Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Detail-Filled Bed Stuy Limestone on the Market

Ornate Stuy Heights Limestone With Wood-Filled Interior, Working Dumbwaiter Asks $2.75 Million

Practically bursting at the seams with details, this 1890s Stuyvesant Heights beauty is sure to appeal to lovers of Gilded Age interiors. Elaborate woodwork, pier mirrors, a columned divider with stained glass, mantels, pocket doors, built-ins and a working dumbwaiter are just a few of the details to be found inside.

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Bed Stuy Duplex With Pier Mirror, Mantels, in-Unit Laundry Asks $3,875 a Month

This Bed Stuy rental comes with original 19th century details, a bit of 20th century history and a location on a plant-filled block of Stuyvesant Avenue. Taking up the parlor and garden levels of 407 Stuyvesant Avenue, the duplex unit is filled with parquet floors with inlaid borders, pocket doors, mantels, wainscoting and more.

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Brooklyn Heights ‘Moonstruck’ House With Lush Interior, Parking Asks $12.85 Million

With hundreds of years of history behind its walls, this early 19th century Brooklyn Heights house is perhaps best known as the ‘Moonstruck’ house. The 1987 film used the exterior of 19 Cranberry Street as the home of the multi-generational Castorini family, and the surrounding area figured prominently in the movie along with stars Cher, Nicholas Cage and Olypmia Dukakis.

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Brooklyn Heights Brownstone With Marble Mantels, Sunroom, Central Air Asks $7.75 Million

This Italianate brownstone built around the 1860s or ’70s won a Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award in 2010 for the exterior restoration and interior renovation by NV/da architecture. Located at 36 Grace Court in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, it’s a two-family configured as an owner’s triplex over a garden rental.

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Renovated PLG Co-op With Arches, Sunken Living Room, Built-ins Asks $549K

It’s not clear if this 1930s Prospect Lefferts Gardens building still features the “music by Musak” that it boasted about in early ads, but this one-bedroom unit does still have some original features. Arched openings, a built-in niche and closet space are to be found along with a fully renovated interior.

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