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Four Row Houses to See This Weekend, Starting at $975K

Home buyers looking to move right in have one option among our open house picks this weekend; the other three all need some attention.

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens

by Chris Erikson

03/03/2017 5 minute 0

Home buyers looking to move right in have one option among our open house picks this weekend; the other three all need some attention. They’re all row houses, evenly split between brick and brownstone; the cheapest is just under a million, the priciest just under two. They’re found in Bed Stuy, Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

On Stuyvesant Avenue in Bed Stuy, we’ve got a circa 1884 brownstone by Brooklyn architect Amzi Hill that’s in mid-renovation. It was bought in November by an LLC that seems to have started an overhaul and decided to sell as-is rather than finish it. There’s a one-bedroom apartment on the top floor that looks to be newly renovated (which, the listing notes, would be “your perfect perch” for overseeing the completion of the downstairs). What’s shown in the lower triplex is a parlor floor with original details — crown moldings, plaster medallions, parquet floors, carved door casings, fretwork, mantels — that looks newly spruced up. It still needs new bathrooms and a new kitchen. As currently configured, the triplex has two bedrooms over two floors of living space, with the kitchen on the garden level.

In Prospect Lefferts Gardens on Winthrop Street is a bay-front brick row house with a parking space in front. A legal two-family set up as a single residence, it’s got four small to smallish bedrooms and two baths on the upper floor. There are hardwood floors and some details, including a functioning fireplace with a marble mantel in the living room. It’s fully renovated, with central a/c. There’s a nice eat-in kitchen in the rear that leads to a rear deck and back yard.

Back in Bed Stuy, we’ve got a three-story brownstone on Hancock Street. Photos are sparse and suggest that work is needed, but there are original details there that would reward the effort, including five mantels, stained glass window transoms, wainscoting, pocket doors and shutters, and plaster crown moldings. It’s currently set up as a three-family, with an apartment on each floor.

Last stop is Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights, where we land on a narrowish (16.5 feet) three-story brick house with a bay front. It’s set up as a two-family, with a three-bedroom duplex over a one-bedroom garden rental. Condition seems to be mixed — what’s shown is in fine shape, including original hardwood floors in excellent repair and an original center staircase. But there’s plenty that’s not shown, including kitchens and baths, and the listing’s invitation to “make this townhouse your own” suggests there’s a reason they’re not pictured.

294 Stuyvesant Avenue
Price: $1.985 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Compass (mTkalla Keaton, Shonnette Yearwood)
Sunday 1-2:30 p.m.
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148 Winthrop Street
Price: $1.675 million
Area: Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Broker: Douglas Elliman (Maureen Hogan, Jeffrey Block)
Saturday 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. , Sunday 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
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