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March 13th, 2025
Daily Links: Developer Could Lose Troubled DoBro Luxury Rental Building
- Jury Hears of Plot to Kill Iranian Dissident in Brooklyn [NYT]
- Man Fatally Shot in Head at ‘Burg Auto Shop: Cops [NYP]
- In Red Hook, Justice Dispensed With Joy, Support [amNY]
- New Art Space Opens on Nassau Avenue [Greenpointers]
- NYPD Officer Shoots Person in Brooklyn, Police Say [Gothamist]
- Where NYC’s Zoning Reform Will Add Housing [Bloomberg]
- 10-Story DoBro Apartment Building Scheduled for Auction [Crain’s]
- Couple’s ‘Pinch Me’ Brooklyn Home Full of Handmade Details [Dwell]
- Bushwick’s Boyfriend Is a New Day-to-Night Queer Space [Time Out]
- Gowanus Couple Turned Old Pocket Doors Into Headboard [Domino]
- Remodeling, Expansion Project Nears Completion in Gowanus [NYY]
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Daily Links: New Proposal to Fix BQE Could Save Time, Money, PromenadeWashington Avenue, Grand Avenue & Park Place, are well within the neighborhood of Prospect Heights. Stop it, get out of town, you continue to put out incorrect information, which is both disheartening & pathetic....
Building of the Day: 645 Grand AvenueI believe the pre-2021 owners hosted at least one Thirsty Thursday gatherings in the house. Sweet place (as is the twin next door which also saw some artistic gatherings in the halcyon days of the early 21st century).
Clinton Hill’s Grand Pfizer Mansion Returns With $10.35 Million AskThank you for your comment. Brookland Capital has been out of business for years, and the site has been sold twice since then, most recently in February. The new owner will restore the exterior as required by LPC and plans luxury apartments of some sort, according to articles in Crain's and The Real Deal. We had this article about it in Daily Links recently: https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2025/02/19/developer-snaps-up-clinton-hill-church-for-9m/ We'll keep an eye on their plans and the LPC hearing.
Brookland Buys Landmarked Clinton Hill Church for $8.8 Million, Plans Condos