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This Real Estate Investment Collective is 300 Plus Members and Growing.

  This group of cooperative real estate investors, NYCREIC, have the ultimate community spirit and love for New York. We recently heard about the NYC Real Estate Investment Coop and were amazed to learn that since their first meeting in May of this year they’ve received 1.3 million dollars in pledges for future investments.  Here’s […]

The Good Ms Padgett sings at Jalopy this Saturday.

This Saturday October 24th at 1pm a wonderful funky folk band will be playing music for the whole family at Jalopy Theater.  It’s only $25 for a family or $10 for adults, $5 for kids.  This is such a great venue and should be a really fun show.  It’s so great to be able share […]

Southern Food coming to Columbia Waterfront and a Bar opening at 136 Atlantic.

Here are a couple indications, above and below, that things are moving with 115 Columbia and 136 Atlantic.  Liquor licenses are being approved!  Both places were previously bars.  Last Exit on Atlantic has been closed for a while and locals were very sad to see it go.  Very interested to see what’s to come.  115 […]

Meet RC’s Newest Addition!

We’d like to introduce you to Realty Collective’s newest agent, Nena Ansari, who currently resides in the Ocean Hill area of Brooklyn.  She’s lived in New York throughout her life but relocated to Brooklyn 10 years ago and has lived in Flatbush, Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy. She loves this borough and is new to real […]

We Added Halloween Pics to Pinterest!

Brooklyn certainly has holiday spirit! People really do it up for Halloween, more so than any other holiday, and we love walking around looking at the decorations people come up with.  We have lots of pics from previous years on our Pinterest Holiday Decor board and have just added the first three of this season. […]

Bring Back the B71.

For those of you new to the Carroll Gardens vicinity, you may not know that years ago there was a bus that ran all the way down Union Street to Prospect Park and beyond.  It was the B71 and boy do we miss it.  Getting to the north side of Prospect Park now from this […]

Literacy Tutoring with Eleanor Traubman.

We wanted to spread the word for our friend Eleanor, who has been offering literacy tutoring sessions in the neighborhood.  You may know her from “Make Mail!”, her letter writing workshops at Carroll Park or the Carroll Gardens Library.  She has a facebook page for more info and to check updates for those workshops. Otherwise, if […]

PortSide New York’s Get on Board Launch Party is coming!

#GetOnBoard is PortSide‘s yearlong campaign to expand their team, budget, programs and space.  The launch party and fundraiser for this campaign is on Tuesday, October 27th.  The night will consist of delicious food (with a venue like Hometown that’s a given) and live music.  A Brooklyn-based jazz band called the Gotham Easy will perform.  Come […]

October Workshops at Carroll Gardens Association.

Carroll Gardens Association, as usual, brings another very helpful workshop tonight to those needing help writing a resume and/or cover letter.  The flyer above is for a workshop next week for anyone interested in venturing into the world of small business ownership. These workshops are located at their headquarters, 201 Columbia Street, in the waterfront […]

RealTours: A Day in Bergen Beach with Frank Manzione.

Frank Manzione has been in the Real estate business for decades and knows the borough of Brooklyn inside and out. He opened his office on Columbia Street (now Realty Collective) in 1984.  Frank resides in Bergen Beach, an area of Brooklyn that has a more suburban feel. Now unlike some other RealTours we’ve done in […]