A series of residential projects are under development on large lots along the border between Downtown Brooklyn and the affluent brownstone neighborhoods nearby.
The action opens on a discussion of the brownstone neighborhood in which the Boyce family lives.
The armory has been a sore point in this brownstone neighborhood since 1986, when the temporary shelter opened.
But few of its customers are from the nearby brownstone neighborhoods.
The running fight - if fight it could be called - had carried far from this brownstone neighborhood.
Unlike the high-density districts, the brownstone neighborhood connects us to seasons, holidays and rituals of everyday life.
Critics fear that it would overwhelm the nearby brownstone neighborhoods and clog an already congested area with traffic.
Prices for these larger units in the other established brownstone neighborhoods generally start about $50,000 less.
THE fundamental way real estate is bought and sold in the brownstone neighborhoods of Brooklyn is about to change.
The brick, residents say, would have been more in keeping with the look of the brownstone neighborhood.