Real Estate

Open House Picks Six Months Later: Two Sold, Two in Contract

All of our Open House Picks from six months ago — in Bed Stuy, Clinton Hill, Park Slope and Greenwood Heights — are off the market, with two in contract and two sold.

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Greenwood Heights, Bed Stuy, Clinton Hill, Park Slope

by Hannah Frishberg

04/29/2016 4 minute 0

Our Open House Picks from six months ago were a popular bunch, with half selling and the other half in contract.

The picks include a pair of massive brownstones in fixer-upper condition in Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill, as well as a chic, newly renovated number in Park Slope and a brick row house in Greenwood Heights.

The looker of the bunch (and, not coincidentally, the priciest) is a three-story brownstone on 8th Street in Park Slope, nicely renovated a few years ago with an industrial rustic flair. It’s a one-family, with three bedrooms on the top floor and an additional one on the garden level. This one has an open-plan parlor floor, with exposed wood beams. It sold in January for $3.525 million, $330,000 over its $3.195 million ask.

In notably less pristine shape is a five-story 1887 brownstone on Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill. The richly detailed Queen Anne exterior is wondrous, and the house has original details including marble fireplaces, a wainscoted mahogany staircase, stained glass and inlaid floors. It’s also large — nearly 5,500 square feet. It’s in “estate condition,” though, so plenty of work is in order. The property is currently in contract, and was last listed for $2.995 million.

On Jefferson Avenue in Bed Stuy is another five-story brownstone of similar size, also with original details including fireplace mantels, moldings, pocket doors and parquet floors. This one likely needs some work done (photos are few), and on top of that it has an SRO designation, though it can be delivered vacant. It sold in March for $2 million, a whopping $605,000 over ask.

Last up is a brick row house on 17th Street in Greenwood Heights. A three-story, it’s set up with a one-bedroom apartment on each floor, though it could be converted to a single family or a duplex with a garden rental. Neither grand nor dismal, it’s a modest home in seemingly decent shape. The property is currently in contract, and was last listed at a reduced price of $1.255 million, $140,000 less than its original ask of $1.395 million.

459 8th Street
Price: $3.195 million
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Brown Harris Stevens (Charles L. Ruoff)
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Sold for $3.525 million in January