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Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Historic Gravesend House Faces Demolition

Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.

usonian frank lloyd wright inspired exterior at 6 bayberry drive pleasantville ny

Photo via Houlihan Lawrence

by Anna Bradley-Smith

10/08/2022 3 minute 0

Embrace Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Vision in Westchester County for $1.5 Million

For those whose tastes run to the mid 20th century, the Usonian community in Pleasantville, N.Y., offers a feast of Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired homes nestled in a woodland setting. One of the houses, designed by an architect for his own family, is on the market and offers up an interior filled with the organic materials that Wright espoused.

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A Shipshape Park Slope Brownstone and Three More to See, Starting at $2.4 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Fort Greene, Park Slope and Crown Heights. They range in price from $2.4 million to $6.125 million.

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After Sale to Developer, Gravesend’s Historic Ryder-Van Cleef House Faces Demolition

It is a bit of early Gravesend that has managed to survive the centuries, but after its sale this summer and the filing for a demolition permit, the time remaining for the Ryder-Van Cleef house may be short. Built circa 1840 by builder and carpenter Lawrence Ryder, the house is one of a handful of modest Dutch-American frame dwellings built by descendants of the Dutch and English settlers who developed the town on Canarsee land.

The circa 1840 Ryder-Van Cleef House in Gravesend was purchased by an LLC this summer. Photo by Susan De Vries

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Kings County Nurseries and Parking Lot to Be Replaced by Two Seven-Story Apartment Buildings

A new seven-story apartment building will rise at 625 New York Avenue in East Flatbush, the site of the longstanding, family-run Kings County Nurseries, building department records show.

exterior of kings county nurseries — Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith

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Midwood Co-op With Arched Openings, Vintage Pink Baths, Six Closets Asks $469K

Big enough for a family, this apartment in Midwood offers large rooms, the design features of its era and a surprise. The two-bedroom, two-bath unit is located on the fourth floor of 1350 Ocean Parkway, known as Parkway Terrace.