The windows on Dean Arkema’s 100-year-old house in North Arlington were nearly as bad as they get. They were “all beaten up,” he said, rendered nearly useless by missing panes, broken counterweight ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at www.thebrownstoneboys.com. Whether ...