Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Gowanus Townhouse Reimagined

A Remarkable Survivor, This Bed Stuy Italianate With Details Inside and Out Asks $1.995 Million

It has survived incredibly intact: a wood frame Italianate with an appealingly bracketed porch and picturesque bay window. The interior of the Bed Stuy row house has plenty of details to offer too, with moldings, plasterwork, mantels and pier mirrors. The house, at 141 Quincy Street, is one of a row of wood frames that were once similarly styled and likely built between the late 1860s and early 1870s.

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The Insider: Narrow Gowanus Townhouse Reimagined With New Rear Extension, Stair

When a local couple bought a three-story brick row house for their family of four, it didn’t have much going for it. Besides being in a state of serious disrepair, it was tiny — just shy 15 feet wide and only 36 feet deep.

“We looked at going up, going back, going up and back,” recalled architect Christine Harper of Park Slope-based Harper Design + Build, which carried out a gut renovation that transformed the building inside and out. “Ultimately, we decided going back was essential. If you want to fit three functions on one floor, you need a certain amount of depth.”

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The Insider: Fort Greene Family Unveils Townhouse Reno With Chic Global Decor

Once in a rare while, a Brownstoner reader submits photos of a house looking so polished and all-of-a-piece that we can’t pass it up for The Insider. Such was the case with this Civil War-era brownstone, whose homeowners Jen Laughlin and Ghislain Thierry brought to our attention after their long, drawn-out renovation was finally complete.

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A Renovated Crown Heights Row House and Three More to See, Starting at $1.9 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Crown Heights. They range in price from $1.9 million to $4.95 million.

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Rent Board Proposes Substantial Increases for Stabilized Apartments, Citing Rising Costs

The Rent Guidelines Board has recommended allowing significantly higher rent increases on rent-regulated apartments this year than have been allowed for more than a decade.

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