Brooklyn News: Senior Housing in Bed Study

Roomy Mid-Century Modern Bay Ridge Co-op With Two Baths, Six Closets Asks $550K

This Shore Road co-op needs a bit of TLC, but it is certainly spacious with two bedrooms, two full baths and six closets. Despite the unit’s first-floor location, views from two exposures in the living room also show a glimpse of water as the building faces of Shore Road Park and Parkway.

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Former Flatbush Clubhouse With Woodwork, Stained Glass, Event Space Asks $2.695 Million

Behind the appealing Colonial Revival facade of this Flatbush stand alone there is quite the colorful history, all connected to an event space that was added to the dwelling in the 1920s. Even apart from that grand room, which covers most of the backyard, the house is certainly generously sized, with five bedrooms, a great room, and a basement catering kitchen that includes a walk-in fridge.

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A Park Slope Townhouse With Central Air and Three Others to See, Starting at $2.998 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Park Slope, Clinton Hill, and Windsor Terrace. They range in price from $2.998 million to $5.35 million.

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Crown Heights Duplex With Pier Mirror, Three Bedrooms,

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Celebrate Women’s History Month With a Talk About the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange

With a history that spans almost 170 years, there is a vast well of stories behind the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange — and in the celebration of Women’s History Month, you can delve into that past.

Historian and archivist Martha Foley will present tales of the past and join in a conversation with members of the organization’s leadership in a talk at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church on Sunday, March 19.

Originally founded in 1854 as the Brooklyn Female Employment Society, the charitable organization made it possible for women in need to support themselves through needlework. From the start, the charity included a shop where items could be purchased and also provided clothing, blankets, and other soft goods to local orphan asylums and other aid societies. During the Civil War, garments made by Brooklyn women were purchased by the US Sanitary Commission and distributed to wounded soldiers. The organization changed names several times as it merged with similar charities before becoming known as the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange in 1936.

The goods sold in the shop have changed over the years as bed jackets and calves-foot jelly have given way to modern tastes, and the artisans now include men and

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Brooklyn News: A Park Slope Wood Frame Gets a Splash of Color

Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings of 2022: A Brooklyn Heights Manse, a Bay Ridge Row House

Looking back at the listings that readers were drawn to in 2022, there isn’t a single neighborhood that dominates and the properties reflect a fairly wide price range. While the most expensive is a budget-busting Brooklyn Heights manse at $13.75 million, much of the list is made up of properties under the $2 million mark.

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Photos clockwise from left: Shelley Victory by Lesley Unruh, Ty Cole, Paul Sue-Pat by David A. Land, Lesley Unruh

6 Creative Interiors Offer Some Brooklyn Living Inspiration

From the pages of Brownstoner magazine, here are the stories of six Brooklyn dwellers who adapted their interior spaces to suit their modern lives.

Each property offers a personal spin on Brooklyn living, including an artist’s whimsical Prospect Heights brownstone, a casual home for a family in Ditmas Park and a woodwork-filled Prospect Lefferts Gardens row house discovered by the owners in the 1970s.

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A new cafe could open in one of Cadman Plaza Park’s old maintenance buildings. Photo by Susan De Vries

Cafe in the Cards for Cadman Plaza Park in Downtown Brooklyn

A new cafe could soon

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