Historic Crown Heights School to Be Converted to Family Shelter

An early racially integrated school in what was once the free Black community of Weeksville but is now Crown Heights will not become affordable housing as planned after all, but instead will be converted into a homeless shelter.

brooklyn heights - carriage house exterior adjoining grace court alley

Charming Brooklyn Heights Carriage House With Roof Deck Asks $5.5 Million

Converted to a residence in the early 20th century, this Brooklyn Heights dwelling has the allure of a former carriage house combined with a stylish interior and modern updates, including central air. At 253 Hicks Street, it sits on the corner of Grace Court Alley, one of the neighborhood’s picturesque cul-de-sacs.


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Photo by Susan De Vries

Our Beautiful Brooklyn Blocks

A 19th century movement known as City Beautiful has had a lasting influence on Brooklyn and continues to shape the borough. The story of the effort to beautify the Brooklyn streetscape starts with well-known American architect Richard Morris Hunt, the Municipal Art Society, and a Brooklyn Heights artist named Zella Milhau.

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Sybil ‘Tami’ Green outside 94 Jackie Robinson Parkway in October 2023. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith

Deed Fraud Questions Arise in Case of Woman Fighting for East New York Home

After months of trying to track down an elusive heir to the abandoned East New York house Sybil “Tami” Green moved into 10 years ago to find out if he willingly agreed to sign the deed over to a group of Brooklyn flippers who have filed to evict her, Green has had a development.


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Photo by Susan De Vries

City Releases Detailed Plan for Controversial Housing Zoning Changes

Taller residences, less parking, and more infill buildings will be allowed in New York City if the mayor’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning changes go ahead as planned. The draft text for the proposal was released today by the NYC Department of City Planning, the final installment in the sweeping City of Yes zoning proposals that supporters say will increase climate-friendly infrastructure, small business growth, and housing affordability.

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