Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Upstate Bungalows and Dumbo's Clock Tower Penthouse

5 Upstate Bungalow Colonies Offer an Inexpensive Summer Escape From the City

While bungalow communities reached their peak of popularity in the 1950s there are still some around that offer a relaxed, communal summer experience for weary New Yorkers. Many of the communities have been transformed into inexpensive co-ops, providing a vacation-home buying opportunity for those on a budget and some reasonable rentals for those not ready to buy.

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A Preservationist’s Bed Stuy Dream Brownstone With AGA Range, Details Galore Asks $1.695 Million

This listing is a head-turner for more reasons than one. The house itself is a stunner — a painstakingly restored 1895 Renaissance Revival Bed Stuy brownstone loaded with original details and exquisite Victorian-style updating. And the sale will come as a shock to many — at 538 Decatur Street, it’s the home of a couple known to many Brownstoner readers and Bed Stuy residents who are restoring or renovating houses.

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Four Houses Under a Million to See This Weekend, Starting at $559K

Our open house picks this week all come in under the $1 million mark — which might not be a point of distinction in the average house market, but passes for a rarity in these parts. As you might imagine, there are no Park Slope mansions or four-family homes among them — most are modest family residences in the borough’s outer reaches. But at least two are more than 100 years old, and may contain some original details.

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Penthouse Atop Dumbo’s Clocktower Building Finally Sells for $15 Million

After nine years on the market, the penthouse on top of Dumbo’s Clocktower building at 1 Main Street has finally sold for $15 million. That’s a discount of $10 million below the original asking price of $25 million.

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Learn All About How to Renovate a Brownstone From Two Experts

There’s arguably nothing more iconic in the world of Brooklyn real estate than the brownstone. But the process of renovating and maintaining these architectural gems inevitably raises questions for a new owner or prospective buyer.

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