Brooklyn Real Estate Six Months Later: Two Sold, Two Off the Market

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Ditmas Park, Park Slope, Crown Heights and Cobble Hill. How did they fare?

A Ditmas Park unit offers two exposures, some original design details and a generously sized layout. Located on the fourth floor of 1825 Foster Avenue, the unit was originally designed as a one-bedroom, but is now a two-bedroom. There’s a foyer with a built-in bookcase shown on the floor plan, a spacious living room and an elevated dining area off the kitchen. On the other side of the unit are the two bedrooms, which the original floor plan shows was a single large bedroom. It’s been divided into two equally sized rooms. This former Co-op of the Day is currently off the market.

In Park Slope, a bow-fronted row house at 427 4th Street built at the turn of the last century has many original details that reflect the period’s transition from Neo-Classical to Craftsman. Clad in pale stone with terra-cotta ornament, the two-family comprises a top floor rental over an owner’s duplex. With a low stoop, all living for the duplex is on the first floor, including two parlors, a formal dining room and, housed in a rear extension, a strip kitchen and a room with laundry and toilet. Original details include a pier mirror, wood floors with inlaid borders, Neo-Classical mantels, an Arts and Crafts-style tile fireplace and wood wainscoting. This former Open House Pick sold in September for $3.451 million, which was $252,000 over the asking price.

Owned by just two families since it was constructed at the turn of the 20th century, it is perhaps not surprising that this Crown Heights house is filled with original details including mantels, woodwork, a pier mirror and stained glass. In the Crown Heights North Historic District, 903 St. Marks Avenue is one of a pair of houses constructed on what was then the stylish avenue for Brooklyn’s wealthy. While the house is in estate condition, with some linoleum covered hallways and plaster issues evident in a few of the listing photos, there are plenty of details in fine shape to drool over. There’s a columned partition, wall moldings, unpainted door and window surrounds, pocket doors, the pier mirror, and a columned mantel with original tile surround, all on the parlor floor. This former House of the Day was taken off the market this month.

Restored in the 1980s by its architect-designer owners, this narrow Cobble Hill brownstone contains some impressive historic details, including marble mantels, intricate grapevine-adorned plasterwork and a gracefully curved stair. The 1850s Anglo-Italianate at 159 Congress Street is also across from one of the neighborhood’s popular amenities, Cobble Hill Park. The house was last on the market in 1982 when it was purchased by the late Allen and Sabine Trousdale, an architect and an interior designer respectively, who undertook a full restoration of the row house. Originally a one-family but converted to two, according to city records, the house is set up as a single-family today, with four floors plus a cellar and attic. One might expect the structure to be in fine repair, given its architect owner, and the interior details certainly look to be in fine condition. This former House of the Day sold in August for $3.95 million, which was $200,000 over the asking price.

1825 Foster Avenue, Unit 4C
Price: $600,000
Area: Ditmas Park
Broker: Compass (Jennifer Lee)
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Currently off the market

427 4th Street
Price: $3.199 million
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Brown Harris Stevens (Jeffrey Zoldan)
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Sold in September for $3.451 million

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903 St. Marks Avenue
Price: $3.4 million
Area: Crown Heights
Broker: Compass (Malika Oyo)
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Currently off the market

159 Congress Street
Price: $3.75 million
Area: Cobble Hill
Broker: Corcoran (Leslie Marshall, James Cornell)
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Sold in August for $3.95 million

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