Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Park Slope Reno Keeps the Charming Details
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
The Studebaker service center turned creative offices at 1000 Dean Street in Crown Heights. Photo by Susan De Vries
Crown Heights’ 1000 Dean Street Changes Hands
The creative office complex fashioned out of a former Studebaker service center in Crown Heights has sold again, closing for $32.5 million on Thursday, November 16. Longtime readers may recall the adaptive reuse project was developed by Brownstoner founder Jonathan Butler, BFC Partners, and Goldman Sachs’ Urban Investment Group.
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Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: One Sold, Two in Contract, One Still Available
This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Williamsburg, Fiske Terrace, Bed Stuy, and Park Slope. How did they fare?
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Long-Awaited Elevators Open at Park Slope’s 7th Avenue Subway Stop, Boosting Accessibility
Three new elevators opened at the 7th Avenue subway station in Park Slope on Tuesday, in a hard-won victory for the community.
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The Insider: ‘Light Touch’ Reno Updates Park Slope Neo-Grec While Keeping Charming Details
“Keeping as much as possible and not spending a ton” were the guiding principles of a careful renovation undertaken by Long Island City-based architect Sarah Jacoby for a young family of three. There was lot worth keeping in the late 19th century brownstone: wood floors, marble mantels, etched glass pocket doors, and intact plasterwork, including the beautifully shaped arch in the primary bedroom.
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Fort Greene Neo-Grec Brownstone With Six Mantels, Wood Floors Asks $3.395 Million
A short stroll from Fort Greene Park and within the neighborhood’s historic district, this 1880s Neo-Grec brownstone offers some period details and room for a new owner to make some stylish modern upgrades. At 61A South Elliott Place, the legal two-family has wood floors, six mantels, moldings, and some interior shutters.
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