Cate Corcoran

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Editor-in-Chief at Brownstoner

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Articles

How NYC Can Create Genuinely Affordable Housing

1 week ago | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

While rents fell during the Covid pandemic, they climbed even higher two years later. While some contend what is needed to ease New York City’s affordable housing crisis is more units at any price point, others say the focus should be on creating housing affordable to those most in need, while still others say let’s build it all.
How to Save Original Details When Renovating an Old House

3 weeks ago | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

Many homeowners want to save the original details that attracted them to their home in the first place but don’t know how. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind:Savor original finishes. If you treasure historic character and don’t want the inside of your prewar apartment or classic Italianate brownstone to look like a new condo, save as much original material as possible.
Park Slope Walk-up With Two Bedrooms, Mantels Asks $4,250

4 weeks ago | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

On the top floor of a circa 1890s three-story flats building, this floor-through apartment comes with hallmarks of the period plus updated wet rooms and central air. In the former category are high ceilings, moldings, doors, two mantels, and wood floors. Located at 405 Douglass Street in Park Slope, the unit has a flexible layout and could be used as a two- or three-bedroom.
Scoop Up Your Copy of Brownstoner's Spring 2024 Real Estate Special

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

Brownstoner’s Spring 2025 Real Estate special is hot off the presses. Find the broadsheet inside the March 14-20 issues of Park Slope Courier and Brooklyn Paper, as well as at brokerages, homes, and other spots in Park Slope and nearby neighborhoods. Get your hands on a copy and check out:A tour of a Prospect Heights loft invigorated by revamped vintage furnishings. What’s selling in Park Slope. A shorter and more affordable Arrow Linen development. A Cobble Hill townhouse with pops of color.
Brooklyn's 12 Biggest Home Sales of 2024

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

Townhouses dominated the market for high-end sales in Brooklyn in 2024, and the all-time residential record was not eclipsed. (The record holder remains the townhouse at 8 Montague Terrace in Brooklyn Heights, which sold for $25.5 million in 2020.) Apart from an SRO-to-single-family flip in Brooklyn Heights, which took the No. 1 spot last year, there were few surprises. Pricing over $10 million in the borough continues to be a tough nut to crack.
Hermès Williamsburg boasts bronze facade after $35M deal

2 months ago | brooklynpaper.com | Cate Corcoran

The green construction fence came down and, for a short while, the future Hermès store could be seen in (almost) all its naked glory on the corner of North 6th and Berry Street in Williamsburg. More recently, green netting has gone up on top of molded plastic barriers. The exterior is looking close to done, while work inside continues. The rear of the building at 111 North 6th Street is newly clad in bronze bricks and matching bronze-finished columns.
'Burg's Future Hermès Turns Bronze After $35 Million Sale

2 months ago | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

The green construction fence came down and for a short while the future Hermès store could be seen in (almost) all its naked glory on the corner of North 6th and Berry Street in Williamsburg. More recently green netting has gone up on top of molded plastic barriers. The exterior is looking close to done, while work inside continues. The rear of the building at 111 North 6th Street is newly clad in bronze bricks and matching bronze-finished columns.
Bed Stuy House With Mantels, Pass-Throughs Asks $11,500

Jan 23, 2025 | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

The house is big, the original details are lavish, and there are plenty of mod cons, including central air. The exterior of 584 Jefferson Avenue has a rusticated brownstone front, dog-leg stoop, and cornice with deep wood brackets surrounding the top-story windows. The row was complete by 1893, the same year No. 584 and No. 586 were sold by the builder, Thomas B. Saddington. It’s set up as a single-family over four stories, with five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
PLG Tudor With Fireplace, Woodwork, Garden Asks $7K a Month

Jan 16, 2025 | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

It’s not every day one of the adorable Tudors in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District is available to rent. Located at at 16 Rutland Road, the four-bedroom, two-bathroom single-family house has all the original details one would expect, including an elaborate paneled dining room, as well as a modern kitchen. It’s part of a row of nine neo-Tudors designed by architect and developer Peter J. Collins and built by his Brighton Building Company in 1914 and 1915.
Six-Room Greenpoint Rental With Built-ins Wants $4,500

Jan 9, 2025 | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

Here’s an old-school flat in Greenpoint with loads of intact character and a fair amount of space for the price. Despite alterations, the circa-1900 apartment at 144 Milton Street has a flexible six-room layout that could be used as a one-bedroom or a two-bedroom. In the original details department are high ceilings, wood floors, and woodwork including a fretwork screen and six-panel doors. The front parlor boasts a console mirror and bay window.