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Parents Trying to Create Another P.S. 321 in Park Slope
Park Slope parents put up a stink about the school district rezoning, which passed in late November, but now they’re rallying to make the new school in the district just as good as P.S. 321. Around 30...
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Co-op of the Day: 210 Berkeley Place #Garden
This garden-level floor-through co-op at 210 Berkeley Place just hit the market with an asking price of $675,000. The Park Slope one-plus bedroom has been very attractively renovated and comes with a...
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Developer Restores Park Slope Wood Frame
We are happy to note that in neighborhoods where prices hover around $1,000 a square foot for the best properties, developers are in many cases now doing the kind of high-quality spec renovations...
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Closing Bell: P.S.133 Info Session Tomorrow
The Park Slope Stoop blog reports that tomorrow will be an open house and info session concerning P.S. 133, the under-construction school on 4th Avenue between Baltic and Butler streets. The school...
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. PARK SLOPE $3,000,000 178 8th Avenue GMAP P*Shark A HOTD in 2009, when it was asking $2,995,000. Back then we didn’t think it could get $3 million. It didn’t — the home sold for $2,400,000. Then a...
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Crab Spot to Open Tomorrow in Park Slope
A reader sent in this tip that Crab Spot restaurant plans to open this week at 833 Union Street in Park Slope. They’ll be serving pots of crab, lobster and other seafood, according to Here’s Park...
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Building of the Day: 838 Carroll Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former James H. Remington House Address: 838 Carroll Street Cross Streets: 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West Neighborhood: Park Slope Year Built: 1887...
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More Momentum for Contested Park Slope Burial Site
Remember the empty Park Slope lot between 8th and 9th streets near 3rd Avenue, which some local preservationists believe to be a burial site of Revolutionary War soldiers? Local Councilwoman Sara M....
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Residential Build Is Coming to 61 Park Place
Last week the Department of Buildings approved a demolition permit for the building at 61 Park Place, a modest brick structure set back on a large lot. The DOB disapproved a new building permit for...
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Rental of the Day: 580 Carroll Street #5C
The glassy, Enrique Norten-designed building in Park Slope at 580 Carroll Street sold out one month ago, but here’s another chance to get in on the action. This two-bedroom, two-bath rental is asking...
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Building of the Day: 21 Garfield Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Three-family house Address: 21 Garfield Place Cross Streets: 4th and 5th avenues Neighborhood: Park Slope Year Built: Unknown, but on Bromley atlas in 1870...
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The Story Behind the Reno at 47 Park Place
Scaffolding just came down at 47 Park Place, the site of a modern facade renovation in Park Slope. Stuart Basseches of Biproduct Architecture shared lots of details about the process, which started...
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Work Starts on Converting Park Slope Garage
The little garage at 709 Sackett Street will become a contemporary-style two-family residential building with parking and an interior courtyard. Work starts up this week, according to developer...
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House of the Day: 861 Carroll Street
This late Victorian brick house at 861 Carroll Street in Park Slope looks just about picture-perfect to us. It has a four-bedroom owner’s triplex over a one-bedroom rental and is steps from the park....
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $5,250,000 264 Henry Street GMAP P*Shark We posted about this sale last week. It was House of the Day in November asking $5,775,000. Entered into contract on 12/27/12; closed on...
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A Kennedy Sells Park Slope Townhouse
The Observer reports that couple Rory Kennedy (daughter of Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy) and Mark Bailey sold their Beaux Arts townhouse at 33 Montgomery Place for $3.45 million. They bought the home in...
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Open House Picks
Boerum Hill 486 Warren Street Level Group Sunday, 1:00-2:30 $2,100,000 GMAP P*Shark Boerum Hill 212 Wyckoff Street Brooklyn Bridge Realty Sunday, 2:00-4:00 $1,675,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 21...
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Co-op of the Day: 40 Prospect Park West, #2A
This new listing at 40 Prospect Park West won’t knock anyone’s socks off but it’s still a very nice pad that should hit the sweet spot for a number of buyers. What the apartment lacks in sex appeal it...
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $7,750,000 13 Monroe Place GMAP P*Shark We wrote about this huge BK Heights sale last week. Ask: $7.5 million. Deed recorded on 1/16/2013. 2. MIDWOOD $4,000,000 1025 East 7th...
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Avenue Q Creator Moves to Park Slope
The townhouse at 33 Montgomery Place in Park Slope owned by Rory Kennedy (daughter of Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy) and Mark Bailey was an Open House Pick back in May. And now it has another, even...
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