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Come See Inside Brooklyn’s “Big House”

By on January 27, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Crime, Events, Real Estate

Admit it: you’ve long itched to take a tour inside that magnificent building at 275 Atlantic Avenue, between Boerum Place and Smith Street. Well, now you can do it next Saturday, February 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and it’s absolutely free. The good news is brought to us by Community Board 2:

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) invites the community to attend an open house at the Brooklyn Detention Complex, more commonly known at the Brooklyn House of Detention or the “House of D’.”
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Cobble Hill Singer-Songwriter Moves on Up to… Boerum Hill

By on November 3, 2011 in Celebrity Residents, Real Estate

The NY Post talks apartment hunting with singer-songwriter Caithlin De Marrais (of Rainer Maria fame) who recently moved to Boerum Hill: Continue Reading →

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Proximity to the PJs Doesn’t Hurt Boerum Hill Block

By on October 24, 2011 in Real Estate

The New York Times looks at one Boerum Hill block that seems to defy real estate market trends:

NY Times: Warren Street between Bond and Nevins offers many of the things well-off buyers seek in brownstone Brooklyn: a pastoral, leafy feel; long rows of 19th-century town houses; proximity to transportation and charming little restaurants; young families on the block.

But the block also has something that those buyers have traditionally seemed to avoid: two large public housing projects that stand tall at either end, to many New Yorkers enduring symbols of danger, social dysfunction and blight. The map showing the neighborhood on the Web site of the Boerum Hill Association — a group dedicated to preserving and enhancing “the unique qualities of our neighborhood” — includes Warren Street but runs up and around to Wyckoff at points to cut the projects out.

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“Amity Street Horror” Buyers Face LPC Review of Proposed Changes

By on March 15, 2011 in Landmark Preservation, News, Real Estate

As we noted before, the buyers of 110 Amity Street, the former LICH Lamm Institute building, have proposed some modifications to the structure in order to convert it to three luxury residences. These proposals are now up for review by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Continue Reading →

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New York Times Reports on the Good and the Bad of Cobble Hill Towers

By on March 14, 2011 in Real Estate

The New York Times speaks to Cobble Hill Towers residents on both sides of the condo conversion issue. Some tenants are happy about the opportunity to purchase their apartments at the below market “insider” price.  Others say that the building needs extensive repairs to the tune of $6 million. Continue Reading →

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Cobble Hill Towers Apartments On Sale

By on March 9, 2011 in Real Estate

The conversion of Cobble Hill Towers into condominiums is underway.  Current tenants are being offered the chance to continue renting or to purchase their apartments for an “insider price”.   Landlord Frank Farella, who is credited with saving the Alfred T. White complex from blight in the 1970s, has partnered with the Hudson Companies in 2008 to work on the conversion via a “non-eviction” plan.

With apartments selling between $287K and up some wonder if any of them are that much of a deal even with an “insider” price.  Once comment on The Real Deal blog says: Continue Reading →

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Buyers Propose Changes For “Amity Street Horror”

By on February 25, 2011 in Landmark Preservation, News, Real Estate

We earlier noted the sale by LICH of the Lamm Institute building, 110 Amity Street, to undisclosed buyers. Brownstoner now reports that the architect for the three joint buyers, who intend to convert the building into three luxury residences, has revealed their plans for its conversion. According to the Brownstoner story:

The architect intends to work with a wall already running through the middle of the 14,000-square-foot building and divide it into three homes, each with their own entryway; one entirely new entryway will be created on the corner of Henry and Amity. Heavy wood paneled doors, aluminum-clad windows, and a higher security fence are also planned. A minor rooftop addition, which will be five feet wider than the one the LPC already approved, is part of the project as well. Continue Reading →

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“Amity Street Horror” Sold

By on February 16, 2011 in News, Real Estate

Curbed NY

The Lamm Institute building at 110 Amity Street (corner of Henry), affectionately known as the “Amity Street Horror”, and three adjoining vacant parcels facing Henry Street, have been sold by Long Island College Hospital to undisclosed buyers, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. According to the Eagle story, the buyers plan to convert the building into three luxury residences. No indication is given what will be done with the three vacant parcels, although the story notes that the Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved building a three story townhouse on each of them.

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Cuomo Names Ken Adams CEO of Empire State Development Corporation

By on January 28, 2011 in Government, News, Real Estate

Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday named a Cobble Hill native to head the agency which has generated controversy locally by its support for Atlantic Yards and housing in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

The Brooklyn Paper: The state agency behind the controversial Atlantic Yards mega-project and the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront development now has a Brooklynite at the helm. Continue Reading →

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Family of Artists Selling Unique Boerum Hill Townhouse

By on January 6, 2011 in Boerum Hill, Real Estate

Curbed reports that 350 Baltic Street, a townhouse re-molded by a “a family of aritsts” is on the market: Continue Reading →

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