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Back in May, The Observer reported that downtown designer Robert Geller had bought a brownstone in Fort Greene of all places. Now, he does that most Brooklyn of things and invites Details along while he gets a haircut. There, they talk about renovating his new historic home, architectural and international inspirations, and the beauty of his adopted borough. Read More
Tim King, managing director of residential real estate brokerage CPEX, said that “downtown Brooklyn now has more college students than Cambridge, Mass.,” according to The Real Deal‘s Twitter feed, which is running from a so-called summit today on Brooklyn real estate.
Downtown Brooklyn might not be the most enticing neighborhood for some, but perhaps college students Read More
It was a 70-degree day in mid-March of 2010 when Edwin Perez rode his cherry red Can-Am Spyder from a self-storage locker in Windsor Terrace up to the tree-lined brownstone streets of Park Slope, the place he conducted business, the place he referred to as “the office.” At 2:35, the well-built 32-year-old turned the Spyder, Read More
For a while, it seemed like Williamsburg was becoming the next Meatpacking District, a formerly industrial neighborhood transformed into a playground for spoiled New York post-grads. But The Times, ever hip to the ways of Brooklyn, declares the area has actually become something worse: the new Park Slope, replete with baby yoga and funky-looking Read More
BroBos, to your corners!
There’s a fight brewing between two of Brooklyn’s biggest flea markets, according to the Post. Williamsburg’s Artists and Fleas has just moved into new, bigger digs, where it will take on the invaders from Fort Greene’s Brooklyn Flea, which is opening up shop in North Brooklyn for the first time Read More
Since when do Brooklyn 20-somethings own cars, let alone a brand-new SUV to schlep all over the borough in, checking out their favorite hot spots along the way?
Since the borough became a favorite of marketers, of course. If Williamsburg can sell cigarettes, why not the Ford Edge? After all, the kids love Read More
Despite Shake Shack’s refusal to comment on “rumors” about a Shake Shack coming to the indomitable Fulton Mall–even after The Observer got confirmation from the broker who arranged the new 2,600-square-foot lease for the haute burger slingers–here is the moment anxious, non-vegetarian Brooklynites have been awaiting for years: Borough President Marty Markowitz Read More
