Along Three Blocks of Lenox Road in Flatbush, Development Is Happening...
Back in March 2018, the sale of two freestanding Edwardian homes in Flatbush caused a stir. The pair of homes, located at 100 and 94 Lenox Road, sold to Besyata Investment Group for a combined $9.95...
View ArticleNew Low in Townhouse Design?
A Brownstoner reader sent in this photo of a renovated wood-frame townhouse close to the corner of Bedford Avenue in Bed Stuy with the comment "a new low in townhouse design." The house is one of a row...
View ArticleThe Lore of 13 Pineapple Street, One of Brooklyn Heights’ Historic Wood Frame...
It’s a house that invites a second look from the passerby. Even in a neighborhood filled with architectural delights, the generously wide, gray-shingled facade seems to hint at an interesting past....
View ArticleAnother Freestanding Home on Lenox Road in East Flatbush Will Face Wrecking Ball
In March 2019, we looked at a three-block stretch of Lenox Road in East Flatbush, where a number of freestanding Victorian and Edwardian homes were being demolished to make way for larger developments....
View ArticleBed Stuy Italianate Shines With New Landmarks-Approved Wood Windows, Door
A rare wood frame Italianate in the Bedford Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District has been cleaned up and repaired. The exterior of the 1880s house at 329 Stuyvesant Avenue has been...
View ArticleHistoric Queen Anne Home on Bushwick Avenue Will Face Wrecking Ball
One of Bushwick’s architectural gems will soon face the wrecking ball. Demolition permits were spotted outside the Charles Lindemann House, located at 1001 Bushwick Avenue, a large Queen Anne home at...
View ArticleRenovated Greenpoint Wood Frame With Wide Plank Floors, Marble Mantel Asks...
Wide planked floorboards and a fine black marble mantel provide some clues to the vintage of this Greenpoint wood frame, which combines some 19th century character with the modern amenities of a more...
View ArticleCharm-Filled Bed Stuy Italianate With Moldings, Mantels, Parking Asks $1.495...
When it was constructed, this wood frame Italianate would have been one of many dotting its block, built in the late 1860s and 1870s before the boom of masonry row house construction in Bed Stuy. While...
View ArticleHistoric Greenpoint Wood-Frame Flats Building Gets Landmarks OK for New...
A long-neglected and formerly ornate wood-frame apartment house on Greenpoint’s Calyer Street will get a facade update that aims to bring back some of the structure’s former historical details, but has...
View ArticleA Pair of Greek Revivals, Clinton Hill’s Oldest Landmarked Houses Emerge From...
The scaffolding has come down and work on the two oldest houses in the Clinton Hill Historic District was wrapping up when we stopped by last week. The pair at 448 and 450 Waverly Avenue were...
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