‘Girls’ Cinematographer Tim Ives Wants to Cash Out of Cobble Hill
I don’t think we’re in Greenpoint anymore, Hannah. Girls cinematographer Tim Ives has been receiving his latest paychecks thanks to northern Brooklyn’s most famous show, but he’s poised to collect an...
View ArticleNo Witnesses: One Brooklyn Bridge Park Penthouse Seeks $5.5 M.
Bible tracts no more—the penthouse at the old Watchtower warehouse is asking $5.5 million. The Watchtower Society may have all but divested itself of its waterfront Brooklyn holdings, but those seeking...
View ArticleForest City Ratner VP MaryAnne Gilmartin Nets $3.85 M. Slope ‘Stone
Ms. Gilmartin’s new home is as classical as Atlantic Yards is modern. When Forest City Ratner executive vice president—and soon to be CEO, once Bruce Ratner steps down—MaryAnne Gilmartin spoke to...
View ArticleПоздравляю! Oceana Penthouse Sets High Water Mark for Brighton Beach
Oceana: the hottest thing to hit Brighton Beach since the steam railroads. Brighton Beach is a bit off the beaten path for most million-dollar-plus condo buyers—say, about 15 Q train stops off the...
View ArticleOrange You Glad It’s Not Still the MTA: 166 Smith Rentals Hit the Market
A little bit of Phoenix dropped on the edge of Cobble Hill. The MTA-owned building at 166 Smith Street in in Cobble Hill (or is it Boerum Hill? writing about this slice of Brooklyn always makes us...
View ArticleThe House That Organ Trading Bought Sells for $2 M.
Big fish in a little pond. There aren’t many people in Brooklyn who could sell you a live human kidney in, but Levy Izhak Rosenbaum was one of them. He bought the kidneys, mostly in Israel, for around...
View ArticleDirty Pretty Things: Stephen Frears’ Son Buys $3.25 M. Cobble Hill Fixer-Upper
$3.25 million buys you a mansard roof. Theater, film and magazine writing aren’t the most lucrative fields (at least, not for the vast majority of their practitioners), but Will Frears and Amy Larocca...
View Article8,200-Carat Jewel of Gravesend Sells for $5.3 M.
Eighty feet of pure, Sephardic goodness. If you have five million dollars and change burning a hole in your pocket, New York City offers you a wealth of options for stashing your cash. You could buy a...
View ArticleDormers, Dormers Everywhere! $2 M. House Sets a Record for Victorian Flatbush
The house is in a landmark district, so don’t mess with the façade, Stephen! We may not be able to agree on a name for the neighborhood—is it Flatbush? or Ditmas Park? or Prospect Park South?—but at $2...
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