Real Estate

Landmarked Limestone in PLG and Two More to See This Weekend, Starting at $1.085 Million

After a foray into apartment open houses last week we’re back to full-on houses today, though this being the dead of winter and the market being slow we’ve got three instead of the usual four.

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Red Hook, Bushwick

by Chris Erikson

01/19/2018 4 minute 0

After a foray into apartment open houses last week we’re back to full-on houses today, though this being the dead of winter and the market being slow we’ve got three instead of the usual four. All of them are move-in ready, though one is a potential candidate for a makeover. They’re in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Red Hook and Bushwick.

First up, a landmarked limestone with a barrel front on Maple Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The Axel Hedman-designed 1909 house has been on the market for a while, and we featured it as a House of the Day over a year ago; the price has been cut nearly $500,000 since then. It’s a two-story with three bedrooms and a “semi-finished” basement. A fair amount of space and some choice detail in this one, including intricate crown moldings, four mantels, moldings, wainscoting, pocket doors and marble sinks in an upstairs pass-through. Also, a wild color scheme, which needless to say is reversible.

Next up, a semi-detached wood frame three-story on Huntington Street in Red Hook, which looks a bit drab after the flamboyance of that last one. Actually, it’d look a bit drab under any circumstances, with its flat, aluminum-sided facade and utilitarian interior, though it looks to be in good condition. Measuring 20 feet by 40, it’s got a unit on each floor, with a pair of two-bedroom units above and a small ground floor studio. They can be delivered occupied, for those who want to use this as an investment property, though a one-family redo seems its most likely fate. There’s a skyline view from the front and an oversized backyard that’s said to be “beautifully landscaped.”

Moving over to Bushwick, we’ve got a newly renovated two-story brick house on Putnam Avenue, which was built in 2005. It’s got an apartment on each floor and a finished basement that’s duplexed with the lower unit. It’s a deep one, at 19 feet by 60 feet, allowing for 30-foot living rooms. It’s also, like the last one, not brimming with charm, but it’s in good shape and move-in ready. The upper unit has three bedrooms; the lower does as well if you count a third bedroom sited in the basement, which also holds a rec room and a full bath.

133 Maple Street
Price: $1.8 million
Area: Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Broker: Corcoran (Damon Bodine, Matthew Ball)
Sunday 2:30-3:30 p.m.
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