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Tag Archives: Brownstone Brooklyn
Brooklyn the Beautiful
WITH DAFFODIL FOLIAGE PUSHING UP in the front yards of brownstone Brooklyn, the winter of my content is coming to an end. I’ve enjoyed this uninterrupted two-month spell of life in my ever-amazing home borough, where you see things like … Continue reading
Two State Street Townhouses Under 1M
HOW LONG has it been since houses in brownstone Brooklyn went for under a million? There are two on the market now on State Street in Boerum Hill. Granted they are in miserable shape. (Here I go again, excited by … Continue reading
The Unprotected
Brooklyn, land of funny neighborhood acronyms — the best is DUMBO (“Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”) — has yet another one. You heard it here first: it’s BECOSMI, and it stands for “Between Court and Smith.” What’s not so … Continue reading
