Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A PLG Apartment Gets a Dramatic Focal Point

The Insider: Prospect Lefferts Prewar Gains Dramatic Focal Point, Stylish Baths

Not every renovation is a full-on gut. This three-bedroom apartment, located in a brick and stucco building near Prospect Park, had been stripped of moldings at some point in the past, and its two existing bathrooms were hopelessly dated.

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Neo-Grec Brownstone in Park Slope and Three More to See This Weekend, Starting at $1.228 Million

Between Easter and Passover, it’s a busy weekend, but the wheels of commerce continue to spin. And as usual, we’ve got four open houses worthy of note, though they’re slanted more heavily toward Saturday than is the norm. All are over the million-dollar mark, have some measure of original detail, and are currently multi-family. In the turnkey department they’re split: two need work, two need nothing except a willing buyer. They’re found in Bed Stuy, Park Slope, and Dyker Heights.

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Seven-Bedroom Ditmas Park ‘Futurama’ House With Garage, Stained Glass Asking $2.195 Million

This sprawling three-story standalone, which served as the inspiration for main character Frye’s home in the animated TV series “Futurama,” is on the market for the first time in decades. It’s a seven-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath house located at 516 Rugby Road, in Ditmas Park.

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Wraparound Building With Blank Middle Going Up on Broadway in Bushwick

Looking like a scene plucked from the movie “Up,” a rendering shows a seven-story mixed-use building with 32 apartments will rise up around three sides of a diminutive fast food spot on the corner of Broadway and Halsey Street in Bushwick.

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An Eye-Popping Queen Anne in Kingston Filled With Period Detail, Yours for $329K

Just in time to perk up the house hunt after a snowy winter comes a bright Queen Anne specimen in Kingston, N.Y., that not only sports an eye-catching exterior but a pretty showy interior as well. Located about 2.5 hours from Brooklyn by car, Kingston remains a magnet for old-house restorers.

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