Real Estate

Brownstone or Modern? Four Open Houses to See This Weekend

This weekend’s picks really run the gamut, from location — from prime Brooklyn Heights to a dead-end street at the butt end of Bushwick — to type and condition. Options include a fully renovated brownstone, an estate-condition rehab candidate and a four-family investment property. First up, on State Street in Brooklyn Heights is a four-story brownstone, which offers…

by Chris Erikson

01/08/2016 3 minute 0

First up, on State Street in Brooklyn Heights is a four-story brownstone, which offers a five-bedroom triplex over a one-bedroom garden rental. The home was once one of several on the block belonging to the same landlord who owns the Heights’ biggest eyesore, the neglected home at 100 Clark Street. It changed hands years back, though, and has been recently renovated.

On Prospect Place in Prospect Heights is an Italianate brick house that’s on the market for the first time in over 50 years. It’s got some original detail, including moldings and fireplace mantels, but may need some updating, going by the photos. Dating back to 1872, according to the listing, it’s landmarked, sitting within the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Next up is an unusual property with an appealing modern facade and a hallway clad in corrugated metal. A rare Kensington townhouse listing, on East 9th Street, it contains two apartments on each floor, as well as a pair of sub-level office spaces. Worth noting is that one of the apartments has what may be the narrowest bedroom we’ve ever seen, at 5.75 feet wide.

Last up, a two-family brick townhouse in Bushwick looks to be in move-in condition and a relative bargain (these days). It’s set up with an owner’s duplex and a rental unit.

The location, at the end of a dead-end street across from a graveyard, a couple blocks from the overhead trains at Broadway Junction, at the very end of Bushwick, might explain the attractive price. And hey, at least no one can say it’s not close to the L train.