Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Bed Stuy Townhouse Gets a Full Refresh

A West Midwood Standalone and More to See, Starting at $695K

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend are found in Park Slope, West Midwood, Canarsie, and East Flatbush. They range in price from $695,000 to $2.349 million.

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Report Finds 21 Brooklyn Neighborhoods Among NYC’s Priciest

Brooklyn neighborhoods account for nearly half of the top 50 most expensive places to live in New York City, with one North Brooklyn nabe ranking in the top 10, according to PropertyShark’s 2024 report.

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Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for $1,537 Units at Greenpoint Waterfront Towers

An affordable housing lottery has launched for 251 apartments in a two-building complex in Greenpoint dubbed The Riverie. Located on the banks of the East River, right behind the Greenpoint Ferry Terminal, the development is the latest Greenpoint tower to replace low-slung industrial brick warehouses.

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The Insider: Full Refresh, Inside and Out, Makes Bed Stuy Townhouse Glorious Again

Even a person who knows a thing or two about historic houses could be fooled by the appearance of this very late 19th century brownstone, so elegant it seems it must have been always thus. But the building’s facade was literally crumbling by the time Bushwick-based architect Jon Powell Architecture (JPA) was summoned to the rescue by new homeowners, a couple who live on the two upper floors and rent out the garden level.

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Park Slope Duplex With Lavish Woodwork, Mantels, Stained Glass Asks $2.5 Million

The details are impressive, and the price for this two-bedroom co-op is rather grand as well. With high ceilings, plasterwork, stained glass, and built-ins, it is one of two units in an early 20th century limestone at 549 1st Street.

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