Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: An East Flatbush Housing Lottery for Seniors
Popular stories on Brownstoner this week were the conversion of the historic St. John’s College into apartments, a Park Slope brownstone on the market, and more Brooklyn news.
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Cypress Hills Affordable Housing Lottery Debuts With $1,052 Two-Bedrooms
An affordable housing lottery has opened for a new nine-story, 110-unit development overlooking the J elevated train line on Fulton Street in the Cypress Hills section of East New York. The mostly market-rate building has a list of amenities to rival most any new Brooklyn build — including pickleball and a screening room — and benefits from the 2016 East New York rezoning.
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Historic St. John’s College Campus in Bed Stuy to Reopen as Apartments
The eye-catching St. John’s College, which takes up a quarter of a block on Lewis Avenue between Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street, will shortly reopen as an apartment complex after an impressive adaptive reuse project converts the campus to residential units.
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A Fort Greene Brownstone and More to See, Starting at $1.42 Million
Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Fort Greene, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Crown Heights. They range in price from $1.42 million to $5.495 million.
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Affordable Housing Lottery for Seniors Opens in East Flatbush, With Units Starting at $0
An affordable housing lottery has opened specifically for seniors aged 62 and above in a new building in East Flatbush, with rents listed as free but with residents required to have Section 8 and pay 30 percent of their income.
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Park Slope Brownstone With Woodwork, Chicken Coop, Solar Panels Asks $5.995 Million
This grand Park Slope Neo-Grec got some new decorative touches since it was last on the market, but the original details, including a wealth of woodwork, are still in place. At 56 8th Avenue, it is within the Park Slope Historic District and a short stroll to Grand Army Plaza.
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