Open House Picks
Carroll Gardens 324 Degraw Street Broker: Brooklyn Bridge Realty Price: $3,300,000 Sunday 2:30 – 4:00 GMAP Bay Ridge 221 77th Street Broker: Corcoran Price: $2,500,000 Sunday 12:00 – 2:00 GMAP Bed Stuy...
View ArticlePhotographer Ilan Rubin Talks About His Journey From Chelsea to Sunset Park
Photographer Ilan Rubin | via Ilan Rubin Studio Sponsored By Whale Square Realty. Now leasing 2,000- to 80,000-square-foot retail and work spaces located in the heart of Brooklyn’s new Sunset Park...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: 438 45th Street
It’s not often we see a Sunset Park house with details in move-in condition, so we got excited when we saw this listing for a brownstone at 438 45th Street. There are fireplaces, built-in cupboards,...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Party to Preserve Sunset Park’s Affordable Housing and Historic...
This Saturday the Sunset Parks Landmarks Committee is hosting a party to raise money for its preservation work and for the tenant advocacy organization Neighbors Helping Neighbors. The $20 admission...
View ArticleCo-op of the Day: 574 44th Street
We love these Sunset Park Finnish co-ops and this one looks pristine. We dig the long wall of windows that stretch across the living and dining rooms. This apartment seems to have most of its original...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Bush Terminal Piers Park Opens in Sunset Park
Bush Terminal Piers Park has finally opened on the Sunset Park waterfront, after more than a decade of planning and several delays during two years of construction. DNAinfo reported that the park...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: 650 49th Street
We don’t usually feature houses with no interior photos, but Sunset Park listings are rare and the broker has included a floor plan and lots of info. The bow front limestone exterior at 650 49th...
View ArticleBrooklyn Army Terminal Reveals New Renovation Plans
The Brooklyn Army Terminal has announced plans to renovate another building in its massive, formerly abandoned complex in Sunset Park, the Times reported. The NYC Economic Development Corporation,...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Spend Valentine’s Day at a Chocolate Factory in Industry City
If you still haven’t made Valentine’s Day plans, you probably can’t go wrong with a tour of the Liddabit Sweets chocolate factory at Industry City in Sunset Park. The hour-long tour includes cookies...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Sunset Park Celebrates Chinese New Year This Weekend
Thursday was the Chinese Lunar New Year, and to celebrate, Chinese organizations in Sunset Park are throwing their annual parade down 8th Avenue and celebrations at community centers throughout the...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 6301 2nd Avenue, a Former Armory in Sunset Park
Brooklyn, one building at a time. No matter how big or small, excess stuff has to be stored somewhere. Before this great building became a self-storage facility, it stored armaments and supplies for...
View ArticleHow Bananas Built Industry City — the Story of Sunset Park’s Bush Terminal
Read Part 2 of this story here. In the last few years, Sunset Park’s Industry City, a 16-building complex along 3rd Avenue, has become a hub for artist studios and manufacturing bases for local food...
View ArticleIndustry City’s Rise, Fall and Rebirth, From Wartime Manufacturing to...
Read Part 1 of this story here. The huge gray cement factory buildings that span Sunset Park’s shoreline between 30th and 37th streets are the remaining structures of Brooklyn’s largest industrial...
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