By Elise Knutsen 1/30 5:19pm

Manhattan Transfers

The design harkens back to sixties architecture: a time Ms. Sarandon remembers well

Suddenly Susan Sarandon Has Three NYC Apartments: Actress Buys in Brooklyn

Brooklyn has basically turned into one big celebrity orgy. With a recent influx of Hollywoodians, the borough has become the new Soho, Tribeca and Chelsea combined.

Today, we stumbled upon yet another star-studded transaction: Susan Sarandon has just purchased at 334 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill. And, believe it or not, Ms. Sarandon isn’t the only bold-faced name on the deed. The home was sold by Danny Simmons, a poet, artist and older brother to Russell and Rev Run. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 9/29/11 3:13pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

Leornard Lopate

Cobble Hill’s Favorite Radio Personality Can’t Afford Cobble Hill

Leonard Lopate loves his Cobble Hill home. In a recent interview with the Post the radio host gushed about life in Brooklyn, where he moved in 2009 after spending 25 years in Chinatown. Currently a renter, Mr. Lopate claims that he would love to make his rented apartment a permanent home with his girlfriend Melanie Baker. One problem—the increasingly expensive Brooklyn hood may be out of his price range. Read More

By Christian Lorentzen 4/26/11 10:50pm

Novelists

Almost Amis

On Monday night, I was on 10th Avenue talking to the biological granddaughter of Brooklyn literary lioness Paula Fox. I asked her if she read Martin Amis. “I like Money,” said Courtney Love, sitting on a bench and smoking a cigarette outside a film premiere after-party. “I like John Self in Money,” she said. “I Read More