Lottery Opens for More Than 100 Affordable Units With Solar, A/C ...
WEB09/20/20225 minute 0 Share. A lottery has launched for 129 truly affordable apartments in an under-construction development that will incorporate cutting-edge green technology at 573 Emerald Street in East New York. The apartments will be in Linden Terrace II, one of three buildings that make up the 548-unit Linden Terrace development.
Brownstoner | Brooklyn Real Estate News
WEBHistoric St. John’s College Campus in Bed Stuy to Reopen as Apartments. Scrubbed of character and too expensive. Unit With Mantels in Mansard-Roofed Greenpoint Townhouse Asks $4,500 a Month. I live in a row house in Brooklyn. Across the street is an apartment building taller than the surrounding houses.
Brownstone Brooklyn: The Rise of the Brownstone in New York
WEBJan 31, 2017 · Photo by Susan De Vries. Many 19th-century New Yorkers blamed the brownstone problems on improperly cut stone in the quarries, or overly quick construction procedures. When cut and laid with the grain, brownstone crumbles and scales, because water seeps into the exposed pores of the thick brownstone blocks and, upon freezing, …
History Underfoot: Flooring in the 19th Century Home
WEBApr 1, 2019 · By the last decade of the 19th century, and well into the 20th, hardwood floors became the norm for all new construction. Plain strips of tongue and groove flooring, usually in oak, was now throughout most custom made and spec houses, in hallways, ground floors, and upper floors. Most parlor floors enjoyed parquet floors, usually with a ...
From Pakistan to Brooklyn: A Quick History of the Bathroom
WEBRogers’ bathrooms coincided with the inventions of another plumbing legend, his former boss, Solomon Willard, who is credited with the American invention of hot air central heating. The two features would come together 50 years later in the late Victorian bathroom. Late 19th century bathroom at the Codman House.
Longtime Bushwick Business Krown Hardware to Reopen on …
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Bushwick’s Krown Hardware store will continue its more than 70 year run on Broadway when it reopens to the public in its former building but in a scaled-down space. The three-generation mom-and-pop is one of the few local businesses to survive the arson fires and looting of the 1977 blackout. Owner A.J. Adipietro is taking the reins from his ...
Brooklyn Life Archives - Brownstoner
WEBSep 20, 2024 · Congratulations to Lincoln Place greenest block this year winner 2024 of June. Instead of cutting library hours, the mayor should cut the exorbitant salaries of the top honchos salaries at the library. Linda Johnson, Brooklyn Public Library's long-serving president & CEO, pulls down $577,422, and that's not counting about $50 grand for …
Construction Wrapping Up at Brooklyn Tower
WEB02/07/2024 0. Work is almost complete on the borough’s first supertall, The Brooklyn Tower, with facade installation wrapping up on the building’s double-height plinth and tenants and homeowners already taking up residence in the skyscraper that towers over it. On Tuesday, workers at 9 Dekalb Avenue were busy in the still-under construction ...
Bushwick’s Faro Restaurant Closing Its Doors After Eight Years
WEB02/23/2023 0. Faro, a Bushwick mainstay for fresh pasta and seasonal produce, is closing after eight years serving the neighborhood from its Jefferson Street location. “It’s been an amazing journey and, after almost eight years, the time has come to close the doors at Faro. We are proud to have been part of the Bushwick community and will ...
The Mythology of the Coffin Corner - Brownstoner
WEBDec 19, 2022 · The coffin corner mythology seems to have really taken off in the mid 20th century, particularly as historic house tours and interest in Victoriana flourished. A tour guide could inject a frisson of ghoulish excitement with a tidy historic “fact.”. It was pervasive enough that John Maass, author of numerous articles and books on Victorian ...
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