280 Bond Street (Credit: PropertyShark)

UPDATED, 9:10 p.m. May 20: A group of Carroll Gardens and Gowanus, Brooklyn residents are up in arms over the proposed renovation of 280 Bond Street, a warehouse, into the Rock & Roll Playhouse, Pardon Me For Asking reported. The group issued a petition to Community Board 6 to halt the development.

Peter Shapiro, who’s also behind music venue Brooklyn Bowl, seeks to renovate the warehouse into the facility. The proposed venue, at Degraw Street, will abut several residential properties. [more]

From left: Deborah Rieders and interior images of her home

Deborah Rieders, a senior vice president at the Corcoran Group who was named the firm’s top Brooklyn broker of 2012, sold her Boerum Hill townhouse for its $3.2 million asking price, according to public records filed on Friday. [more]

Exterior and interior renderings of the Townhouses of Cobble Hill

Progress is taking place at the Townhouses of Cobble Hill, a set of nine townhouses — four historic and five that have yet to be built — on a single Congress Street block in the Cobble Hill Historic District. A team of developers said they will begin marketing three of the homes in the next month, though a specific date was not disclosed. [more]

The Tracy Mansion in Park Slope

From the April issue: Besides kid-friendly restaurants and baby strollers, Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods — think Park Slope, Boerum Hill — are amassing something else: more townhouse listings and sales over $3 million. [more]

Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn

The prospect of Cobble Hill’s 150-year-old Long Island College Hospital closing its doors for good has NYC’s developers drooling at the thought of $1 billion worth of new construction and conversions, according to the New York Daily News.

The prime Brooklyn site includes five main and several smaller buildings, a waterfront parking lot and townhouses all around Atlantic Avenue and Henry and Hicks streets. [more]

Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn

After weeks of denial, State University of New York officials have admitted in court that real estate was discussed during a closed-door meeting on the future of the financially troubled Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill, the Brooklyn Paper reported. The revelation has effectively led to a delay of the target closure date, set for May 21.

The hospital’s $500 million property holdings were discussed in a private meeting held on Feb. 7 that activists believed should have been public, according to court documents seen by the Brooklyn Paper. [more]

From left: Jim Cornell, Leslie Marshall, 128 Bergen Street and a rendering of 309 State Street

Townhouses in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood are commanding hefty prices — some listed at more than $4 million, the New York Post reported. [more]

Long Island College Hospital

The SUNY board of trustees voted unanimously today to close the Cobble Hill-based Long Island College Hospital, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported. The sale of the 200,000-square-foot building, which could be converted into a residential development, may bring up to $500 million, by some accounts.

Dr. John Williams, the president of Downstate Medical Center, which owns the hospital, said this morning that no one is to blame for the hospital’s closure. “This is unfortunately just one of the things we just have to do,” he told the board. [more]

From left: the exterior of 356 Sackett Street and shots of its interior

A four-story, 22-foot-wide townhouse located at 356 Sackett Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn has traded hands for just over $4 million, Brownstoner reported. And according to the site, this property back in the fall was the neighborhood’s most expensive listing. [more]

From left: 364 Union Street and Jody Kriss of East River Partners

A brownstone conversion project at 364 Union Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, is forging ahead, Brownstoner reported. The East River Partners-developed project has launched a website and according to Brownstoner, sales will launch this spring. However, the development’s website says the properties will open this winter. As The Real Deal reported, construction on this project launched this past year. [more]