Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 241 Units in East New York ...
Nov 9, 2020 · An affordable housing lottery has opened for a whopping 241 newly constructed units across a series of buildings as part of the latest phase of the Nehemiah Spring Creek development, with addresses at 389-402, 498-504, and 516 Schroeders Avenue, 127 and 129 Gateway Drive and 1111-1123 Lower Ashford Drive in East New York.
Brownstone Brooklyn: The Rise of the Brownstone in New York
Jan 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, expands and splits ...
The Mythology of the Coffin Corner - Brownstoner
Dec 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 ...
Brownstoner | Brooklyn Real Estate News
Historic 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.
Everything You Need to Know About Italianate Architecture
Apr 4, 2016 · Italianate style in Brooklyn. The mid 1800s — the age of the Brooklyn brownstone — was an architectural era that defines the city to this day. The neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill are still teeming with Italianate brownstones. The pure Italianate brownstone with its ...
Victorian Bathroom: A Quick History of the Bathroom
Nov 28, 2016 · Rogers’ 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.
Lottery Opens for Deeply Affordable, Including Free, Senior …
Jan 24, 2023 · A lottery has launched for 57 truly affordable apartments for seniors in an under-construction development at 6309 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, the site of the former Zion Lutheran Church. The Sunset Ridge Senior Apartments will include a new nine-story building on the former church site and two adjacent townhouses on 63rd street, which will be ...
A Bed Stuy Renaissance Revival Brownstone and Three More to …
Jun 24, 2022 · A legal two-family, the four-story 1880s Renaissance Revival brownstone has a one-bedroom apartment with its own entrance at the rear of the garden floor. The larger unit spans three and a half floors plus the cellar. Historic details include seven fireplaces (three wood burning), pocket doors, stained glass and a window seat.
History Underfoot: Flooring in the 19th Century Home
Apr 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 ...
Brooklyn Life Archives - Brownstoner
Sep 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 benefits.