Summer’s edge
Hamptons restaurant preview, Junoon, Brooklyn Heights houses, The High Line, Oblong Books, MORE
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REAL ESTATE • First Mover
Five for-sale houses in Brooklyn Heights that came to market in the last 30 days:
→ 39 Schermerhorn St (Brooklyn Heights) • 6BR/4BA, 2880 SF three-family • Ask: $5.0M • currently lower triplex w/ 2 upper floor-thrus, significant additional FAR • Days on market: 20 • Monthly tax: NA• Agents: Barbara Wilding & Lucy Bekheet, Compass. Open house Sun 2-3p by appt only.
→ 28 College Pl (Brooklyn Heights) • 3BR/1.1BA, 2640 SF house • Ask: $5.79M • 1800s carriage house, largely untouched by modern renovation • Days on market: 21 • Monthly tax: $1884 • Agents: Jack Elliot Heard, Heema Khedr & Scotty Brand, Compass.
→ 122 State St (Brooklyn Heights) • 6BR/4BA, 4800 SF four-family • Ask: $6.95M • 25’ x 50’ 1848 townhouse w/ triple parlor • Days on market: 16 • Monthly tax: $4976 • Agent: Tita Omeze, Corcoran.
→ 40 Garden Pl (Brooklyn Heights) • 5BR/3BA, NA SF townhouse • Ask: $12.75M • gut renovated on coveted block • Days on market: 15 • Monthly tax: $2533 • Agents: Callie Katt & Eric Sidman, Compass.
→ 25 Grace Ct (Brooklyn Heights, above) • 7BR/4.1BA, 5975 SF two-family • Ask: $15M • 30’-wide 1861 build on cul-de-sac with lower stoop • Days on market: 23 • Monthly tax: $3480 • Agents: Leonard Steinberg & Herve Senequier, Compass.
REAL ESTATE LINKS: New residential conversions: Emmet Building at 95 Madison in Nomad, Wrey at 222 Broadway by Wall Street • On Billionaires Row, sales launch at Parc Beaufort, landmarked building transformed into luxury condos • Is this the end of the Upper East Side’s Bubble House?
WORK • Friday Routine
Elevated existence
RICHARD HAYDEN • senior director of horticulture • Friends of the High Line
Neighborhood you work in: Meatpacking District
Neighborhood you live in: Upper West Side
It’s Friday afternoon, how are you rolling into the weekend?
First, I’ve checked the weather to see what the forecast might mean for the High Line gardens, and I can adjust our irrigation program accordingly, then I check in with the horticulture staff to make sure the gardens are ready to thrive over the weekend, and don’t need any special care. If I’m staying in the city, which happens about half the month, I’m usually busy making plans with friends to check out restaurants, museums, art galleries or the theater and then I race home to walk the dog in Central Park, the perfect destresser for a busy week. Love those big old trees!
Any restaurant plans?
There’s an amazing Vietnamese restaurant called Banh on Amsterdam at 106th Street that serves the most delicious banh mi and pho. My local Indian, Mughlai on Columbus, is great for takeout.
How about a little leisure or culture?
I have an energetic golden retriever and we spend 45 minutes playing fetch in Central Park every morning. It’s off-leash for dogs before 9a, absolutely Doggie Disneyland. I’m a TDF member, so whatever is listed on their site is a great way to see theater that doesn’t break the bank. And Lincoln Center, which is a 20 minute walk, often has opera or dance options on TDF. And gardens, I’m a short drive from Wavehill in Riverdale, and Untermeyer Gardens in Yonkers, two incredibly beautiful former estate gardens.
Any weekend getaways?
I’m lucky to have dear friends in Falls Village in Litchfield County that will host me a couple of weekends a month. I earn my keep (and my sanity) with gardening chores. They live on the Housatonic River, so there’s no shortage of interesting nature to engage with like bald eagles and great blue herons and I enjoy hiking on the Appalachian Trail which cuts through the village. We often visit nearby Millerton, NY, which has a great small downtown with a fun independent cinema, The Millerton Moviehouse and an old-fashioned inn, The Millerton Inn, plus great antiquing. Other favorite spots include the Oakhurst Diner, and I have to visit Oblong Books every time I go.
What was your last great vacation?
I was in Paris last year to attend the Hockney exhibit opening at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. The show was amazing. I spent five days in Paris seeing gardens and museums, then took a train to Barcelona to see the architecture. I’m a real Gaudi fan, and the charming botanic garden (and of course the cuisine) was amazing. Catch a concert at the Palau de la Musica Catalan if you can, it’s an amazing Art Nouveau building. Then another train to Madrid, my first time visiting. I was really impressed with the sophistication of the city. The Prado Museum is right next to the botanic garden, and the NH Madrid Nacional Hotel is right across the street and a great mid-priced hotel option. So many great museums, gardens, and concerts and all within walking distance!
What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
I’m crazy about my new Airpod Pro 3s. They cancel out that annoying traffic and subway noise, and will actually pause what’s playing if I talk to someone (or my dog, which evidently I do often).
Where are you donating your time?
I’m a founding member of the American LGBTQ+ Museum. They create wonderful exhibits that travel around the country to areas without access to this important programming, and they’ll eventually have their own museum space behind the New York Historical Society.
Editor’s note: The High Line’s first-ever Plant Sale takes place 05/30. The event is free but registration is required.
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CULTURE & LEISURE LINKS: On eve of renovations, Neue Galerie merging with The Met • New Gratin gallery debuts in Tribeca with Mays’s first solo show • 17 gallery shows to see during Frieze Week • It’s Open Studios weekend Upstate • What does a booth cost at a New York art fair?
RESTAURANTS • First Person
Lasting journey
Restaurants in their adolescence — i.e., those that have passed the impressive decade mark but are still shy of their 20th — can tend to get lost. Junoon, which opened in Flatiron in 2010 before moving a few doors down in 2021, slots into that category. These kind of restaurants generally are easier to get into, even the good ones. And Junoon is still very much a good one.
The upscale Indian spot’s menus are decorated, its operation is polished, and its space is pretty with room to breathe. That’s more than enough to recommend any place, but the other key factor is that Junoon has, you know, available tables.
Almost everything here is arranged into prix fixe options, including Junoon’s “journey through India” tasting of seven courses ($165 per) that really is a trip. It is literally presented with a tableside puzzle map. Servers slot in regions as they detail lovely preparations like the particularly impressive, Punjabi-influenced baingan bharta that pairs its smoky eggplant-stuffed pao with ghost chili aioli and grape chutney with actual, rolling smoke that, to be fair, maybe does hark to the trends of Junoon’s own early days. Regardless, it’s a fun throwback. The larger of the parade of small plates, like the perfectly mauve Nagaland duck, are also terrific sans theatrics. A similarly dry-aged duck also appears on the truncated menu, which includes its own unique options like tandoori octopus, smoked masala ribs, and baby goat shank.
Dessert like a rice pudding dressed up with candied almonds and caramelized bananas is an add-on for those shorter jaunts, and a charming arrangement of milk chocolate ganache, dark cocoa cake, and vintage chai ice cream is exclusive to the full excursion. Junoon’s cocktails are also uniquely dynamic, and its bar is actually big enough to provide space to sip them, even sans the full itinerary. –Amber Sutherland-Namako
→ Junoon (Flatiron) • 19 W 24th St • Mon-Thu 530p-10p, Fri-Sat 1145a-230p & 530p-1030p, Sun 1145a-230p & 530p-10p • Reserve.
CULTURE & LEISURE • Sec 107
Yankees v Mets • Citi Field (Flushing) • Sat @ 715p • sec 113, $323
Springsteen • MSG (Midtown South) • Sat @ 730p • sec 107, $1574 per
Cavs/Pistons v Knicks • game 1 • MSG (Midtown South) • Tue @ TBA • sec 107, $2038 per
GETAWAYS • The Hamptons
Summer preview ‘26
→ SAG HARBOR: This summer in the Hamptons, some of the toughest seats to snag won’t be at a flashy waterfront restaurant.