Real Estate

Four Houses to See This Memorial Day Weekend

You might surmise that Memorial Day weekend isn’t brimming over with open houses, and in that you’d be correct. But we’ve found some nonetheless, for those who are in the market — specifically, in Windsor Terrace, Bay Ridge, Bushwick and Sheepshead Bay.

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Windsor Terrace, Bay Ridge, Bushwick

by Chris Erikson

05/27/2016 4 minute 0

Our first home is a two-story on Seeley Street in Windsor Terrace with a double lot. That means a 4,375-square-foot property, with a lawn that runs alongside the house. The house itself has four bedrooms on the top floor and an open-plan first floor with a gas fireplace. The kitchen is updated, with oak cabinets and granite countertops — the upstairs needs work, though, unless you’re a fan of drop ceilings and faux-wood paneling. There’s central A/C and the mechanicals are new.

Our next one is out on Colonial Road in Bay Ridge, on a corner lot directly across from Owl’s Head Park. There’s no floor plan and no interior photos (they’re on the way, says the listing), but we can tell you that it’s a three-family set up as a two-family, with six bedrooms and four bathrooms in total. There’s also a finished basement with a separate entrance, a full bathroom and a “summer kitchen”; an attic space that could potentially be finished; and “a possible parking garage option in the rear of the house,” whatever that exactly means.

Next up, Bushwick, with a three-story house on Eldert Street. This one looks to be a flip, and is gut renovated, with a redone exterior. There’s no floor plan for this one either, but it’s got a “four over two layout,” which we take to mean a four-bedroom duplex over a two-bedroom rental. There’s also a finished basement.

We end in Sheepshead Bay, where we find a two-family detached brick house on East 23rd Street. It’s a two-story, 24 feet by 51, with a unit on each floor. The first floor was recently renovated and has one distinctive feature: a second bedroom that’s been converted into a sauna. Upstairs you get two full bedrooms, both reportedly “very large.” There are cedar closets, a lot of storage, and a rear deck with stairs down to a bricked-in rear patio.