Brooklyn Back in the Day
West 12th Street, Coney Island, 1980s (Photo: NYC Department of Records)
Ashley Madison, an online dating site for married people looking to cheat, ranked Park Slope as the second most adulterous neighborhood in the New York City area.
Brooklyn Back in the Day
New Yorkers walk over the Brooklyn Bridge on their way to work, April 7, 1980, during the transit strike. (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)
Rooney Mara will star in “Brooklyn,” a film based on Colm Toibin’s best-selling novel. Read more at The Hollywood Reporter. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant)
Brooklyn Back in the Day
Reputed mob boss John Gotti buttons his jacket as he arrives at Brooklyn Federal Court in New York on Monday, April 7, 1986 for the first day of his federal racketeering trial. Man behind Gotti is unidentified. (AP Photo/ David Bookstaver)
There is something extra yummy about eating a Nathan’s hot dog or some seafood at Coney Island.
(Photo: Khadijah Carter / The Brooklyn Ink)
Brooklyn Back in the Day
An artist paints in the background for a scene of cherry blossoms newly opened at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, April 22, 1958. (AP Photo)
REAL ESTATE BOOMS IN BROOKLYN
Two recent reports show good news for the Brooklyn real estate market.
Business Insider spoke to a group of real estate experts about what places in NYC are the best to invest in real estate in the next 10 years, and Brooklyn makes up nearly half the list. The neighborhoods include Crown Heights, DUMBO, Greenpoint, Red Hook and Williamsburg.
According to a recently released report from Ariel Property Advisors, the borough’s real estate market is going strong in every sector, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports.
Read more about Brooklyn real estate:
Investors Are Rushing to Brooklyn Says Mad Money Host
Why Brooklyn Foreclosure Numbers Could Get Worse
(Photo: Apartments for sale in Williamsburg / Cristabelle Tumola)
Brooklyn Home Brims With Modern Art: Wall Street Journal
The annual Way of the Cross procession over the Brooklyn Bridge on Good Friday 2012. The procession, led by Cardinal Dolan and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, began at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in downtown Brooklyn, made its way across the East River and marched through downtown Manhattan.
(Slideshow by Xiao Dong)
