Billionaire developer buys $7M Midwood residence across the street from his home

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 7/24 6:34A C. J. Hughes

Megadeveloper Jeff Sutton has gone small-scale with his most recent real estate purchase. The Wharton Properties founder, who in late 2023 inked nearly $2 billion in retail site sales on Fifth Avenue, has picked up a home in Midwood, Brooklyn, for...

Alleged straw donor to Mayor Adams planning Park Slope resi project

CrainsNewYork.com (Wall Street) 7/22 12:33A Julianne Cuba, Nick Garber

A Brooklyn developer named last year as one of Mayor Eric Adams' alleged straw donors is planning a 99-unit building in Park Slope, records show. Tolib Mansurov, founder and CEO at United Elite Group, owns the property at 67 4th Ave., where plans...

One of the world’s priciest parking spots is located in Brooklyn

NYPost.com (Metro) 7/12 4:36A Chris Harris

The pricey parking spot is located within the garage at 841 Union Street, which Park Slope's only free-standing dedicated condominium complex.

Extell aims to boost 655 Madison project to 74 stories

CrainsNewYork.com (International) 7/10 5:17A Eddie Small

Extell Development's ambitions for 655 Madison Ave. appear to be getting much bigger. The Gary Barnett-led developer had filed plans for a 37-story mixed-use tower to replace the office building currently there late last year but now hopes to...

Berkeley Carroll prep school picks up Park Slope townhouse for $6M

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 7/10 12:33A C. J. Hughes

Top Brooklyn private school Berkeley Carroll is the latest of its ilk to make a purchase. The Park Slope-based institution has bought the bay-fronted townhouse at 545 Third St. for $6.1 million, according to a deed that appeared in the city...

Carlyle Group cashes in on outer-borough residential buying spree

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 7/9 12:33A C. J. Hughes

Who owns the block? Well, if that block is in Park Slope, Cobble Hill or Crown Heights, and especially across swaths of Bushwick, there’s a good chance the landlord is the Carlyle Group. To an extent not widely publicized, the global private...

Crazed Prospect Park ‘dog killer’ back to his old ways, threatens to shoot pet owner

NYPost.com (Metro) 7/5 6:11A Chris Harris

The dread-locked lunatic allegedly lunged towards a dog and its owner over the weekend and apparently upped the ante in late April by threatening to murder someone.

Races to watch: mayoral suspense, costly council contests

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 6/23 10:57A Nick Garber

Tuesday’s Democratic primary could effectively anoint New York City’s next crop of leaders for the next four years. Besides the headline-dominating mayor’s race, the ballot features closely watched elections for comptroller, public advocate and a...

NYC teen opens popular taco joint in Park Slope — all before high school graduation

NYPost.com (Metro) 6/16 5:35A Ben Cost

The teen insists that [school is] still the "number one thing at the end of the day," declaring, "obviously business is business. But I gotta graduate."

City parks could get more water fountains under Council bill

CrainsNewYork.com (Small Business News) 6/16 12:33A Caroline Spivack

New Yorkers may have an easier time finding public drinking fountains on steamy summer days thanks to a bill passed by the City Council last week that will require the Parks Department to add 50 new drinking fountains near park entrances by 2035....

City unveils $8.9M restoration of Grand Army Plaza arch

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 6/5 10:41A Caroline Spivack

The city’s parks department on Thursday unveiled a $8.9 million restoration of the famed arch at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza that’s been in the works for seven years — the first major rehabilitation of the Civil War monument in nearly 50 years....

4TH AVENUE SUNSET PARK

Forgotten New York 6/1 3:59A Kevin Walsh

Forgotten New York - BEEN quite awhile since I devoted a page to 4th Avenue in Brooklyn; many years ago, I walked it in Park Slope. That stretch of 4th has changed considerably in Forgotten New York -

Rep. Ritchie Torres demands investigation of socialist-leaning Park Slope Food Co-op over alleged...

NYPost.com (Metro) 5/31 2:45A Rich Calder

Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres is demanding the city and state investigate allegations that a popular Brownstone Brooklyn food co-op has been taken over by pro-Palestine radicals and become a hotbed of antisemitism and anti-Israel hate.

Next generation of high-end sushi restaurants comes at a lower price

CrainsNewYork.com (Energy & Utilities) 5/23 12:33A Kat Odell, Bloomberg

New York City is a global capital for high-end sushi, home to some of the most sought-after omakase experiences outside of Japan. Those chef’s choice meals have also become extremely pricey—especially compared to similar experiences in Tokyo....

NYC creep with over a dozen priors freed by judge after alleged sex crime spree targeting teens,...

NYPost.com (Metro) 5/22 8:11A Joe Marino, Amanda Woods

Johnelle Beckum is accused of groping two underage girls and a 55-year-old woman -- and masturbating in front of another woman during a sickening Mspree across Park Slope, cops said.