Mere months after Sam Dolnick bought a $1.8 townhouse in Carroll Gardens, Arthur G. Sulzberger, metro reporter and the son of Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., has also embedded himself in Brooklyn, leaving his Upper West Side digs at 1 West 64th Street for a $610,000 one-bedroom in Cobble Hill.

Mr. Sulzberger scrawled his name on the deed of the co-op at 4 Tompkins Place, paying a little bit below the $625,000 ask—a valuable economy given that reporters at the Gray Lady have have been feeling the pinch during a protracted labor battle—although we'd assume that Mr. Sulzberger probably has more cash in the bank than most reporters.

Nonetheless, a well-lit townhouse co-op apartment is a nice way for Mr. Sulzberger to celebrate his return from exile in Kansas City. And we're almost certain that he'll be able to find some nice vegetarian options in Brooklyn, even if everyone who lives there seems to be into farm-fresh meat and foods cooked in duck fat these days.

And the apartment comes with a renovated chef's kitchen with "an abundance of cabinets" which would be great for for cooking at home, or "just relaxing while overlooking the serene brownstone gardens listing," as the listing, held by Corcoran broker Steven Gerber, helpfully suggests.

The seller, Dana Fiddler, bought it for $596,000 in 2007.

The apartment is not as lavish as Mr. Dolnick's place, which has restored Carrara marble wood-burning fireplaces and "pumpkin pine wide plank floors,” but it does have some nice touches, like oak sound-dampening floors, a skylight in the bathroom and "a large wardrobe from Boconcepts, which has lots of storage including drawers and cubbies." (That probably means no closet, right?).

After taking the leap of home ownership, perhaps Young Sulzberger is finally ready for his own Ochs family nickname?

kvelsey@observer.com

An embedded reporter? Dolnick's Brookklyn townhouse.

It's no wonder that Sam Dolnick, metro reporter for The New York Times and grandnephew to former Times publisher Arthur Ochs “Punch” Sulzberger, has purchased a townhouse in Carroll Gardens. After all, The Times is obsessed with the borough and all of its charming, artisanal ways.

Mr. Dolnick and his wife Heidi are leaving their townhouse in the still-up-and-coming Prospect Lefferts Gardens for a strikingly-similar one in the well-established, Barneys-bearing neighborhood of Carroll Gardens.

The Dolnicks purchased 473 Sackett Street from Karnig Kaprelian and Miriam Trautman for $1.8 million, a good bit more than the $1.69 million ask, according to city records. It was on the market for a mere 22 days. But the couple has a lot of cash coming in from the sale of their old home, whose $1.15 million sale was first reported by Curbed. That house is currently in contract.

The Carroll Gardens townhouse, listed with Corcoran broker Deborah Rieders, looks like a comfortable spot to file a news story from. The place has skylights, two  restored Carrara marble wood-burning fireplaces, "pumpkin pine wide plank floors," and "mullioned French doors opening to a sleek steel terrace and landscaped garden."

"This is the exact home that you would create if you could renovate your own home from scratch, but without the hassle of doing the work yourself!" the listing exclaims. Much like the Dolnicks' previous house.

Mr. Dolnick is the son of Lynn Dolnick, a former director of the Smithsonian Zoo. Mr. Dolnick and A.G. Sulzberger are the only Sulzberger-Ochs family members who work in the newsroom.

kvelsey@observer.com

Sam Dolnick, a grandnephew to former Times publisher Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger, is going to join the metro desk's immigration beat. He'll work with reporter Kirk Semple who joined the beat two years ago.

Mr. Dolnick started at the Times last year--his first day was Sept. 14, 2009--and has been covering a mix of Bronx stories and general assignment pieces for the metro desk. Times metro editor Joe Sexton said in a memo announcing Mr. Dolnick's new gig that the department was "blessed" to have him.

"Immigration is a sprawling, hugely important, too often oversimplified topic," wrote Mr. Sexton. "Sam will dive into it with much enthusiasm and no preconceptions. But he will synchronize that dive with some work in the coming weeks on the state comptroller's race. Sam came to Metro despite other options, and he has, in addition to working his tail off, bought a house in Brooklyn and started a family."

He added, for good measure: "We're blessed to have him in the fold, and we're thrilled to see what he will do with his new beat."

Mr. Dolnick joined the Times newsroom from the Associated Press. He was once a Village Voice intern and worked for Wayne Barrett who absolutely loved him. "He's really a sweet guy," said Mr. Barrett in an interview last year. "He came to me as a raw reporter. It was at the very start of his reporting career, but he really had the right instincts."

Mr. Dolnick is the son of Lynn Dolnick, a former director of the Smithsonian Zoo; his younger brother, Ben, is a fiction writer, according to a New York magazine piece about the Sulzberger-Ochs family.

Mr. Dolnick and A.G. Sulzberger are the only Sulzberger-Ochs family members who work in the newsroom.

The Observer has learned that Sam Dolnick, a reporter for the Associated Press and grandnephew to former Times publisher Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger, is joining the metro desk at The Times. His first day is September 14, a Times spokeswoman said.

Mr. Dolnick most recently had been working in New Delhi for the Associated Press. His stories with New Delhi datelines stretch back to 2007.

Back in 2001, when he was cutting his teeth as a reporter, he was an intern for The Village Voice's investigative writer Wayne Barrett.

"He’s really a sweet guy," said Mr. Barrett. "He came to me as a raw reporter. It was at the very start of his reporting career, but he really had the right instincts."

Mr. Barrett said he wasn't aware of his relation to the Sulzberger-Ochs family until Mr. Dolnick's internship was winding down. He never wanted to be judged by his bloodline, Mr. Barrett said.

"He had an engaging interview style as a young guy—he could get people to talk to him," said Mr. Barrett. "Some young people can’t get on the phone because they feel like they have to be an expert before they talk to someone. He understood instinctively you go with what you know and the person on the other end doesn’t expect you to be an expert."

Mr. Barrett said he remembered Mr. Dolnick left the internship and worked for The Staten Island Advance, where he had bylines.

We've taken a small look at his writing, and he's got a flair for style! Especially for the AP:

NEW DELHI — While the grill man stirred the glowing coals and the bread man rolled balls of dough, Akram Khan, the waiter, watched the traffic rumble down the pocked road.

Soon, crowds would start arriving at this sidewalk kebab stand, families in expensive cars and partygoers fizzy with drink.

Fizzy with drink! Alan Feuer, watch your wallet!

Mr. Dolnick will be joining his cousin, A.G. Sulzberger, son of Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr, on the metro desk. A.G. Sulzberger started at the paper in February, and has been reporting and writing under the glare of an awfully bright spotlight ever since.

Mr. Dolnick is the son of Lynn Dolnick, a former director of the Smithsonian Zoo; his younger brother, Ben, is a fiction writer, according to a New York magazine piece about the Sulzberger-Ochs family.

Mr. Dolnick's stint at the AP reflects the early career of Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Mr. Sulzberger worked in the London bureau of the AP from 1976 to 1978 before he joined The Times' Washington bureau.

Come the middle of September, two family members will be trawling the hallways of The Times' third floor, maybe even competing on stories! Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis said that there are no other family members who work in The Times' newsroom.