Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Landmarks Hearing, a Housing Lottery

Beverly Square West Standalone With Period Details, Garage Asks $2.05 Million

One of the early 20th century standalone houses that grace the tree-lined streets of Flatbush, this Queen Anne-style dwelling has a wide front porch, a corner tower, a nice list of period details on the interior, and two mid-century baths. In the Flatbush micronabe of Beverly Square West, 316 Marlborough Road also has a private driveway and a garage.

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Neighbors Organize Against Deed Theft, Call Out Investors Who Target Heirs

On a recent Saturday, a crowd of around 50 people gathered outside 212 Jefferson Avenue in Bed Stuy to hold a mock trial against property speculator brothers Joseph and Elliot Ambalo, and others who target elderly or vulnerable homeowners in predominantly Black and brown neighborhoods.

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Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 41 Williamsburg Units Starting at $532 a Month

An affordable housing lottery is making 41 brand-new units available in the new Meekerman development at 410 Manhattan Avenue. The 70-foot-high construction will feature 50 total units, and was undertaken by Dunn Development with Curtis and Ginsberg as the architect. The new building will have solar panels, bike storage, and a roof deck with views of the Manhattan skyline.

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Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Bay Ridge Row House, a Park Slope Brownstone

The most popular real estate listings on Brownstoner last week include a Prospect Heights rental, a Bed Stuy brownstone, and a Sunset Park row house.

Bay Ridge and Carroll Gardens were popular, with other listings scattered around the borough. The least expensive property on the list is Prospect Heights rental at $3,750 a month and the most expensive is a Fort Greene brownstone at $7.5 million.

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Bed Stuy Homeowners Call on LPC to Preserve Historic Brownstone Blocks

More than 30 years after the city’s landmarking body first considered preserving a historic section of Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street in Bed Stuy, residents — some whose brownstones have been in their family for five generations — were able to share at a public hearing why they are calling on the agency to designate part of their neighborhood as a historic district.

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