Once in a generation, a building comes along that changes our perspective. A building that creates bold new horizons, promises new beginnings, and sets standards that others can only hope to follow. Rarer still is the opportunity to call this building home. This is The Brooklyn Tower.
Go to the site to find out all the details! The Brooklyn Tower
I am looking forward to a visit to the new Spa on Governors island. See the below link to book a visit.
“Wellness awaits at QC NY, a new destination day spa located on Governors Island. Just minutes from downtown Manhattan, find yourself transported to an enchanting oasis featuring unprecedented and iconic views of the city skyline. Pamper yourself with a tailored massage or wander freely through over twenty wellness spa experiences. Here, you will find multiple saunas, steam rooms, relaxation areas, outdoor gardens, and water therapies all designed to relax the body and soul.”
I don’t know if you are like me, but I can’t wait for the warm weather. In anticipation here are a few events to put in your Calendar.
Coney Island
The new ferry stop is opening at Coney Island in 2022! Here is the newly updated Pier at Coney Island Creek
Gravesend
The Lady Moody-Van Sicklen House is a rare surviving example of an 18th century Dutch-American farmhouse and a reminder of Brooklyn’s agricultural past. In addition to being one of the oldest houses in Brooklyn, it was also owned by Lady Deborah Moody, an English settler who founded Gravesend and one of the first women to be granted land in the New World.
Located in Gravesend, Brooklyn, the house features stone walls a gable roof with wide, overhanging eaves and an end chimney that are typical of 18th century construction.
Greenwood on Mar 12th
In celebration and recognition of the women who challenged the social, cultural, and political order of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this trolley tour will highlight some of Green-Wood’s pioneering women and their remarkable stories.
WOMEN WHO WALKED AHEAD TROLLEY TOUR
March 12th , 10:00am – 12:00pm
Green-wood.com
All the best
Dena
Which neighborhoods will offer the most value in 2022 and why? We asked real estate professionals at Brown Harris Stevens. Here’s what they told us:
Ban Leow, BHS real estate agent:
Ocean Hill, East New York and Brownsville offer some bargains. There are beautiful properties in Cypress Hills, such as on Highland Boulevard.
Steven Segretta, BHS real estate agent:
If lower price per square foot is your thing, maybe you value Crown Heights, Bed Stuy, Kensington or Flatbush. If it’s breadth of amenities, proximity to parks and classic brownstones that are your thing, then maybe you value Park Slope, Fort Greene or Brooklyn Heights.
Joanna Mayfield Marks, BHS real estate agent:
I love Prospect Lefferts Gardens for value — you can get a two- or three-story landmarked home close to Prospect Park around $1.6 million to $2 million.
Columbia Street Waterfront is often overlooked but has a wonderful waterfront, adorable boutiques, restaurants and shops and connects by the Brooklyn Greenway to Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Bill Sheppard, BHS real estate agent:
Buyers willing to look deeper into Brooklyn will find the best values in the coming year. Neighborhoods like Flatbush, Kensington, Bed Stuy and Bay Ridge have lovely homes and more affordable prices than traditional Brownstone Brooklyn.
Dena Driver, BHS real estate agent:
Kensington, Sunset Park and Clinton Hill — especially on the Bed Stuy border — will offer solid value in 2022, because these areas have good housing stock and the parks, restaurants and shops buyers want in their neighborhoods too. more “Brooklyn Neighborhoods With the Most Value, According to Real Estate Insiders”
The Brooklyn apartment market was red hot in 2021. “It reached new records for both sales and prices,” said Gregory Heym, Brown Harris Steven’s chief economist. “And demand for townhouses was also very strong, as those prices also hit a new high.”
For 2022, while competition for neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn expects to reach record highs, some factors remain unpredictable.
Here is an overview of the market’s outlook for 2022, with insights from top Brown Harris Stevens agents and brokers specializing in Brooklyn real estate.
Ban Leow, BHS real estate agent:
Current market forecast, simply put, is unpredictable, and also very segmented in different neighborhoods. While Park Slope, Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens are experiencing a robust buying spree, other neighborhoods are experiencing stagnant inventories with tons of window shoppers. We’ve been on a Covid-19 pricing roller coaster since 2020, and with a new variant detected, the “yo-yo” pricing goes into effect. Sellers demand high listing prices and the buyers are still in the “pandemic” low-ball mode. I believe the market will gain strength again in mid-2022 if the Omicron variant is somewhat contained.
Steven Segretta, BHS real estate agent:
I see active buying interest across all sectors of the Brooklyn market driven by first-time homebuyers and those migrating into Brooklyn from other areas. Given the strength of the market last year and the acceleration this year, I expect demand to outpace supply in 2022 with continued upward pressure on prices. Macro factors like the economy, inflation, rates and the pandemic may obviously change the dynamic, but without dramatic shocks to the system, I think we see continued momentum in the Brooklyn real estate market. more “Real Estate Insiders Assess the 2022 Brooklyn Market”
My recent post have been talking to the future of roof Decks. Enjoy this read from the Brownstoner about this very subject, with a quote from yours truly. Dena
Stay in touch with me for this soon to market apt at 533 Clinton Street. Third floor with Roof Deck.
This holiday season, explore Brooklyn Botanic Garden like never before at the after-dark, illuminated spectacular Lightscape. Join with family and friends to celebrate the beauty of nature in winter on this enchanting trail animated by a curated soundtrack and over one million dazzling lights.
Discover international showstoppers like the Winter Cathedral tunnel, Fire Garden, and Sea of Light, as well as new works by local artists, including a series of poems by celebrated author Jacqueline Woodson written in light.
Now through January 9th
So nice to be recognized. Thanks to BHS and to all my clients.
Awards for High Sales
3.25 M/ 245 President Street
Awards for High Sales
14k-6.5k/ 137 Atlantic Ave
8.5k/ 378 Adelphi Street
Happy to announce the full lease up of 293 Henry St, even though we were shut down by the pandemic we managed to finish renovations and lease up this entire building. We now have a great new roof deck coming in November!
I have been pleased to work with Nicki Adler and https://www.top-yard.com/ in Brooklyn Heights since Nov of 2020, we’ve gone from concept to measurements and elevations, landmarks approval and are now in the stage of fabrication for all components. I met Nicki in Nov of 2020 and introduced Top Yard to this project. Nicki sold us on Top Yard’s , All-inclusive Modular Roof Deck Kit.
We began working with Top-Yard in Jan of 2021 as one of their pilot projects. They provide the structural engineering, landscape architecture & code compliance expertise built-in, which can be very time consuming and expensive to bring together.
293 Henry St has a incredible view of the Brooklyn waterfront and Manhattan skyline, so it’s a premier location. But the pandemic really taught us how rooftops can be a refuge and how green roofs benefit us physiologically and environmentally.
Follow this space for more information on new listings with green roof tops and energy incentives too!
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