October 16, 2026

This week I looked at Brooklyn (because I’m a masochist who never learns her lesson), and listen, I tried my best. But I did come up with this thesis, spoken-word poem, or whatever you want to call it:

Brooklyn. The borough of compromises.
You can have windows, or you can have bedrooms.
You can have original details, or you can have a bathroom that’s been assaulted by the Home Depot tile section.

You can have a neighborhood you want, or you can have some money left over to take a train to that neighborhood.
The love-it-or-leave-it Brooklyn. Welcome to another week of Brooklyn real estate. 

Send help, maybe? Or just enjoy the offerings. Until next week!

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Nora DeLigter

Contributor, Curbed

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