Brooklyn’s greenest block … and more

Aug.August 07, 2008 09:31 AM

Staff

1. A Prospect Heights block on Eighth Street between Prospect Park West and Eighth Avenue has been named Brooklyn’s greenest block [Brooklyn Eagle]
2. The son of Sean Connery won another legal victory against his neighbor in a long-running battle over his renovation [Post]
3. A look at living in Morningside Heights [AMNY]
4. American International Group, the large insurer known as AIG, lost $5.3 billion in the second quarter as the housing and credit markets continued to tumble [NYT]
5. New York City’s commercial rents are falling [Sun]
6. A Washington Heights couple is trying to lure friends from the Upper West Side to their new neighborhood [Sun]
7. Mortgages are going bad at a rate worse than expected [WSJ]
8. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should not be allowed to lobby the government, critics in Congress say [WSJ]
9. Gov. David Paterson yesterday signed a bill supporting affordable housing on Long Island [Newsday]
10. The Galapagos Art Space has re-opened on Main Street in Dumbo after spending 13 years in Williamsburg [Brooklyn Eagle]