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This clapboard house at 56 Middagh Street in Brooklyn Heights hit the market shortly before Christmas with an asking price of $3,600,000. It’s a charmer to be sure (love those wide floorboards!) but for that price the kitchen is a bit of a letdown. But the again consider that there’s an income-generating apartment on the ground floor and that the 3,200-square-foot house (recently listed in the Marketplace) comes with a 400-square-foot side lot with room to park three cars. That’s gold in The Heights!
56 Middagh Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark


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  1. By the way, for those of you scoffing at the price: this is the cheapest house on the market right now in Brooklyn Heights – by $700,000. And after that, all of the houses available start in the $5 million range and above.

    The only other house for sale in Brooklyn Heights with parking right now is asking $18 million.

  2. It’s common with these landmarked homes with a gable roof to raise the back roof up to full height. Landmarks won’t let you change the front, but if the back can’t be seen from the street, you can often get permission. While my home maintains the original roof line, my neighbor has the full height rear half of the house.

    I love the top floor of my home. It feels like a loft apartment in Paris – bright, with two skylights and views of the neighborhood and the park. We have a guest bedroom, an office, a full bath, a second kitchen with a small table (no stove) and a living room space. It could work as a mother-in-law apartment.

  3. “I think the house has a gable roof. It has a gutter on the front. So yes, the top floor is certainly decent sized ceiling height but not at the front & rear ends of it.” (Dave)

    Ah, right, must be.

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