Bed-Stuy Locals Talk About Their Nabe with the ‘Times;’ Historic Park Slope Building Gets a New Lease on Life as Condos

• The New York Times visits Bed-Stuy, the first neighborhood featured in their new “Block by Block” series. [NYT]
• An historic building at 187 Seventh Avenue in Park Slope will be turned into condos. [NYT]
• A “Joie de Vivre” hotel is on the rise at 50 Bowery. [Bowery Boogie]
• A landmarked Brooklyn bathhouse, the Brooklyn Lyceum, will be turned into condos. [Crain’s]
• Billionaire Roman Abramovich’s makeshift mansion will be comprised of *just* three townhouses after all. Previous reports saying he was in talks to buy a fourth property are false. [NYDN]

Images: A Bed-Stuy resident featured in the Times’ video series (left); 187 Seventh Avenue (right)