Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Order of Tents Restores Bed Stuy HQ

A Sunset Park Brownstone and More to See, Starting at $1.389 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park, and Flatbush. They range in price from $1.389 million to $2.5 million.

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Bed Stuy’s Order of Tents Kicks Off Mansion Restoration

On a recent crisp fall afternoon, around three dozen people gathered on the lawn of the 19th century mansion at 87 MacDonough Street in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District to fete the start of long-awaited restoration work on the magnificent but dilapidated building. The moment marked not just a new chapter for the building but a “homecoming” for the members of the secretive women’s aid society that has owned it since the 1940s.

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Midwood Park Colonial Revival With Pass-Through, Sleeping Porch Asks $2.8 Million

For a home hunter looking for room to spread out, this early 20th century standalone has a roomy main level, an abundance of bedroom space, and a garage turned studio for those who want some distance while they work. In the Midwood Park portion of the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District, the single-family at 51 Dekoven Court also has some period detail, a private driveway, and an attic with potential.

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The Insider: Furnishings Refresh Cobble Hill Townhouse for Evolving Family

Jennifer Morris’ clients had been living in their 19th century townhouse for about a decade when they called her in for a top-to-bottom redecorating juggernaut. “They got a 10-year itch to make a change,” said Morris, whose Park Slope-based firm, JMorris Design, has a portfolio of both urban and suburban homes. “They’d survived the toys and mess, and their children were now teenagers. Things had started to look a little worn.”

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Clinton Hill Co-op With Arched Openings, Wood Floors, Updated Kitchen Asks $825K

This Clinton Hill one-bedroom has wood floors, four closets, a roomy foyer, and a renovated kitchen. It is on the sixth floor of a 96-unit elevator building at 360 Clinton Avenue, which sits within the Clinton Hill Historic District.

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