Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill top Redfin list of hottest U.S. neighborhoods to buy in

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/28 9:45A Lilah Burke

Central Brooklyn is on the rise, according to data released Thursday by real estate firm Redfin. The ZIP code covering Prospect Heights and Clinton Hill topped the company’s list of hottest neighborhoods in the United States in which to buy a...

Prospect Lefferts Gardens apartment building sells at 40% loss

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/25 12:33A C. J. Hughes

A Prospect Lefferts Gardens building at the heart of a fierce gentrification battle over an ice cream shop has changed hands at a big loss. The building, 616-624 Flatbush Ave., a mixed-use site whose storefronts include the popular Scoops, which...

Brooklyn multifamily building trades hands at $13M loss

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/20 7:34A Eddie Small

A Brooklyn multifamily building on the border of Park Slope and Gowanus has traded hands for $68.5 million, about $13 million less than it sold for in 2018, city records show. Trinity Place Holdings has sold 237 11th St., at the corner of Fourth...

Brooklyn startup sees growth by helping get unsightly, rat-prone trash bags off the curb

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/3 1:03A Caroline Spivack

In 2022, when New York City began exploring ways to gather mountains of garbage bags off the curb and contain them in attractive, rat-proof bins, Brooklynite Liz Picarazzi was ready. She had seen the writing on the wall and primed her company,...

Brad Lander, Scott Stringer rivalry emerges in mayoral race

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/27 8:40A Nick Garber

Brad Lander has a Scott Stringer problem — and vice versa. In a New York City mayoral race left in limbo by the likely entrance of Andrew Cuomo, both men are trying to position themselves as the most viable candidate to take on the ex-governor....

Park Slope Starbucks building sells ahead of shop’s closure

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 1/21 8:28A C. J. Hughes

A developer has snapped up the site of a longtime Brooklyn Starbucks a few weeks before the coffee shop location is set to permanently close. Union Square-based DNA Development has bought 166 Seventh Ave. in Park Slope, according to a deed that...