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Bed Stuy Row House With Plasterwork, Mantels Asks $2.245 Million

The 1890s dwelling, set up with two duplexes, has an eye-catching cornice and many intact interior details such as ceiling medallions and fretwork.

Photo via Compass

by Susan De Vries

02/27/2026 1

Set up with two duplexes, this Bed Stuy row house has attractive details in each unit, with plaster ornamentation, mantels, moldings, interior shutters, and wood floors. A new owner might want to make some updates to the 1890s row house at 292 Halsey Street, but there is plenty of eye appeal as is.

Builder David Weild constructed a significant number of the houses on this block front, with filings for one-family houses popping up from roughly 1889 to 1891. In an 1891 filing, which includes this house, Weild was indicated as the owner, architect, and builder behind the planned row of 2.5 plus basement dwellings with wood cornices. Weild varied the ornamental details a bit across the block with hints of Renaissance and Romanesque Revival details. At No. 292, the now paint-covered facade has foliate ornamentation acting as pseudo keystones on the parlor level, rough finished lintels above, and a grand bracketed cornice incorporating the windows of the top half story. The details can be seen a bit more clearly in the circa 1940 tax photo.

Weild advertised some of the houses in the row in 1891 as “finely finished” houses with mantels and tiled hearths. Other ads boasted the houses were just a five minute walk to “Dr. Meredith’s church,” the Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church.

There are still mantels with original tiled hearths to see on the interior in both of the duplexes. The lower duplex has kitchen, living, dining and the single bathroom on the garden level with bedrooms occupying the former front and rear parlors. Access to the upper duplex is via the main staircase, making it a bit awkward. The upper duplex has three bedrooms on the top floor.

The original front parlor has the plaster detailing along with one of the six mantels indicated on the floor plan. Pocket doors open into the rear parlor where there is another mantel, a tin ceiling, and an arched niche.

On the garden level, the kitchen is in its traditional spot at the rear of the floor. Some design tweaks could update the space. As is there is a bold tile floor, wood cabinets, and white appliances. The space has access to a mudroom and the rear yard.

The only bathroom shown in the listing is off the ground floor kitchen, and it has some Deco-era flair with violet wall tiles with black trim and matching accessories.

The listing gives only a glimpse of the kitchen in the upper duplex. It also has wood cabinets and white appliances but paired with a terra-cotta tile floor. It adjoins an original bedroom, now a dining room, with a fine mantel with knick-knack shelves. A bit of fretwork ornaments the doorway.

From the floor plan it appears that both the second and third floors have at least a portion of their original pass-throughs intact. The street-facing living room on the second floor, originally a bedroom, has another mantel as well as some built-in storage.

The house hasn’t changed hands in decades. The listing notes that updates within the last five years include a new boiler and water heaters.

Perri DeFino of Compass has the listing and the house is priced at $2.245 million. What do you think?

[Listing: 292 Halsey Street | Broker: Compass] GMAP