Luxuriate in John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s Lavish Park Slope Limestone for $8 Million

Here’s a Park Slope limestone on a park block that’s flat-out gorgeous, packed with details and spruced up by a high-end architectural renovation. Oh, and the sellers are Hollywood stars — John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, as reported by the Wall Street Journal and subsequently many another outlet.

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The Insider: Modern Design Principles Guide Gut Reno of Sunset Park Townhouse

In cases where vintage details were long ago erased from Brooklyn row houses, thoroughly modern overhauls can make a great deal of sense. That was the case in this gut reno, where architect Ula Bochinska of Gowanus-based Bostudio Architecture took a rundown three-story house down to the studs and redesigned it inside and out.

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Crown Heights Row House With Artist-Designed Reno, Glass-Walled Staircase Asks $2.199 Million

This circa 1914 tan-brick Crown Heights row house with a center bay is a flip, but not your average one. At 1160 Union Street, the renovation was artist-designed (by “French artist Virginie Sommet,” per the listing), and has a modern feel and some non-standard features including a glass-walled floating wood staircase and a green wall (or “vertical garden”) in the rear.

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Studio Gang’s Innovative Firehouse Takes Shape in Ocean Hill

Studio Gang’s innovative precast concrete firehouse for Brooklyn Rescue Company 2 has topped out at 1815 Sterling Place in Ocean Hill. The blocky form awaits finishing touches of red glazed tile, which will frame voids in the facade.

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Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Three Homes Sold

This week, we’re looking back at four of our featured listings from six months ago to check in on how they fared on the open market.

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