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Handsome Park Slope Historic District Brownstone With Original Details Asks $2.695 Million

The listing doesn’t show much of this four-story Park Slope brownstone, but what it does show is tantalizing.

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Park Slope at 142 Lincoln Place

by Chris Erikson

11/29/2017 0

The listing doesn’t show much of this four-story Park Slope brownstone, and we suspect some work may be in store for the next owner. But there are details to restore and potential to unlock here — “here” being 142 Lincoln Place in the Park Slope Historic District.

The house dates back to 1888, when it was built as the middle house of a row of three Neo-Grec brownstones designed by John Monas and J.J. Gilligan.

It’s currently being used as a one family, according to the listing, with a garden level kitchen, two floors of living space and two bedrooms apiece on the upper floors. But the floor plan shows a kitchen on the top floor, matching the two-family certificate of occupancy.

Of course, given the work that may be needed, reconfiguring could be relatively easy.

Dimensions are 16.67 feet by 50 feet on a 100-foot lot. That’s approximately 3,500 square feet in total, not including the basement.

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Outside of the handsome facade (and, oddly, an aerial shot of the backyard that reveals only a murky tangle of vegetation), the photos show only a pair of bedrooms, with a tantalizing amount of original detail, including original floors, mantels, archways and window casings.

What details remain elsewhere in the house is unknown, and a matter that bears investigating.

The roof and heating system have been upgraded, according to the listing, from Charles L. Ruoff of Brown Harris Stevens. It’s an estate sale, the listing tells us; it also says a renovated adjoining house sold last year for $4.1 million.

The price for this one: $2.695 million. Does it pique your interest?

[Listing: 142 Lincoln Place | Broker: Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP