Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Lottery Opens for Rare Low-Income Condos in Clinton Hill

From Flip to Fixer-Upper, Four Houses to See This Weekend

This week’s open houses run the gamut — flips, fixer-uppers, homes of indeterminate condition; we’ve got brick, limestone, aluminum siding, detached homes and rowhouses. They’re found in Crown Heights, Bed Stuy, and Sea Gate; visit the last one and you can work in a visit to the beach.

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Estate-Condition Brownstone With Lovely Detail in Bed Stuy Asks $1.835 Million

This estate-condition Italianate brownstone in Bed Stuy needs some work, but with a load of original detail and stately proportions, it has the makings of quite a grand residence. It’s at 33 Monroe Street, on a particularly nice block near the Clinton Hill border.

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Clinton Hill’s Waverly Brooklyn Opens Lottery for 11 Affordable Condos Starting at $156,444

Lottery applications are now being accepted for 11 affordable condo units at Clinton Hill’s new Waverly Brooklyn condominium development, a 48-unit, seven-story building at 500 Waverly Avenue.

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Looking for a Budget One-Bedroom? Five Options for Under $1,600 a Month

The time has come to strike out on your own. Where can you find a one-bedroom for less than $1,600 a month in Brooklyn? That’s quite a bit less than the typical rent in Brooklyn these days. The median rent in Brooklyn clocks in at $2,826 a month, and the median one-bedroom goes for $2,700 a month, according to Douglas Elliman’s July report. Which one would you choose?

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Renaissance Revival House With Marble Facade in Stuy Heights Asks $1.65 Million

This is a home of rare distinction — it’s one of only a handful of marble-fronted townhouses in Brooklyn. At 326A Decatur Street, in the Stuy Heights Historic District, it sits in the middle of a row of three such houses, all built circa 1886 by architect John C. Bushfield.

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