As avid gardeners, David Arthur Bachrach and Sheila Lins were eager to spruce up the foliage at their rental in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The couple had relinquished their studio apartments during the early pandemic days and assumed a new lease on the $3,400-a-month duplex when it was vacated by Ms. […]
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It was not love at first sight when Fernando Aciar, a chef and artist, met Anna Polonsky, the founder and creative director of the design and branding studio Polonsky & Friends. “I did not have a good impression of her,” Aciar recalls of their chance encounter at a work event […]
These artists got a flaming hot deal when they paid just $175,000 for a rundown firehouse located in one of Brooklyn’s trendiest neighborhoods. Better still, their unusual digs — worth millions today — became a crashpad for some of the world’s biggest recording artists and their crews — from Blondie […]
It may not be the White House, but this Brooklyn Heights townhouse comes with some serious Washington connections. Joe Lockhart and Giovanna Gray Lockhart are trying once more to sell their 25-foot-wide, roughly 6,200-square-foot townhouse at 15 Willow St. — this time for $10.5 million, according to a StreetEasy listing […]
The living room of 37 Sidney Place, a recently-completed Passive House in Brooklyn Heights. Photo courtesy of Corcoran They look just like regular houses on the outside. But what’s inside may herald a change in the way buildings are constructed across the U.S. They are called “Passive Houses,” and Brooklyn […]
Brooklyn Botanic Garden has announced its 2022 calendar of exhibitions, programs, and seasonal highlights. The spring bloom season at BBG, with explosions of cherry blossoms, magnolias, bluebells, and more, is one of New York City’s annual outdoor highlights. This year, extended hours and new programs let visitors make the most […]