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Bed Stuy Neo-Grec With Wood Floors, Mantels, Renovated Kitchen Asks $1.95 Million

This single-family brownstone in Bed Stuy offers some original details along with a renovated kitchen and baths.

by Susan De Vries

11/01/2021 0

This single-family brownstone in Bed Stuy offers some original details along with a renovated kitchen and baths.

At 967 Greene Avenue, the two-story Neo-Grec dates to the 1880s. Historic maps show the house and its neighbors in the row were built between 1880 and 1888. The two-story plus basement house includes the typical Neo-Grec exterior features of the period, including lintels ornamented with incised details and a fluting on the door surround. The historic tax photo shows a generously striped awning in place to provide a bit of relief from summer heat.

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Kitchen and dining are located in their traditional spots on the garden level while upstairs are front and rear parlors and four bedrooms above. Each floor has a full bath. A 2013 renovation maintained some original details like wood floors, moldings (all painted white), pocket doors and mantels. The two marble (or faux-painted marble) mantels in the parlors are particularly fine with inlaid details, original inserts and, in one case, a tile hearth. A small study off the rear parlor has been outfitted with a built-in bookcase.

The front-facing dining room has wainscoting, a built-in china cabinet, a ceiling medallion and mantel. The eat-in kitchen at the rear of the floor has been given a traditional look with wood floors, apron-front sink and white cabinets and subway tile.

While there isn’t a photo, the floor plan shows and the listing mentions that the front and rear bedrooms are joined by a passthrough with built-ins and a sink. Each of the bedrooms has wood floors, a mantel and a ceiling medallion. The two smaller bedrooms are nicely sized for use as work from home space.

Two of the three full baths are shown. One has a more traditional look with claw foot tub and wainscoting while the other has an open shower and walls covered in wood-patterned tile.

Outside, the paved rear yard is enclosed with ivy-covered fencing and a planting bed at center. There is room for a few more plantings up front with a bed of hedges running along the fence-line and another bed along the stoop.

The house sold before the renovation for $580,000 in 2013. Now priced at $1.95 million, it is listed by Evan Church and Marvin Chu of Corcoran. What do you think?

[Listing: 967 Greene Avenue | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP