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Prospect Heights' Asking Rent Surpasses $4,000 As Prices Surge: Data
The neighborhood's median asking rent stood around $3,600 just two months ago, according to StreetEasy.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Crown Heights Pandemic Rent Strike Rages On, Despite New Landlord
Tenants say mold, leaks and other conditions haven't been fixed under new landlords. But landlords say tenants haven't let them.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Lefferts Tenants Protest: Faulty Lock Among Many Dangerous Problems
"I called the super and I said, 'Listen, somebody is going to lose their life,'" said one tenant of the Lefferts Avenue building's elevator.
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Gunpoint Robbery Spurs Brooklyn Tenants' Ire Over Broken Locks
"I'm scared of my life when I come in in the night," one tenant said.
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SEE: Thousands Of Brooklyn NYCHA Apartments Get $434M Facelift
The massive project spanned 37 public housing buildings in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Williamsburg and Gowanus.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Crown Heights Mom Fights For Asthmatic Son As Moldy Ceilings Collapse
Ikorine Fairclough says her 8-year-old has spent years in and out of hospitals and pricey Airbnbs as she waits for her landlord to fix mold.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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80 Affordable Apartments Up For Grabs In Vanderbilt Ave Tower
Those making as little as $48,000 per year can apply to live in the Brooklyn building, which sits near Clinton Hill and Prospect Heights.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Yet Another Apartment Tower Proposed In North Crown Heights: Records
Developers are looking to rezone an empty Pacific Street lot for a nine-story building, the latest in a flurry of new complexes in the area.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Pacific Park Complexes Drive Up Rents Near Atlantic Ave Station: Study
Two recently-opened buildings in the massive Pacific Park development are among the reason rents are higher near the station, a study found.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Controversial Atlantic Avenue Towers Get Green Light From City Council
The developments, which had already won support from local Council Member Crystal Hudson, were approved by the full legislature on Thursday.
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Prospect, Crown Heights Rents Reach Record Highs As Pandemic Deals End
The neighborhoods both saw the highest median rent in a decade at the start of 2022 thanks to a citywide trend of record-high prices.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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'Affordable' Apartments Up For Grabs In Crown Heights, For $62K Salary
The Park Place building has three one-bedroom spots up for grabs.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Ceilings Collapse As Crown Heights Landlord Ignores Leaks, Tenants Say
"One of these days we’re just going to fall down on the neighbor downstairs," said a tenant worried about a hole in her bedroom floor.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Neighbors Brace For Council Vote On Controversial Atlantic Ave Towers
"We have to draw a line here," said Peter Krashes, who helped start a petition urging a city plan for the rapidly-changing area.
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'Affordable' Crown Heights Apartments Require $61K Salary
The 23 apartments up for grabs on St. Johns Place hit the affordable housing lottery this week, records show.
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'Affordable' Apartments Require $64K Salary In Brooklyn
The new building on Lenox Road has 29 units up for grabs, but only those making at least $64,000 a year, records show.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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15 Crown, Prospect Heights Buildings Are NYC's 'Most Distressed'
The buildings are among 250 citywide where the city might step in to make "emergency repairs" under the Alternate Enforcement Program.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Court Order Lets Longtime Crown Heights Family Stay In Their Home
The court ruling comes more than two weeks after activists stepped in when the Robinson family came home to find their locks changed.
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Bronx Fire Prompts Safety Walkthroughs At Crown Heights Buildings
Repairs needed at three major apartment complexes are of particular concern in the wake of the fatal fire, according to elected officials.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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'Earthquake' Construction Halted At Controversial Hebron Project
Construction woes at the historic Crown Heights school, where an apartment complex was approved, come as neighbors work on a lawsuit.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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'Eco-Yogi Slumlords' Give Up BK Building In $2.3M Settlement: AG
The Dean Street home — from which landlords tried to evict tenants in the middle of the pandemic — will become affordable housing.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Crown Heights NYCHA Sites See Utility Outage Spike, Data Shows
The neighborhood's public housing had more than two dozen hot water and water outages last winter, a jump from the year before, data shows.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Brooklyn Affordable Apartments Available For As Little As $202
Two buildings have landed on city's the affordable housing lottery, one of which requires a salary as low as $9,875, records show.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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'Affordable' One-Bedrooms Require $92K Salary In Brooklyn: HPD
The building, found at the Boerum Hill border, has a few apartments for those making $56,000, but almost all are at the higher income level.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Botanic Gardens Shadow Tower Developers Try Again On Franklin Ave
The latest proposal is a six-story building down the block from the controversial 960 Franklin Ave. high-rises, according to YIMBY.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Leasing Opens At Pacific Park Complex As Advocates Urge Overhaul
A sixth building in the massive Pacific Park development has gone online. Local groups say the project hasn't lived up to its promises.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Crown Heights Landlord Among City's Top 10 Worst: Public Advocate
Crown Heights landlord Alfred Thompson ranked eighth in the Public Advocate's report on the city's 100 worst landlords released Thursday.
Kathleen Culliton, Patch Contributing Writer
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NY Considers Making Brooklyn No-Go Zone For Pushy Realtors
A new survey will decide if Brooklyn needs another cease-and-desist zone aimed at protecting homeowners from aggressive real estate brokers.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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New Fulton Street 'Affordable' Housing Requires $70K Salary
The six apartments, found near the Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy border, just hit the affordable housing lottery.
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NYC's Worst Landlord Ordered To Fix 4 Brooklyn Buildings: HPD
Jason Korn, who has been the subject of rent strikes in Crown Heights, must pay $235,000 in penalties for violations and tenant harassment.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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New Details Unveiled For Building Replacing Crown Heights Grocery
Building permits filed for the Nostrand Avenue property where Associated Supermarket stands include new details about the redevelopment.
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94 'Affordable' Apartments Open In Latest Pacific Park Building
A Pacific Street building, part of the controversial 22-acre development project in Prospect Heights, hit the affordable housing lottery.
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Crown Heights' Kingsborough Houses Upgrade To Help With Flooding
The public housing complex is one of 19 across the city that will get a combined $29 million in drainage upgrades, city officials announced.
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Crown, Prospect Heights Home To 1 In 10 New BK Apartments: Study
Around 11 percent of apartments built in Brooklyn in the past five years are found in the two neighborhoods, according to a new study.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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2 More Towers On Brooklyn's Atlantic Ave Rejected By CB Committee
Members say city officials need to create a comprehensive plan for the rapidly-developing area before approving more individual projects.
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Crown, Prospect Heights Among Best Neighborhoods For Home Sellers
All but one of the top 10 neighborhoods where apartment sellers have an upper hand were in Brooklyn, according to a StreetEasy study.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Crown Heights Landlord Using Loophole To Oust Tenants: Activists
The Union Street landlord is citing a renovation at the building in the 1980s to claim the rent-stabilized apartments should be deregulated.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Prospect Heights Apartments Still Have Pandemic Prices: Study
The neighborhood is one of five in Brooklyn where apartment prices are still under pre-pandemic levels, according to StreetEasy.
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New Brooklyn Neighborhood Named Among NYC's Top 10 Most Expensive
This tiny neighborhood near Flatbush is the second priciest in Brooklyn and ninth most expensive citywide so far this year, a report found.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights Area Housing Market: Prices Continue To Rise
The Prospect Heights-Crown Heights area has experienced explosive home price growth this past year and prices are still moving upward.
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