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This early 20th century brick house is on the market in Windsor Terrace.
Windsor Terrace brick house
Single-family home with updated kitchen for $1.895M
GARDEN...
inald Boddie to toss Boyd’s
lawsuit on a technicality in
August, claiming that Boyd
and her fellow plaintiffs failed
to properly serve them with
papers in delivering them to
a Cornell lawyer who did
not have permission to receive
them.
But Boddie wasn’t buying
it and the Supreme Court justice
rebuffed their request for
dismissal, thereby preserving
a temporary restraining order
that bars construction while
the court case plays out.
The Adams Street courtroom
was particularly colorful
during Monday’s proceedings,
and Crown Heights
community members packed
the gallery wearing “flower
power” T-shirts while waiting
for Boddie’s decision.
“This judge does not believe
how good we are. He
doesn’t believe it,” said Crown
Heights resident Julia Bryant.
“We are stunning him.
We are stunning this courthouse.
And we won’t stop until
they stop the work.”
When news of the proposed
towers broke in 2017,
it helped prove the Brooklyn
Botanic Garden’s international
appeal, as flower
Department of City Planning
fans living as far away as the
United Kingdoms flocked to
sign a petition condemning
the development, which they
feared would bathe the horticultural
preserve in shadow
and damage its leafy occupants.
Executives at Brooklyn
Botanic Garden would
later take a notoriously neutral
stance towards the Cornell
development, claiming
that fears over the project’s
shadow impact were overblown.
However, garden honchos
did come out strongly against
another, much larger development
proposed by Continuum
Company at nearby 960
Franklin Ave., which one botanic
garden green thumb famously
claimed would block
so much sunlight, half of the
garden’s collection of rare and
exotic plants could die as a
result.
And activists have long argued
that the smaller development
is inexorably linked
to the larger one, saying that
if Cornell’s rezoning effort
is allowed to succeed, it will
pave the way for Continuum
to net the buildings rights it
needs to construct its two
planned 39-story towers.
“This first development
cannot go through, because
the big one is behind it. The
monster is behind it,” said
Boyd. “And that monster will
devastate us.”
The next court date is
scheduled for Oct. 7 at 10 a.m.
in room 456 of the Brooklyn
Supreme Court building at
360 Adams St.
Attorneys for Cornell Realty
Management did not immediately
respond to a request
for comment.
Continued from page 1
The proposed Crown Heights developments are
currently under a restraining order.
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Stephen Zacks
Brownstoner
Here’s a modest two-story
early 20th century singlefamily
brick house with a
porch and striped retractable
awning that is for sale
in Windsor Terrace.
Located at 179 Seeley St.,
it can’t be much more than
1,300 square feet, not including
the finished basement.
But the place is well-proportioned
and has a few characteristic
period details, as well
as tasteful improvements by
the family that has been there
since at least 1969.
The living room has double
windows, parquet floors
and an archway with a scalloped
detail, which frames a
dining room with windows
into the small backyard and
an Arts & Crafts-style stair-
ances.
Upstairs are three bedrooms,
all with closets and
parquet f loors, and all of
good size.
The bathroom has been
updated with large charcoal
floor tiles, ivory-colored tiles
surrounding the bathtub and
a skylight.
The home is one of a row
of one family brick houses
(167-181) completed in 1923.
An early ad for some of the
houses describes them as
“high grade.”
It does not appear to have
central air, but it does have a
convenient washer and dryer
in the basement, extra closets
and a toilet. Marie Lee Parker
at Corcoran is handling the
listing, which is priced at
$1.895 million. Will it get
what it’s asking?
case leading upstairs.
The renovated kitchen is
in a rear extension, giving it
light from two sides. It features
hardwood floors, wood
cabinets, a stone countertop,
subway tile backsplash and
recent stainless steel appli-
Al Siedman/The Corcoran Group
The kitchen features hardwood floors, wood cabinets,
a stone countertop, subway tile backsplash
and recent stainless steel appliances.
Al Siedman/The Corcoran Group
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