Senator Street in Bay Ridge: A historic block without landmark protections

… The End of a Busy Life No hyperbole there Murphy was the mayor of Brooklyn some 50 years before the city was … transportation was extended to Bay Ridge the neighborhood became ripe for speculative building Brooklyn architect … Home Building Association a group of Finnish immigrants who pooled their money to create the first notforprofit coop …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 26, 2017 - 9:00AM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… chef of the Norm Restaurant at the Brooklyn Museum has lived for 10 years on Chester Court an 18minute walk from … interior features in our homepocket doors woodwork and layoutbut previous owners have removed a good amount of the … Avenue and stepping into the Cotswolds which is exactly what Collins intended In the summer of 1910 Collins took a …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |January 18, 2017 - 8:59AM