Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A 'Burg Housing Lottery, Greenest Block Announced

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for Near Block Long ‘Burg Development

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 56 apartments in a new almost block long nine-story development that stretches from the corner of Lorimer Street to about three-quarters of the way down Grand Street in Williamsburg.

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A Fetching Rockland County Gothic Cottage, Yours for $2.495 Million

Even without a stone handily carved with a construction date, the design details of this stone cottage make its era of construction fairly clear. The Gothic-inspired cottage dates to 1865 when villas and cottages with picturesque style were made popular by the work of a group of architects promoting their vision of the American home, including Andrew Jackson Downing, Alexander Jackson Davis, Calvert Vaux, and Frederick Clarke Withers.

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A Park Slope Brownstone With Central Air and More to See, Starting at $739K

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Park Slope, Boerum Hill, East Flatbush, and Cypress Hills. They range in price from $739,900 to $6.45 million.

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Flatbush House With Original Tile, Parquet, Garage Asks $4,895 a Month

A bow-fronted limestone row house for rent in Flatbush comes with a garage and a load of original detail, including early 20th century kitchen wall tile, plus updates. Such properties rarely come up for rent, at least not for the price of a two-bedroom apartment elsewhere in the borough.

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Crown Heights Block Claims Top Spot in Greenest Block in Brooklyn Competition

Beverley Hall has her own “little peaceful oasis” on Lincoln Place, in between Nostrand and New York avenues. Filled with blooming marigolds, hydrangeas, ferns, and more, hers is one of the many green spaces along the block that helped elevate it to the No. 1 spot in the Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest — for the third time in the competition’s history.

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