Here’s the next installment of the Strong Place Construction Blog, a series following Brennan Realty Services and their team through the development of three townhouses in Cobble Hill, at the corner of Kane and Strong Place. Today Brennan Realty posts Part Two of the history of the Strong Place properties. The history of the properties [...]
Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, is an old neighborhood, with a history that goes back to the beginnings of Breukelin, and the area’s first Dutch settlers. The first farmers in the area were granted land patents as early as the 1640’s, for land stretching from the East River shore to the Gowanus Valley. What is now Cobble [...]
I came across this article yesterday and when I read the title I expected to see homes that looked like mash-up of horrible fabrics, ostentatious colors, and overly-decorated spaces. However, after looking at a lot of these photos I don’t see what the author was referring to or maybe I just have a tacky sense [...]
Over the years many people have started referring to Brooklyn as the “new Manhattan.” Up and coming neighborhoods that are just one subway stop away from Manhattan have seen a influx of former Manhattanites moving to this side of the river. However, for the most part, Brooklyn real estate has still remained less pricey than [...]
I grew up on a small town on the eastern end of Long Island, where my bedroom was a large playground filled with my most precious items. When I first got into real estate I always knew there were two sureties about New York City living—it was small and expensive. People actually chose to live [...]
We recently came across some helpful tips from real estate expert, Eric Tyson. He was once a financial advisor for a Fortune 500 company, and had a personal writing career take off in the 21st century. The interview was featured on the “Eye on Real Estate with Dottie Herman,” CEO of Elliman, on the morning [...]
The new movie The Social Network depicts Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a visionary and a genius—and you can’t argue with his astounding business success. But the movie also presents him as a person devoid of interpersonal skills–someone who is dependent on technology to communicate. Many of us are like Mr. Zuckerberg in some respects: [...]
