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Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates' Brooklyn brownstone still isn't exactly a bargain.

Ta-Nehisi Coates Lowers Price of Brooklyn Brownstone, Again

It's still more than he paid for it in April.
By Morgan Halberg
Shirley Patterson, right, addresses the audience at Grace Chapel (Photo: Will Bredderman/New York Observer).

Housing Issues Dominate Brooklyn Assembly Forum

Diana Richardson and Shirley Patterson faced questions about the 421-a exemption and campaign contributions from real estate developers.
By Will Bredderman
Bow-front townhouses in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. (Cara Genovese)

Lefferts Gardens Still Has Grand Townhouses, Neighborly Vibes–Discounts Not So Much

For a decade, press accounts have dubbed Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Brooklyn’s “best-kept secret,” a ripe destination for Manhattan’s savviest exiles with a taste for fine townhome architecture. By all accounts, though, the neighborhood has been slower to catch on than other late-blooming brownstone competitors, like Fort Greene or Bedford-Stuyvesant.
By Chris Pomorski

Next Stop, Flatbush: As Prime Land Values Double, Developers Try Out New Territories

By Adam Bonislawski

Flatbush Gentrification Watch: $9.99 Juice Cleanse Edition

By Stephen Jacob Smith
51 Midwood Street (Photo from StreetEasy)

Recent Record Set in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

By Elise Knutsen

The Local: In Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, It's 'Pure Poor People' vs. 'Gentrification People'

By Lysandra Ohrstrom
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