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This fine survivor from the 1840s is 200 Lafayette Ave., AKA the Joseph Steele House, in Clinton Hill. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Joseph Steele's 1840s frame house and other Clinton Hill eye candy

I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, as Elton John would say. There's a fine frame house built around 1845 — which can be found right at a busy intersection in Clinton Hill. … Full Article
 
Clinton Hill is a neighborhood of historic homes of varied architectural styles — including Gothic Revival, as this 1840s house on Clinton Avenue attests. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

A buyer with a Beverly Hills accountant is new owner of 580 Washington Ave. in Clinton Hill

Welcome to the neighborhood, whoever you are. A trust set up by a Beverly Hills accountant paid $3.125 million for a Clinton Hill brownstone, 580 Washington Ave., city Finance Department records indicate. … Full Article
 
A-list couple Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis, shown here at the June 2017 Tony Awards, apparently live in Clinton Hill. Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

A look at Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis' Clinton Hill house

Long live the Gold Coast. That's what a seven-block stretch of Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill was called in the late 19th and early 20th centuries because oil tycoon Charles Pratt and lots of other mega-rich people built mansions there. … Full Article
 
Rendering courtesy of Marvel Architects

Comment on design for new Brooklyn Heights Library tonight

Marvel Architects and Brooklyn Public Library will be presenting the proposed design for the new Brooklyn Heights Library tonight (Tuesday, June 20) at Our Lady of Lebanon Church, 109 Remsen St., at 6:30 p.m. … Full Article
 
Renovation plans for the Brooklyn Museum's education division include the addition of windows on the back of the building, as shown in the bottom center of this composite photo. Image by Ayon Studio via the Landmarks Preservation Commission

Landmarks Preservation Commission approves plan to add windows to the back of the Brooklyn Museum

Let there be light. Natural light. Architects have drawn up plans to renovate the Brooklyn Museum's education division, where art classes and workshops are offered. … Full Article
 
After gigantic tour buses began taking a short cut along Cobble Hill’s Henry Street, shown above, the Cobble Hill Association, state Sen. Daniel Squadron and the bus company worked out a solution that seems to have everyone satisfied. Photo by Mary Frost

Cobble Hill’s tour bus problem solved with GPS geo-fence

Now that Brooklyn has become the hippest neighborhood in the world, loaded sightseeing tour buses have increasingly invaded the borough’s narrow avenues and back streets, bringing noise and congestion where they don’t belong and sometimes getting stuck on turns, blocking traffic. … Full Article
 
Hudson Companies has closed on the acquisition of the site of the former Brooklyn Heights Library and also on a $280 million loan for a planned 36-story luxury tower, seen center right, on the site of the former Brooklyn Heights Library. Rendering courtesy of Marvel Architects

Developer Hudson closes on Brooklyn Heights Library site and $280M loan

The redevelopment of the Brooklyn Heights Library site has taken a major step forward with The Hudson Companies’ announcement that it has closed on the $52-million acquisition of the city-owned property. … Full Article
 
City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca speaks to students at one of the school sites he helped to spearhead. Photo courtesy of Carlos Menchaca

Menchaca announces new Sunset Park school

On Thursday, City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca (D-Sunset Park-Red Hook) announced the site of a new elementary school to be built in Sunset Park, to help alleviate overcrowding in schools. This is Menchaca’s fourth new school development project in his district in the past four years.  … Full Article
 
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says New York’s heroin epidemic “proves we are in desperate need” of additional DEA resources. Eagle file photo by Bill Kotsatos

Schumer demands DEA send heroin enforcement team to NY

Approximately four fatal drug overdoses took place in New York City every day in 2016. That stark statistic was cited by U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer as part of an argument he is waging to get the federal government to dispatch a specialized drug enforcement team to New York state.  … Full Article
 
Expect fireworks at Monday’s ULURP hearing on the proposed redevelopment of the Bedford-Union Armory. Shown: The Armory’s proposed recreation center. Rendering courtesy of BFC Partners

Opposition expected at Monday’s Bedford-Union Armory ULURP hearing

Opponents plan to show up in force at Monday’s Community Board 9 public hearing on the $195-million redevelopment of the Bedford-Union Armory. … Full Article
 

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