by Own a Piece of Brooklyn | May 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
The International African Arts Festival — Brooklyn's longest-running celebration of African, Caribbean, and African American arts and culture — returns for its 55th edition over the Fourth of July weekend, July 3-5, 2026. For 2026, the festival relocates to...
by Own a Piece of Brooklyn | May 22, 2026 | Home Buying Guides
On a typical Brooklyn home sale, the seller pays two transfer taxes — the NYC Real Property Transfer Tax (RPTT) and the New York State Transfer Tax — that together come to roughly 1.825% of the sale price on a home over $500,000. The buyer pays the New York State...
by Own a Piece of Brooklyn | May 20, 2026 | Neighbourhood & Community Guides
Brownsville is one of the most affordable neighborhoods in Brooklyn, and for buyers and investors who understand both its potential and its realities, that affordability is the entire story. Median home prices in Brownsville sit well below the Brooklyn average, the...
by Own a Piece of Brooklyn | May 13, 2026 | Home Buying Guides
Every first-time buyer in New York eventually gets to the Brooklyn-or-Queens question. Sometimes it shows up because the budget that worked great for Manhattan doesn’t work great anymore. Sometimes it shows up because the spouse grew up in Astoria and...
by Own a Piece of Brooklyn | May 13, 2026 | Neighbourhood & Community Guides
People outside Brooklyn use “Flatbush” as if it’s one neighborhood. People who live here know it’s at least three: the historic Flatbush corridor running south from Prospect Park, East Flatbush spreading east from Nostrand Avenue toward...
