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Extra Fancy Renaissance Revival Brownstone Asks $1.695 Million in Bed Stuy

This Renaissance Revival brownstone at 704 Putnam Avenue in Stuyvesant Heights needs work, but it’s got some choice original details, including a few things you don’t see every day. That would include the magnificent entry hall, with an original mirror, upholstered seat, wood scrollwork, wainscoting, and, fantastically, mounted coat hooks. Elsewhere there’s another giant mirror,…

by Chris Erikson

10/19/2015 2 minute 1

This Renaissance Revival brownstone at 704 Putnam Avenue in Stuyvesant Heights needs work, but it’s got some choice original details, including a few things you don’t see every day.

That would include the magnificent entry hall, with an original mirror, upholstered seat, wood scrollwork, wainscoting, and, fantastically, mounted coat hooks. Elsewhere there’s another giant mirror, original parquet flooring, moldings and at least one fireplace.

The condition doesn’t look horrible from the photos, but there’s plenty they don’t show (any kitchens, for example). And the listing, from Daniel Cohen at Corcoran, advises buyers to “bring your contractor/architect,” so we’re not just looking at skim coating and painting.

The place is set up as an owner’s duplex on the bottom two floors, and one-bedroom apartments on the top two floors. Condition aside, there’s likely some refiguring to be done in the duplex, which has two bedrooms split between the two floors, with a single full bath on the parlor floor and the kitchen in a small extension on the garden level. Or you could go for a triplex with a garden rental.

Either way, there looks to be some potential here, and it’s a nice block. What do you think of the place, and the $1,695,00o ask?

[Listing: 704 Putnam Avenue | Broker: Corcoran | Photos by Corcoran] GMAP