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Bed Stuy Flip Remixes Brownstone Details With Open Plan, Bevy of Bathrooms

Here’s a Bed Stuy brownstone that’s been redone from top to bottom, with restored original details alongside modern appointments like spa-style baths and a floating staircase.

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Bed Stuy at 488 Madison Street

by Chris Erikson

01/15/2018 3 minute 0

Here’s a Bed Stuy brownstone that’s been redone from top to bottom, with restored original details alongside modern appointments like spa-style baths and a floating staircase. A turn-of-the-century number that stands 18 feet wide, it sits at 488 Madison Street, just off Marcus Garvey Boulevard.

It’s got a triplex over a lower rental, which holds two diminutive bedrooms and includes a finished cellar. The triplex — described in the listing as a “destination for affluence” and an “unprecedented” achievement in the annals of brownstone architecture — has four bedrooms and many a bathroom, with one for each bedroom, plus a half-bath on the open-plan parlor floor.

Said parlor floor departs from the standard setup by siting the living room in the rear, with the dining room up front. There’s no deck; the one pictured both on the floor plan and in the actual photo is included by way of suggestion.

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The house blends original and new woodwork, including new wainscoting, original fireplace mantels, and what appears to be a mix of old, new and resized door and window casings. The floors are new, with dark herringbone in the living and dining rooms.

Listed by Toni Martin of Corcoran, the house was bought by an LLC for $830,000 in 2016; the ask is now $2.395 million. A steep jump, though it’s $100,000 less than it was asking when it hit the market last summer. What do you think it’ll go for?

[Listing: 488 Madison Street | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP