited my artist friend Robert in Williamsburg a few days ago and I took my camera. It was a beautiful summer day and I wanted to update my Brooklyn portfolio. He lives a few blocks from the 7\’s Graham Ave station. This is the corner of Graham and Metropolitan. And this is further down on Graham Ave. We had…
Yeah, I never heard of her either but she snagged a 2-page spread in New York Magazine (June 29-July 7, 2008). Of course, I saw \”Juno\” but I don\’t remember her too much. Anyway, she\’s living in Greenwhich Village and regretting it: “I probably shouldn’t discuss my finances,” she says, “but I’m poor!” On the list of complaints: taxes, agent…
Kevin, my co-worker in the RDNY.com Listings Dept, watches NY1 TV all the time and saw a TV report today (June 25, 2008) that said that Brooklyn has the city\’s largest gay community and the 4th largest in the whole country. This is from the NY1 website: According to the borough president\’s office [Marty Markowitz], Brooklyn now has the largest…
The New York Observer has an interesting profile of someone I never heard of: Greg O\’Connell. He owns 1,000,000 square feet of Red Hook but seems to be a developer with a social agenda — can a New York City developer with lot of waterfront property truly be benign? Here are a few excerpts from the article to give you…
Ian, who is originally from Wisconsin [UPDATE: Ian is from Michigan. I always get Michigan and Wisconsin mixed up.], the but now has a home in Brooklyn, joined the RDNY.com Listings Dept yesterday (June 19, 2008). When I found out that he lives in Bushwick, I immediately asked him to tell me all about his neighborhood. Here is what he…
I was away for a few days in Florida, and here\’s a tip for anyone planning a summer trip to FLA: be sure to have something to read for the inevitable delay at the airport. I had to sit for 7 hours in the Fort Lauderdale Airport yesterday (June 16, 2008) while the storms cleared up here in NYC. Thankfully,…
In the summer of 2005, I started working in the Listings Dept at RDNY.com and on weekends I\’d get on the subways and buses of the city and take photos of the neighborhoods I was writing listings about. The bosses at RDNY.com used many of my snaps for their eBooks. Here are some of my favorite photos of Brooklyn from…
(Photo from Wikipedia) I borrowed the title of my post today from Lawrence Ferlinghetti. I always thought that was a great title for a book. I grew up mostly in the West, and I thought Coney Island must be amazingly liberating for a hip San Fransisco poet to use it as his main metaphor for life. When I moved permanently…