Bed Stuy

Brownstoners of Bed Stuy's Central Brooklyn House Tours Return October 17

October means open houses, and Brownstoners of Bed Stuy are celebrating their 38th year of house tours on Saturday, October 17. The rain-or-shine event is a feast of Central Brooklyn’s most stunning homes, the real estate equivalent of what Smorgasburg is for the borough’s foodies. Organized by the nonprofit volunteer organization Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Inc.,…

by Hannah Frishberg

10/08/2015 2 minute 2

October means open houses, and Brownstoners of Bed Stuy are celebrating their 38th year of house tours on Saturday, October 17.

The rain-or-shine event is a feast of Central Brooklyn’s most stunning homes, the real estate equivalent of what Smorgasburg is for the borough’s foodies.

Organized by the nonprofit volunteer organization Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Inc., the day begins at 9 a.m. with a free hourlong homeownership workshop presented by Bridge Street Development Corporation, with a focus on financing renovations and purchases of Bed Stuy homes.

The self-guided house tours will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., beginning at the Historic Boys & Girls High School at 1700 Fulton Street, where brochures will be distributed. Brochures will essentially serve as tickets and are required for entry to the homes.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of. Tickets can be purchased online or at Brooklyn Swirl (445 Marcus Garvey Boulevard), Bed-Vyne Wine (370 Tompkins Avenue) and Peace & Riot (492 Nostrand Avenue).

One of the properties scheduled for the tour is Brownstoner’s own Bed Stuy Reno home.