Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Look Inside a Carroll Gardens Reno

A Ditmas Park House With a Garage and More to See, Starting at $1.499 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Ditmas Park, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Marine Park, and Bay Ridge. They range in price from $1.499 million to $3.25 million.

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Cobble Hill Prewar With High Ceilings, Built-in, Wood Floors Asks $3,800

A petite but appealing apartment for rent in Cobble Hill boasts a rounded wall and built-ins in the living room and splashes of color in the kitchen and bath. It’s located in a four-story, 17-unit co-op building in the historic district at 175 Amity Street.

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The Insider: All-Out Carroll Gardens Reno Creates Home to Last Generations

“This was your typical Brooklyn brownstone. It had a lot of lives before my clients got there,” said architect Michael Ingui, who spearheaded a thoroughgoing renovation of the four-story building for a creative couple with two children. “They bought it a number of years ago knowing it needed a lot of work. It had been chopped up into rentals, and the goal was to do it the right way, and create a house that would last for generations.”

Manhattan-based Ingui Architecture, with Alyssa Kargl as project manager, carried out the monumental task, resulting in an owner triplex on the two lower floors plus the cellar, with two rental units above. Among the major elements of the job: restoring the front and rear facades; new mechanicals, including central air; a new interior stair in the owner apartment; all-new baths and a custom kitchen; replacing the rear wall with glass on the parlor and garden levels; and new flooring throughout.

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South Midwood House With Lush Woodwork, Garage Asks $2.195 Million

For the right buyer who has the vision to look past the Permastone exterior, this South Midwood residence is just bursting with details in gleaming condition. Built-ins, wood floors, wainscoting, and mantels are among the early 20th century period elements. At 685 East 22nd Street, the detached house is on the corner of Farragut Road and has yard space and a two-car garage.

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Bay Ridge Prewar One-Bedroom With Wood Floors, Deco Details Asks $379K

In an Art Deco building in Bay Ridge, this one-bedroom is relatively modest, but has potential with wood floors, a practical layout, storage space, and some period details. It is on an upper floor of 145 95th Street and just a block from the green space of Shore Road Park.

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