Alleged straw donor to former Mayor Adams planning mixed-use Park Slope project

CrainsNewYork.com (Labor Unions) 3/12 12:33A Julian Nazar

Brooklyn developer Tolib Mansurov is adding another project to his portfolio in the borough. Mansurov recently filed plans with the city's Department of Buildings for a new 8-story, roughly 35,400-square-foot mixed-use building at 250 Flatbush...

Eight-building Brooklyn affordable housing portfolio sells for $80M

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 2/27 7:27A Julianne Cuba

An eight-building assemblage of residential properties near Brooklyn's Prospect Park has traded hands for nearly $80 million, Crain's has learned. Affordable and mixed-income housing developer Camber Property Group recently closed on its sale of...

On Politics: Six revenue strategies Mamdani's city budget overlooked

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 2/18 12:33A Ross Barkan

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s bid to close a $5 billion budget gap through an income tax hike is understandable enough, if Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated it probably won’t happen. Now Mamdani, with his $127 billion preliminary budget, is resorting to...

Seller of Astoria pool hall site purchases Park Slope brownstone

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 2/9 8:44A C. J. Hughes

From pool hall to Park Slope. The executive behind last month’s $18 million sale of the former site of the Astoria Billiards Café in Queens appears to have directed some proceeds into a boutique Brooklyn apartment building. A company linked to...

Park Sloper de Blasio pays less in property taxes than Queens homeowner: ‘Doesn’t make sense’

NYPost.com (Metro) 2/9 12:00A Carl Campanile

"It doesn't make sense. I'm getting ripped off, and de Blasio is getting a break. Comrade de Blasio, pay your fair share!"

Design company ditching Park Slope for Industry City

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 2/4 7:19A Julian Nazar

Another company is moving its headquarters to Brooklyn's Industry City. Square Design has inked a 5-year deal for 24,000 square feet at Building 26 of the six-million-square-foot mixed-use complex in Sunset Park. The company, which previously had...

Bronx developer plans new home for historic Harlem market with affordable housing

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 1/26 12:33A Julianne Cuba

A Bronx developer will replace the longstanding Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market on West 116th Street with a new residential building that includes a home for what's now an open-air canopied bazaar. Peter Procida, manager of Procida Development...

Doctor-turned-real estate exec picks up pair of historic SoHo buildings

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 1/22 8:26A Eddie Small

A pair of SoHo apartment buildings dating back to the turn of the 20th century has sold for $18 million. Michael Ostad, a doctor-turned-real estate executive, purchased the adjacent properties at 159 and 161 Prince St. from Midtown-based JSRE...

A&E Real Estate sets record for building code violations after $2.1M settlement

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 1/21 8:42A Julianne Cuba

The notorious rental landlord that made headlines last week after reaching a $2.1 million settlement with the Mamdani administration for building-code violations has set a new record for the most infractions in the city, Public Advocate Jumaane...

Tech execs snag Carroll Gardens home in one of largest 2025 townhouse deals

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 1/13 7:04A C. J. Hughes

A tech power couple has picked up a Brooklyn townhouse in a deal that ranks among the priciest in recent months. Mark Grennan, an Amazon advertising executive, and his husband, Daire Hickey, the co-founder of tech-focused public relations firm...

Mamdani defends mental health plan after fatal police shooting in Brooklyn hospital

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 1/9 8:36A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended his plan to remove police from many mental health calls after NYPD officers shot and killed an allegedly knife-wielding man at Methodist Hospital in Park Slope on Thursday evening. Officers responded to reports of a...

Ex-magazine executives turn the page on Park Slope brownstone

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 1/8 8:22A C. J. Hughes

A stylish experiment in family-based co-living has come to a profitable end. Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzman, Conde Nast executives-turned-interior designers, have sold the prewar Park Slope brownstone they co-owned and shared with Mitchell’s...

Here are 5 NYC bars and restaurants to try in 2026

CrainsNewYork.com (International) 1/1 1:03A Julianne Cuba

New York is known for its vast and eclectic variety of foods, from dollar slices to Neapolitan pies, and omakase to ramen. It seemingly has everything — except a certain rye bread from Austria. Austria's renowned Auer baking family is bringing...