Springtime in Brooklyn Heights: Viburnum blooms, multi-million-dollar homes hit the sale market

Eye On Real Estate

May 25, 2016 By Lore Croghan Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Spring's here in Brooklyn Heights — so the snowball bush is blooming at the First Unitarian Congregational Society's church. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

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Up, up and away.

The irises have opened up in the Promenade Gardens.

The scaffolding’s up on Civil War-era houses that are under renovation.

Asking prices for elegant homes are up in the stratosphere.

One of them has a coveted three-car garage.

It’s springtime in Brooklyn Heights.

With the beloved snowball bush — viburnum is its formal name — outside the First Unitarian Congregational Society’s church on Monroe Place in full bloom, it’s time for a champagne toast to the season.

Since the Hotel Bossert and its long-awaited rooftop bar and restaurant haven’t reopened yet, the alternative is to raise a glass at one of Montague Street’s sidewalk cafés. The health-conscious might opt instead for the Kale Crush smoothie at recently opened restaurant b.good.