Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Bed Stuy Brownstone in Need of TLC, a Park Slope Reno

Estate Condition Bed Stuy Brownstone With Fretwork, Mantels Asks $1.45 Million

The listing for this 1890s Bed Stuy brownstone includes some “after” renderings for potential buyers whose imagination isn’t up to the task of seeing the potential behind the peeling paint and the crumbling plaster. Some original details can be spotted inside 733 Putnam Avenue in the handful of actual interior shots, including fretwork, mantels, wall moldings and wainscoting, but it will need an owner able to envision the possibilities in a house that needs more than a little TLC.

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Biggie Smalls’ Former Fort Greene One-Bedroom Loft Sells Above Ask for $2 Million

With a price and renovation that were far from timid, Brooklyn rapper Biggie Smalls’ one-time Fort Greene loft has sold in a flash for over ask. The condo at 159 Carlton Avenue traded for $2 million Tuesday, about three months after being listed in September for $1.7 million.

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Sprawling Prospect Heights Prewar With Herringbone, Butler’s Pantry Asks $2.495 Million

“Palatial” is the word that springs to mind to describe this Prospect Heights apartment — both in size and decor, which is rich in Louis-style furniture arrayed at the edges of rooms as if in preparation for a ball. The five-bedroom, three-bathroom unit is located on the fourth floor of what is perhaps Brooklyn’s grandest prewar co-op, Turner Towers at 135 Eastern Parkway.

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Crown Heights Co-op With Flexible Layout, Prewar Charm, Updates Asks $649K

This prewar co-op has a flexible layout, charming prewar features and modern updates. It’s located on the first floor of the Dearborn Apartments at 345 Montgomery Street in Crown Heights.

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The Insider: Park Slope Prewar Gains Distinctive Arches, Sophisticated Style in All-Out Renovation

The two-bedroom apartment, in a luxe prewar building near Prospect Park, had a lot of good things going for it, but its antiquated layout wasn’t one of them. “The owners wanted to change the circulation and the flow,” said architect Kevin Greenberg, founder of the Greenpoint-based architecture and design firm Space Exploration, which has lately been busy with several townhouse projects and the soon-to-open Fort Greene location of the popular Bed Stuy restaurant Saraghina.

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