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PortSide’s “Norwegian Red Hook WaterStories”, a night of bluegrass music and history, is Thursday

We wanted to make everyone aware of this amazing event, if you aren’t already.  Its happening this Thursday, September 24th,  from 7pm-10:30pm at Atelier Roquette in red Hook.  Tickets are still available here for $15.   Come nestle in a sofa or dance into the night with great bluegrass music during the NYC premiere of […]

70 Degraw commercial space rented to Cleanly LLC.

RC’s Nils Anderson along with the long-time neighborhood broker, Frank Manzione, closed a deal on a rental recently. They rented out a warehouse space at 70 Degraw, which you could see from the photo above is right near the Columbia Waterfront, to a tech start-up company called Cleanly LLC.  The owners of the start-up, which […]

Cora Dance Performance and Hootenanny Tomorrow.

  Cora Dance’s Common Dances, “a multi-site scavenger hunt/performance event in over 30 sites throughout Red Hook, Brooklyn”, is having it’s opening night tomorrow.  The productions will be September 19th and September 26th but in addition to the scavenger hunt/performance tomorrow night they will be throwing a hootenanny to celebrate opening night.  Dancing, drinks, games […]

Realty Collective is expanding and we need a few good, EXPERIENCED agents!

Helping people find an apartment is a little like being a therapist. Everyone walks in the door with all the baggage of their friends’ horror stories about renting an apartment. Finding an apartment shouldn’t be a bad experience. Come help people see that real estate agents aren’t creepy!Read More here:http://brooklynbased.net/email/real-estate-agents-who-arent-creepy/Realty Collective is an innovative company […]

Participatory Budgeting Meeting in Red Hook Tonight.

We received an email about the PB meeting at the Miccio Community Center set for tonight, along with the flyer above, which has all the information about the whens and wheres of the assembly.  The email came to us from Julian Morales and we’d like to share it with you.  Hope to see everyone out […]

Staging a living space for sale: Before and After

RC’s Shyda Hoque recently had a listing on Eastern Parkway that is now in contract.  It was a gorgeous 2 bedroom 2 bathroom in Crown Heights. The living room needed a little work before her open house so we staged it.  Here are the before (above) and after (below) pics.  Notice how we brightened it […]

RealTours: A Day in Gravesend with Mary Gaglio

RC’s Mary Gaglio is a longtime Brooklyn resident, and self proclaimed Yankees, Rangers, and Giants fan (she wanted us to throw that in.  What can we say-the woman loves her New York teams).  Mary resides in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn.  Here is her typical weekend day in her hood. Brunch- I like to go […]

Composting Collections Starting this Fall.

We were just reminded about this bit of news by Pardon Me For Asking, a wonderful neighborhood blog.  In the areas of Red Hook, Columbia Waterfront, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Gowanus, and parts of Park Slope and Prospect Heights organic waste collection will begin this fall.  Check out the map above to see […]

Volunteers needed at Fort Greene Park Today.

We got this one from a FAB Alliance tweet.  Today from 4pm-7pm Fort Greene Park is asking for volunteers to come down and help repair the tennis courts.  It’s always nice to get out and help beautify, or in this case actually fix a community complex.  If you can’t get out for this volunteer opportunity […]

Open house Sunday – Mint 2735sf garden condo in prime Brooklyn Heights – $2.75m

There will be an open house Sunday, September 13th from 11:30am-1pm for this three bedroom condo on Hicks Street at the corner of Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights.  There is a brief description below.  To read more about this gorgeous home and see more photos click here. Sprawling 3+ bedroom condo with exclusive garden in […]