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November 5, 2026

Brooklyn’s DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues getting major bus and bike lane upgrades

About 18,000 Brooklyn bus riders can soon expect faster service as the city breaks ground on a redesign of DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn on Thursday announced the start of work on the project, which aims to speed up service for daily riders of the B38 bus. The project will redesign DeKalb Avenue from Broadway to Flatbush Avenue and Lafayette Avenue from Ashland Place to Patchen Avenue, adding 2.7 miles of new offset and curbside bus lanes, protected bike lanes, and other street safety improvements.
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This $15.75M Brooklyn Heights waterfront townhouse has five apartments and Manhattan skyline views

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November 5, 2026

This $15.75M Brooklyn Heights waterfront townhouse has five apartments and Manhattan skyline views

By Michelle Cohen

This 25-foot-wide townhouse at 144 Columbia Heights comes in at over 8,000 interior square feet, so there's more than enough room for the usual city townhouse living. Asking $15,750,000, the home is currently divided into an owner's triplex and four apartments for plenty of income opportunity–or a chance to create a Brooklyn Heights mansion with commanding views of the East River, the Manhattan skyline, and the Brooklyn Bridge. The Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park are just steps away (and there's a private garden if you'd rather stay home).
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For $2.75M, this Crown Heights townhouse has room for both the past and future

Photos courtesy of Oleg Davidoff for The Corcoran Group

November 4, 2026

For $2.75M, this Crown Heights townhouse has room for both the past and future

By Michelle Cohen

Built by architect George Chappell in 1896, this four-story Renaissance Revival townhouse at 868 Prospect Place in the Crown Heights North Historic District could easily be a museum piece, with untouched, well-preserved original details throughout its 4,000-square-foot frame. Currently used as a single-family home, the townhouse could also provide rental income with a garden flat and a triplex above. Asking $2,750,000, the home also benefits from one of the neighborhood's rare extra-long backyards.
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Floyd Bennett Field’s historic hangars get $10M in state funding for redevelopment

Floyd Bennett Field’s Hangers 3 and 4. Image courtesy of the National Park Service.

November 3, 2026

Floyd Bennett Field’s historic hangars get $10M in state funding for redevelopment

By Aaron Ginsburg

New York State is providing $10 million to help restore and reactivate two historic hangars at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field for the first time in nearly a century. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Monday the funding for the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy’s (JBRPC) efforts to transform hangars 3 and 4 into a year-round public space at what was once New York City’s first municipal airport.
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Policy

217 affordable apartments available on former Williamsburg hospital campus, from $751/month

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October 30, 2026

217 affordable apartments available on former Williamsburg hospital campus, from $751/month

By Aaron Ginsburg

Applications are now open for 217 affordable apartments at the former Greenpoint Hospital campus in Williamsburg. Located at 89 Maspeth Avenue, the 18-story building is the second phase of a four-phase project transforming the long-vacant hospital campus into Kingsland Commons, a complex with nearly 500 units of affordable housing. New Yorkers earning 30, 40, 50, 60, and 80 percent of the area median income can apply for the units, with studios priced from $846/month, one-bedrooms from $751/month, two-bedrooms from $889/month, and three-bedrooms from $1,015/month.
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Brooklyn gets its first on-street trash containers for apartment buildings

Photo courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office on Flickr

October 30, 2026

Brooklyn gets its first on-street trash containers for apartment buildings

By Aaron Ginsburg

Brooklyn's first residential on-street trash containers were installed on Thursday in the city's latest effort to get rid of piles of trash on sidewalks. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that Brooklyn Community District 2 will receive 700 on-street trash containers, known as Empire Bins, with full containerization targeted for completion by the end of fall. The announcement follows Mamdani’s April plan to expand the program to six additional community districts and builds on the success of a pilot in West Harlem, which became the first neighborhood in North America to containerize its trash in June 2025.
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Policy

City will redesign Sunset Park’s deadly Third Avenue

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October 28, 2026

City will redesign Sunset Park’s deadly Third Avenue

By Aaron Ginsburg

Nearly two months after a nurse was killed by a hit-and-run driver, a notoriously dangerous stretch of Third Avenue in Sunset Park is set for a major redesign. On Wednesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that the Department of Transportation will overhaul a 2.1-mile stretch of the avenue next year, from 62nd to 20th Streets, with pedestrian islands, improved intersections, and protected bike lanes. The plan responds to years of calls from Sunset Park residents for street safety improvements following multiple fatal traffic incidents, demands that failed to move forward under former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.
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NYC wants your input on plans to create 40 miles of greenways in the outer boroughs

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October 28, 2026

NYC wants your input on plans to create 40 miles of greenways in the outer boroughs

By Aaron Ginsburg

New Yorkers are being invited to weigh in on the city’s plans to create more than 40 miles of greenways across the outer boroughs. Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn on Monday announced that the planning process for four greenways in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and southern Queens will begin this fall. Residents interested in shaping the projects can attend a series of workshops. The first workshop, focused on the Bronx greenway, is slated for November 4.
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New renderings reveal 20-story rental tower on the Gowanus Canal

Renderings courtesy of Tankhouse

October 27, 2026

New renderings reveal 20-story rental tower on the Gowanus Canal

By Aaron Ginsburg

New renderings offer a fresh look at a 20-story residential tower rising next to the Gowanus Canal. Located at 450 Union Street, Anagram Gowanus is the latest collaboration between developer Tankhouse and architectural firm SO-IL, whose projects often take an innovative approach to indoor-outdoor residential design. The 158-unit rental building will be no exception, featuring rotated floorplates designed to maximize waterfront views, operable windows, private terraces, and Juliet balconies, as well as a public esplanade along the canal.
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Photos courtesy of Oleg Davidoff for The Corcoran Group

October 26, 2026

This $5.75M Park Slope brownstone is grand in both size and spirit

By Michelle Cohen

The landmarked Neo-Grec brownstone at 894 Union Street is a history lover's dream, with its graceful original details intact and unpainted. The home's current owners have preserved its historic frame for two decades while updating it to meet the needs of 21st-century living (there's even a theater in the basement). Asking $5,750,000, the four-family townhouse is currently being used as a three-family home, so there's plenty of flexibility for income generation or mansion-building.
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For $1.7M, this compact Bay Ridge townhouse is big on looks and livability

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October 22, 2026

For $1.7M, this compact Bay Ridge townhouse is big on looks and livability

By Michelle Cohen

Like its neighbors, this barrel-fronted townhouse at 611 76th Street has all the exterior charm of classic brick, brownstone, and limestone. Inside, the 1913 home, asking $1,695,000, has the beautifully preserved architectural details of so many of the city's Italianate and Renaissance Revival mansions, at a manageable price. Contemporary comforts certainly aren't minimized; the latest modern upgrades—like zoned central AC—have been added throughout.
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The Clinton Hill townhouse where Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe lived is asking $17.5K/month

Photos courtesy of Thomas Martin/ Brooklyn Properties

October 21, 2026

The Clinton Hill townhouse where Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe lived is asking $17.5K/month

By Michelle Cohen

6sqft previously featured the rental listing for the townhouse at 160 Hall Street in Clinton Hill in 2018, then asking $8,000 per month. The 1901 home in the historic neighborhood is on the city's cultural map, as it once was home to downtown punk legend Patti Smith and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The "Just Kids" pair made their first home together on one floor of the home for $80/month in 1967. Today's kids will likely need to look elsewhere, as the townhouse is back on the market for a decidedly not-1967 rent of $17,500/month. If you're not ready to buy, the home provides an opportunity to try Brooklyn townhouse living with all the trimmings.
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Coney Island’s 1890 lighthouse could be landmarked

Photo by Dennis Fraevich on Flickr

October 20, 2026

Coney Island’s 1890 lighthouse could be landmarked

By Devin Gannon

A historic lighthouse in Brooklyn may become a New York City landmark. The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday voted to calendar the Coney Island Light, an iron-framed lighthouse built in 1890, for consideration as an individual landmark. One of the oldest structures in Coney Island, the lighthouse sits within the private community, Sea Gate. Since the neighborhood is closed off to non-residents, most New Yorkers have never been able to access the historic building, which is owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and leased to the community's homeowners association. It's unclear whether a landmark designation would make it open to the public.
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For $2.5M, this compact Williamsburg home has three levels of renovated living, outdoor space, and a sauna

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October 16, 2026

For $2.5M, this compact Williamsburg home has three levels of renovated living, outdoor space, and a sauna

By Michelle Cohen

From the outside, the townhouse at 153 Maspeth Avenue is distinguishable from its unassuming neighbors by its sophisticated grey painted-brick facade. Asking $2,495,000, the Williamsburg home has been transformed from a humble row house to a showcase of stylish interior design and livability. Optimized and maximalized outdoor space includes a front porch, a garden, several decks, and a four-person sauna. There's even a private two-car driveway.
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October 14, 2026

$5.2M ‘back to the studs’ Williamsburg home has a glass-walled garage, roof deck, courtyard, and heated sidewalks

By Michelle Cohen

This recently rebuilt two-unit townhouse at 19 Conselyea Street in the heart of Williamsburg is both understated and exceptional. Set on a 28-foot-wide lot with a legal curb cut, the 3,198-square-foot home, asking $5,200,000, has a private driveway, a detached garage/studio with a glass wall that opens onto a landscaped garden, and a finished roof deck. Behind a stylish deep blue facade, a considered renovation has a mid-century modern feel, with rich wood and stone adding depth every bit as substantial as the ornate 19th-century flourishes more often seen in the borough's townhouses.
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For $945K, this pretty pre-war co-op in Brooklyn Heights is steps from the Promenade

Photos by Alejandro Leon of DD-Reps

October 13, 2026

For $945K, this pretty pre-war co-op in Brooklyn Heights is steps from the Promenade

By Michelle Cohen

This one-bedroom co-op at 39 Remsen Street is in a perfect location, within a block from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade in an 1870s townhouse. The home is the picture of pre-war charm, endowed with well-preserved original details and beautifully designed modern updates. Asking $945,000, the fourth-floor walk-up is light-filled, with treetop views.
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This extra-wide $8M Park Slope brownstone is a rare find with historic details intact

Photos courtesy of Alejandro Leon/ DD-reps

October 12, 2026

This extra-wide $8M Park Slope brownstone is a rare find with historic details intact

By Michelle Cohen

This exceptional home at 870 President Street is one of only 19 of 4,500 Park Slope townhomes that measure 30 feet wide or more. The home, asking $7,995,000, sits on a prime north Slope lot, a block from Prospect Park. Behind a grand Romanesque Revival facade, the two-family townhouse has resisted the familiar contemporary aesthetic, keeping its intricate interior architecture preserved along with plenty of 19th-century charm.
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This $2.6M Brooklyn townhouse puts a designer’s touch into a compact historic frame

All photos by Allyson Lubow

October 8, 2026

This $2.6M Brooklyn townhouse puts a designer’s touch into a compact historic frame

By Michelle Cohen

This four-bedroom home on a landmarked block in Brooklyn's Prospect Lefferts Gardens has the curb appeal and interior good looks that characterize the borough's sought-after townhouses. Over three floors, two units offer plenty of living space and a backyard for outdoor living. Asking $2,649,000, the home at 250 Lefferts Avenue has been renovated from the lower-level flat to the solar panels on the roof with modern comforts and high-end fixtures and finishes.
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$17.8M renovation will turn historic Cobble Hill firehouse into music school

Renderings courtesy of MBB Architects

October 8, 2026

$17.8M renovation will turn historic Cobble Hill firehouse into music school

By Aaron Ginsburg

A long-vacant Cobble Hill firehouse will get new life as a permanent home for a music school. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday announced the start of a $17.8 million transformation of the former Engine Company 204 firehouse at 299 Degraw Street, which has sat empty since 2003 due to budget cuts. The project will convert the building into a new home for the Noel Pointer Foundation (NPF), a music school dedicated to expanding music education for youth in historically underserved neighborhoods.
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Architecture And Design

For $1.4M, this renovated Midwood home has plenty of personality and lots of living space

All photos courtesy of Kristen Markoplis/Allyson Lubow Photography for The Corcoran Group

October 7, 2026

For $1.4M, this renovated Midwood home has plenty of personality and lots of living space

By Michelle Cohen

Built in 1910, this five-bedroom Brooklyn townhouse at 946 East 15th Street has old-school charm and colorful, livable interiors thanks to a considered renovation. Behind an understated slate-gray exterior, original Victorian-era details remain. Turn-key townhouse living is made easy by a wide front porch, rear deck, back garden, and flexible bonus space in the top floor and cellar. Asking $1,395,000, the 2,592-square-foot home sits on a residential Midwood street just a few blocks from the subway.
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Clinton Hill townhouse sells for $9.4M, a new neighborhood record

Photos courtesy of Kendall Gregory from DD Reps

October 6, 2026

Clinton Hill townhouse sells for $9.4M, a new neighborhood record

By Aaron Ginsburg

A renovated Clinton Hill townhouse has sold for $9.4 million in an off-market deal, setting a new neighborhood record. As first reported by Curbed, the 25-foot-wide residence at 374 Washington Avenue measures more than 7,000 square feet and includes five bedrooms, each with an en-suite bathroom and walk-in closet. The sale just tops the previous record at 280 Washington Avenue, known as the Pfizer Mansion, which sold for $9.05 million in 2021.
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Mamdani announces $607M renovation of NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses via public trust

Nostrand Houses. Photo by GK tramrunner RU on Flickr

October 5, 2026

Mamdani announces $607M renovation of NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses via public trust

By Aaron Ginsburg

More than 1,100 public housing apartments in Sheepshead Bay will undergo much-needed repairs as part of a $607 million comprehensive rehabilitation project. Mayor Zohran Mamdani last week announced the closing of financing for the renovation of Nostrand Houses, which will fund decades of capital needs for 1,148 apartments across its 16 buildings. The plans mark the first-ever financial closing through the city's Public Housing Preservation Trust, which was created in 2022 to help fund upgrades and repairs at NYCHA properties. Residents of Nostrand Houses, home to roughly 2,000 people, were the first to vote to join the Trust in 2023.
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New Brownsville community center has green roofs and large-scale public artwork

Images courtesy of NYC Mayor’s Office

October 2, 2026

New Brownsville community center has green roofs and large-scale public artwork

By Aaron Ginsburg

A new $128 million community center in Brownsville has been completed two years ahead of schedule and $10 million under budget. Unveiled Monday at 444 Thomas S. Boyland Street, the new Brownsville Multi-Service Center is a four-story, all-electric facility with 10 office spaces, flexible conference rooms, a community garden, green roofs, and other spaces designed to serve community-based organizations and Brooklyn Community Board 16. Adorning the building is “I Am Protected,” a four-part, large-scale public art installation by East New York-native artist Jazmine Hayes.
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Architecture And Design

October 2, 2026

6 Brooklyn rentals with incredible outdoor space

By Devin Gannon

Renters everywhere, but particularly in dense urban cities like New York, want access to outdoor space in some form. A recent survey of more than 15,000 potential renters from Apartments.com found that 37 percent of respondents ranked access to a balcony, patio, or other outdoor space as crucial for their next home. And developers of luxury apartment buildings have responded, leaning into resort-style amenities for both renters and homeowners. From Williamsburg to Brighton Beach, developments in Brooklyn are offering waterfront esplanades, private parks, rooftop pools, and open-air sky lounges, meeting a need New Yorkers have for fresh air and community.
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A long-promised waterfront park in Greenpoint is finally taking shape

Images courtesy of the NYC Mayor’s Office

October 1, 2026

A long-promised waterfront park in Greenpoint is finally taking shape

By Aaron Ginsburg

A former parking lot in Greenpoint will become a public green space, fulfilling a promise made by the city 20 years ago to transform the underutilized waterfront site. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday announced the start of work on Box Street Park, delivering on a commitment made as part of the 2005 Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront upzoning to address a shortage of public green space in the neighborhood. Slated for completion by the end of summer 2028, the $40 million project will transform the former MTA facility into a 2.5-acre public park with new plantings, recreational amenities, and open space.
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$1B reconstruction of Coney Island boardwalk moves forward

Credit: Marc A. Hermann / MTA on Flickr

October 1, 2026

$1B reconstruction of Coney Island boardwalk moves forward

By Aaron Ginsburg

New York City is seeking a design team to lead the $1 billion reconstruction of Coney Island’s iconic Riegelmann Boardwalk. The city’s Economic Development Corporation and Department of Parks on Wednesday released a request for qualifications (RFQ) seeking a “progressive design-build team” to oversee the full reconstruction of the landmarked boardwalk, a project first announced in December. The project will reconstruct the 2.7-mile boardwalk, replace utilities and structural piles, and elevate portions of it.
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For $2.4M, this artfully renovated Williamsburg duplex takes loft living to a new level

Photos courtesy of Jasmina Tomic for Allyson Lubow Photography

September 30, 2026

For $2.4M, this artfully renovated Williamsburg duplex takes loft living to a new level

By Michelle Cohen

This duplex condo at 100 North Third Street is the essence of Williamsburg loft living reimagined as an unconventional three-bedroom home with a treehouse vibe. A creative custom renovation resulted in a 1,622-square-foot space with 15-foot ceilings and southern light. Asking $2,398,000, the North Side loft has the latest in contemporary comforts, a gracious layout, and plenty of privacy thanks to a garden-facing spot at the back of the building.
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