Newly Rehabbed Modern Passive House in Greenwood Heights Asks $3.495 Million
Located on 6th Avenue in Greenwood Heights, this three-story townhouse has been overhauled with a modern aesthetic, with lots of open spaces and clean lines. And it's been outfitted for maximum energy efficiency, with passive house construction, rooftop solar panels, and an energy-recovery heating and cooling system.
The Insider: Narrow South Slope House Gets New Staircase, Extension and Lots of Light
Brooklyn architect Alexandra Barker squeezed a whole lot of function from an exceptionally narrow townhouse designed around a new central stair.
Extra-Wide Park Slope Row House With Lots of Parking Asks $4.499 Million
This is definitely not your typical South Slope frame or brick row house. This 25-foot-wide, three-story building at 404 15th Street has a 100-foot-long, 2,500-square-foot open space on the ground floor behind a massive garage door.
Above it are two 1,150-square-foot apartments that are each about 45 feet deep. The lower apartment opens onto a massive 50-foot-long roof deck.
The Insider: A Quick, Cost-Conscious Townhouse Reno in South Slope
In just five months, architect Alexandra Barker of Barker Freeman gut-renovated a petite (16 feet wide by 35 feet deep) four-story brick row house. She turned it into a sweet triplex for a family of five, plus a garden rental — and she did it while saving money wherever possible.
The Insider: South Slope Home Goes Bold Outside and Bright Within
There’s great design freedom on a block where early-20th-century multi-families are mixed with recent condominiums constructed in what Park Slope-based architect Jeff Etelamaki of Etelamaki Architecture calls “McModern” style. “The lack of uniformity presented an opportunity for a bold façade design,” as he put it — and the lack of interior detail provided a clear path to the light-filled, modern home his clients wanted.
This South Slope Duplex Loft Is Big Enough for a Game of Floor Hockey
This third-floor walkup duplex at 459 12th Street in the South Slope has what you want in a loft: towering ceilings, cavernous spaces and giant windows. If you’re down on exposed brick, though, this isn’t the place for you — it’s dominated by a massive wall of it.
South Slope Luxury Condos With 11-Foot Ceilings to Debut This Week at $1.495 Million
Sales will launch and listings will go up this week for four luxury homes in South Slope’s 192 15th Street, Compass listing agent Gabriele Sewtz told Brownstoner. The newly constructed walk-up building is sandwiched by the area’s traditional crop of historic wood frame and brick houses. Units have 11-foot ceilings and four-inch-wide oak plank floors.
The loft-like homes will range in price from $1,495,000 to $2,295,000, she said. Luxury features include central A/C, heated bathroom floors, oversized showers and tubs, and Pella windows.
Building of the Day: 363-365A 14th Street, Delightful Queen Anne Cottages
Brooklyn, one building at a time.
Name: Row houses
Address: 363-364A 14th Street
Cross Streets: 6th and 7th avenues
Neighborhood: Park Slope
Year Built: 1886
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
Architect: Charles L. Lincoln
Other works by architect: Restrooms, potting sheds, boulder bridges and other structures in Prospect Park, as well as other projects in Brooklyn and Queens
Landmarked: No
The story: These are absolutely delightful houses. These modest Queen Anne cottages were the work of a Brooklyn architect who is little remembered today, built by a developer whose name has also disappeared. From this obscurity comes a great story.
This block of 14th Street is a great example of the middle-class building development that characterized this neighborhood during the latter part of the 19th century. Up on the hill near the park, the houses were taller, more elaborate, and more often than not designed by some of Brooklyn’s best known architects.
Here in the South Slope, this block was more the norm – smaller houses, more wood frames, and a simplicity that spoke of smaller budgets. And then you have this pair of double houses.
House of the Day: Minimalist With Details and Central Air in Park Slope
This brick row house at 468 11th Street in Park Slope has been renovated with a minimalist sensibility, yet an effort has been made to retain the home’s original details — stripped wood moldings and doors, fireplaces and wide plank floors. It’s only 16.58 feet wide, but has been opened up on the parlor floor so the rooms use the full width of the house.
There is a working fireplace, kitchen with marble counters, and a pantry, powder room and coat closet on the parlor floor.
House of the Day: Exposed Beams, Bay Window, Shingles in South Slope
This wood frame house at 326 15th Street in Park Slope is unstoppably cute on the outside with shingles, a bay window, elaborate cornice, and blue and white color scheme. Inside, the great room on the garden floor is unusual and interesting.
The garden floor has been opened up, with exposed wood beams, wood columns, wood counters in the kitchen, and a hand cut wood screen above the tiled sink area. Yes, you’re looking at a handmade 1970s hippie kitchen and, yes, we truly love it. (Quick, someone alert the Hippy Kitchens Tumblr.)