Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Brooklyn Is Getting Its First-Ever Decorator Show House

House of the Day

In the Crown Heights North Historic District at 1349 Pacific Street, this 1878 brownstone is graceful and quite lovely, with plenty of original detail and modern updates. Designed by noted 19th century Brooklyn architect Amzi Hill, it’s got five working fireplaces with fetching carved marble mantels, pocket doors and shutters, inlaid floors, stained glass, moldings and medallions, all in fine condition.

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Brooklyn Is Getting Its First-Ever Decorator Showcase, in a Spectacular Heights Home

Design aficionados, take note. Brooklyn is getting its own decorator showcase, its first ever, in a spectacular townhouse in Brooklyn Heights. The charity event will spotlight Brooklyn design and bring more visibility to Brooklyn interior designers, who tend to work in the shadow of their Manhattan counterparts, despite the borough’s creative rep.

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Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Three Sold and One Still Available

This week we are looking back at four listings we featured six months ago to see how they fared. Three of the properties sold, while the fourth is still on the market.

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Niches and Arches: Five Jazz-Era One-Bedrooms Starting at $239K

Looking for a bit of jazz-age style in your home? We’ve pulled together five character-filled prewar apartments where you can imagine swanning through your gracious arched foyer and perhaps stepping down into your sunken living room to sip a cocktail as you spin around your roomy apartment.

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Rare and Historic Temple-Fronted Greek Revival in Wallabout Wants $4.499 Million

Dubbed the Lefferts-Laidlaw House, this Greek Revival home at 136 Clinton Avenue in Wallabout is a piece of Brooklyn history. Built by the Lefferts family and dating back to 1835 — when this area was a suburban retreat for the well-to-do — it’s the last Greek temple-fronted house left in the borough, with its four restored fluted Corinthian columns.

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Windsor Terrace Loft Condo With Parking, Artisan Details, Fireplace Asks $995K

This condo has an unusual claim to fame: The building in which it’s located, 279 Prospect Park West, featured as the First Brooklyn Bank in the Sidney Lumet’s “Dog Day Afternoon,” starring Al Pacino.

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