Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Brownsville Housing Lottery Launches

Brownsville Affordable Housing Lottery Offers Studio Apartments for $940

An affordable housing lottery has opened for a building in Brownsville that was converted from a two-story brick industrial building into a three-story, 68-unit apartment building.

Included in the lottery for 400 Thatford Avenue Apartments are 17 studio apartments, all rent stabilized and income restricted, 14 of which could be deemed affordable. The units are set aside for families earning 40 and 60 percent of the Area Median Income, or between $37,989 and $77,760 a year for households of one to two people, according to the listing.

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A Carroll Gardens Row House and More to See, Starting at $2.2 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Park Slope, Greenpoint, and Carroll Gardens. They range in price from $2.2 million to $3.745 million.

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Two-Bedroom in Park Slope Manse With a Rich History Asks $2.195 Million

On the parlor level of an impressive brownstone manse near Grand Army Plaza, this two-bedroom co-op boasts high ceilings, a loft space, in-unit laundry, and a few details left from the 1890s. All of the features in the unit at 10 8th Avenue come at an equally impressive price.

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Chester Court Tudor in PLG With Fireplace, Updated Kitchen Asks $1.995 Million

Another of Prospect Lefferts Gardens’ Tudor row houses, this charmer sits within the petite Chester Court Historic District. A storybook exterior lends curb appeal and some period elements were left intact during a reno. The single-family at 25 Chester Court has an updated kitchen, a finished basement, and a mini split system.

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The Insider: Dated Park Slope Prewar Becomes Stylish Live-Work Space for Two

The Art Deco-era details were subtle — a curved wall in the kitchen, arched openings between rooms, a fluted glass panel — but the new owners of this prewar apartment with an integrated professional office were determined to preserve and enhance them. The vintage touches provided a taking-off point for the redesign of the dated ground floor space, with the aim of creating an airy, comfortable, and functional apartment for two.

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