Viva Las Victorians. Did you know America’s largest concentration of Victorian houses can be found in Flatbush? They’re in a cluster of mini-neighborhoods, one of which is Prospect Park South. What a picturesque place. Right before the turn of the 20th century, Dean Alvord bought 50 acres of land from the Dutch Reformed Church and […]
I don’t have much money, but boy if I did I’d buy a big house where we both could live. — Elton John Dean Alvord would be so pleased. Victorian houses in the neighborhood he developed a century ago are worth a bundle. Alvord was the creator of Prospect Park South. On landmarked blocks in […]
NYPD transit officer Michael Baror, 25, faces up to seven years in prison for pistol-whipping and beating another driver in a road rage incident while off duty on New Year’s Day 2018. Baror was convicted Wednesday of felony assault, weapons possession, reckless driving and other charges following an attack in which he rear-ended another car, […]