Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Quirky Carroll Gardens Condo, a Chic Clinton Hill Reno

Carroll Gardens Duplex Condo With Beamed Ceilings, Exposed Brick Asks $875K

Here’s a Carroll Gardens condo with a loft-like feel that’s a “rare treat for a creative soul,” according to the listing. To put that another way, the unit — one of 12 in a former milk factory at 395 Smith Street — has some quirks, which some will find charming, others less so.

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Beat the Heat With A/C and a Pool at Open Houses This Weekend Starting at $1.295 Million

We may be getting pummeled by heat, but a mere spike in the mercury won’t bring the business of house hunting to a halt. Though if those houses happen to be air conditioned it’s a definite plus. One among our open house picks does; another’s got a pool. Points on the compass include Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Carroll Gardens, Bushwick and Bay Ridge.

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The Insider: Modern Decor, Built-in Banquette Turn Narrow Clinton Hill House Into Chic Family Home

James Veal and Christine Stucker saw a lot of properties before “pulling the trigger,” as Veal put it, on this four-story 1890 townhouse, which measures only 13 feet wide inside. “Our realtor said ‘It’s too narrow, you won’t like it.’ I had to call the seller’s agent and make an appointment to see it that way,” Stucker recalled. “We were drawn to it because it felt European.”

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West Midwood Edwardian With Stained Glass, Porches, Parking Asks $1.75 Million

Here’s a freestanding West Midwood Dutch Colonial that offers all the space and leafy calm you want from this neck of the woods, and looks to be in particularly good shape. It’s at 756 Argyle Road, between Glenwood and Avenue H. In the same family for the past 20 years, the place appears to have been well maintained, and has a bathroom that’s newly renovated and a covered front porch that was recently restored, with mahogany decking.

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Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Two Sold, One Still Available

This week, we took a look back six months on the calendar and check out how four of our featured listings fared on the market. They included a frame house in East Flatbush, a barrel-front brownstone in Crown Heights, and a Federal style wood-frame gem in Brooklyn Heights.

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