Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Bed Stuy Sale Breaks Record and Brooklyn Lyceum Restored

Neo-Grec With Lavish Renovation Breaks Bed Stuy Sales Record, Closes for $3.3 Million

It went into contract quickly and closed just as fast. The imposing 1881 corner-lot brownstone at 1 Verona Place in Bed Stuy that recently underwent an extravagant renovation has closed less than two months after being listed.

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Four Move-In Ready Houses to See This Weekend, Starting at $589K

This weekend brings the first open houses of spring, which arrived this week according to the calendar even if meteorological cooperation was scant. For the occasion we’ve got four houses that are move-in ready. One’s a candidate for updating, but would serve as-is for buyers who want to go that route. They’re found in Red Hook, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill and Flatlands.

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Historic Clinton Avenue Villa Hits Market as Tear-Down, Wants $7.9 Million

A historic Clinton Avenue house that has been in the same family for generations is on the market as a “prime development” site. A Brownstoner reader tipped us off to for-sale signs posted on the 1850s Italianate villa at 532 Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill. The wood-frame house is located just outside the Clinton Hill Historic District, and therefore unprotected.

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Detail-Filled Crown Heights Brownstone With Stained Glass, Marble Mantels Asks $1.795 Million

Here’s a four-story Italianate brownstone circa 1879 with a load of detail, down to original door hinges and keys. Designed by Brooklyn architect Amzi Hill, it’s in the Crown Heights North Historic District, at 1347A Pacific Street.

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Brooklyn Lyceum Shows Its Restored Facade as Luxury Apartments Rise Next Door in Park Slope

Scaffolding and netting that shrouded the crumbling Brooklyn Lyceum for years have come down, revealing a beautifully restored facade as a 12-story luxury rental building goes up next door at 225 4th Avenue.

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