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Brooklyn's priciest listing, new affordable housing on Staten Island, & more

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By Austin Havens-Bowen  |
January 19, 2022 - 10:30AM

A five-bedroom penthouse at Olympia Dumbo asking $19.5 million is currently Brooklyn's most expensive listing (press release)

This architectural historian still lives in the Chelsea one-bedroom co-op he bought for $3,000 in 1962 (Curbed)

An affordable housing lottery launches for 143 apartments at The Willoughby in Fort Greene (press release)

A new development with 269 affordable apartments for at-risk New Yorkers is coming to Staten Island (Commercial Observer)

Topping the list of Manhattan's priciest signed contracts last week is a gut-renovated West Village townhouse listed for $15.7 million (The Real Deal)

Two roommates embark on a crash course on NYC real estate after a third roommate leaves (The New York Times)

 

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Austin Havens-Bowen

Staff Writer

Staff writer Austin Havens-Bowen covers the rental market and answers renters' questions in a column called Realty Bites. He previously reported on local news for the Queens Ledger and The Hunts Point Express in the Bronx. He graduated from Hunter College with a BA in media studies. He rents a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria with his boyfriend and their two cats.

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