Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Troubled 'Burg Development Site Goes on the Market Briefly

The Insider: Serene Vibe, Farmhouse-Style Kitchen Transform Park Slope Railroad Apartment

One of the owners of a vintage row house, which had long been a down-at-the-heels rental building, chose the bright top floor as a home for herself and her two children. She hired Warwick, N.Y.-based designer Elizabeth Aurandt of Mercer Interior to help turn the two-bedroom, railroad-style apartment into a more comfortable, polished space reflective of her life as an artist and educator.

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After Coronavirus Shutdown, Troubled ‘Burg Development Site Goes on Market Briefly

A small development site in Williamsburg went on the market the day after the DOB issued a stop-work order for all nonessential construction in the city. Located at at 22 Havemeyer Street, a five-unit brick apartment building is partly completed on the site, which was asking $2.85 million.

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Brooklyn’s Transparent, Holy Perimeters: The Many Eruvs of Kings County

Reader’s are hitting our archives for in-depth history information about items in the news, including this 2016 story. If you’ve ever walked around Flatbush, Williamsburg, and Crown Heights, you probably haven’t noticed the small, thin extra wires suspended between the telephone poles that mark the spiritual perimeters for Orthodox Jews living within their boundaries.

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6 Things You Must Know Before Installing a Fence

People must be dreaming of outdoor projects while they stay home as this story from 2018 is particularly popular again this week. If you are mulling a new fence for your backyard oasis, there are six things you should consider.

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Lavish Park Slope Condo in Swanky Tracy Mansion With Mantels, Stained Glass Asks $3.75 Million

Here’s an over-the-top interior to drool over and provide some distraction from the realities out there. The three-bedroom condo is on the first floor of the majestic Tracy Mansion, at 105 8th Avenue in the Park Slope Historic District.

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