Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Housing Lottery Launches in Crown Heights

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens in Crown Heights for 18 Units Starting at $735 a Month

An affordable housing lottery has launched for 18 apartments in the under-construction Grand Pacific complex on the corner of Pacific Street and Grand Avenue in Crown Heights. The eight-story, 69-unit building with curved facade and swanky amenities is the result of an unusual deal brokered between the local community board and the developer that requires light manufacturing on the premises.

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Pair of Prospect Heights Co-ops With Two Bathrooms, Laundry, Tower Asks $1.095 Million

For co-op hunters up for a project, this proposed combination of two units in a fine 19th century Prospect Heights flats building offers high ceilings, good light, and a spacious floor plan. The two apartments are located in the front of the top story of 673 Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights, part of a row of stylish four-story Renaissance Revival apartment houses that were designed by noted architects Dahlander & Hedman and debuted in 1895.

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Park Slope Limestone With Colorful Reno by Studio SFW, Central Air, Period Details Asks $8.9 Million

A recent designer makeover has given this generously proportioned Park Slope limestone an infusion of color and pattern, adding an appealing layer to a house already rich with period detail. The location, just down the street from Prospect Park at 568 1st Street, doesn’t hurt either.

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A Gowanus Italianate Wood Frame and Three More to See This Weekend, Starting at $715K

Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Gowanus, Bay Ridge, Flatlands, and East Flatbush. They range in price from $715,000 to $1.995 million.

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A Dutchess County Greek Revival With an Artsy Burst of Color, Studio Space Asks $835K

It is all serene Greek Revival on the exterior, but on the interior this Dutchess County house is bursting with surprising jolts of color. It is perhaps no surprise that the property, which includes more than seven acres of land, includes a separate art studio.

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