This sprawling circa 1901 home is newly and fully renovated, with new kitchen and baths alongside a bit of original detail. A three-story with a front porch and a garage, it’s on a fine, quiet block in the Ditmas Park Historic District, at 497 East 17th Street.

It’s got all the space you’d want, and then some: six bedrooms, a load of closet and storage space, 3.5 baths, and a grand first floor with a library, dining room, king-size living room with dual sets of bay windows, laundry room and eat-in kitchen.

In the dining room there’s wainscoting, a tiled fireplace, a stained glass window, and original mahogany doors and window casings; there and in the living room are original wood floors with decorative inlays. Elsewhere — like in kitchen and the wainscoted library — are new, dark-stained wood floors.

The center staircase is original, with wainscoting and a window bench on the landing between the first and second floors, a nice feature for those who get winded halfway up.


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As mentioned, the kitchen is new; it’s got a deluxe 36-inch range, a farmhouse sink, Carrara marble countertops and a wine refrigerator. Baths are all new; the master bath’s walled in Calacatta Gold marble, the third-floor bath has a restored original claw-foot tub.

There’s central air, new windows and a new roof. There are no photos of the yard or exterior, so we can’t fill you in on the condition; presumably they’ve been spruced up along with the interior, but that’s only conjecture.

Listed by Marilyn Wexler of Douglas Elliman, the house is asking $2.675 million. A hefty price tag that would have dropped jaws in these parts not long ago, but that was then, this is now — and it appears to need nothing. What do you make of the ask, and the house itself?

[Listing: 497 East 17th Street | Broker: Douglas Elliman] GMAP

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street
Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street
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Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Ditmas Park at 497 E. 17th Street

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