Brooklyn Real Estate Six Months Later: Three Sold, One Currently Off the Market

Our look back this week at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Bed Stuy and Brooklyn Heights. How did they fare?

In addition to its roomy layout and top-floor location, this first one, a Ditmas Park two-bedroom, offers up some design details typical of its 1940 construction like arched openings, built-ins and plenty of closet space. The entrance opens into a large foyer, complete with original niche with shelving and room for dining or a work-from-home perch. An arched opening leads to the living room and another to the hallway and the two bedrooms at the other end of the unit. One of those bedrooms has an en suite bath with built-in shower while the other has two exposures. Maintenance for this unit is $1,288 a month. This former Co-op of the Day sold in July for $840,000, which was $50,000 below the asking price.

Next up in Flatbush is this single-family in the petite Albemarle-Kenmore Terrace Historic District. The enclave is filled with Colonial Revival-style houses by noted architects Slee & Bryson, and this circa 1917 house is at the end of a row and has the bonus of an adjoining garage. That garage has been turned into living space but there is still off-street parking. Inside are a few original details like a mantel, crown moldings and wainscoting along with renovations, including opening up the dining room. There is plenty of sleeping space with six bedrooms on the upper two floors, including a bedroom with an en suite bath and walk-in closet. The finished basement includes a rec room, full bath and a workshop. This former Open House Pick sold in July for $2.025 million, which was $370,000 below the asking price.

Practically bursting at the seams with details, this next one, an 1890s Stuyvesant Heights beauty, is sure to appeal to lovers of Gilded Age interiors. Designed by 19th century Swedish architect Magnus Dahlander, the limestone in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District is one of a row of houses that contain some of the most lush interiors in the neighborhood. Elaborate woodwork, pier mirrors, a columned divider with stained glass, mantels, pocket doors, built-ins and a working dumbwaiter are just a few of the details to be found inside. This one also has a two-story dining room extension off the rear of the parlor level, giving the house another level of detail, including a stained glass skylight, wainscoting and a fireplace with overmantel mirror. The kitchens were recently renovated, and the owner’s triplex has two floors of sleeping space, with two bedrooms and a full bath per floor. This former House of the Day, which last sold in 2013—becoming part of what Brownstoner referred to at the time as a “feeding frenzy” of skyrocketing prices in the area—sold again in July for $2.9 million, which was $150,000 above the most recent asking price.

Last but certainly not least, is this early 19th century Brooklyn Heights house that’s perhaps best known as the “Moonstruck” house, due to the exterior being featured in the award-winning 1987 film of the same name. For film buffs, the interior won’t look familiar, as those scenes were filmed elsewhere. In real life, it’s a grand single-family home filled with pristine-looking details such as pocket doors, moldings, mantels and ceiling medallions. The interior was part of a recent renovation project, and the listing notes the house has a new steel infrastructure, a gym and wine cellar in a newly excavated cellar, and recently restored original details. There is a driveway on the Willow Street side entrance to the property, and the floor plan shows a car parking space that takes up less than a third of the backyard. The listing photo of the garden shows a terrace off the rear parlor, a brick-lined patio, and a concrete pad with a parked Vespa. This former House of the Day did not sell and is currently off the market.

385 East 18th Street, 6M
Price: $890,000
Area: Ditmas Park
Broker: Douglas Elliman (DeAnna Lenhart)
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Sold in July for $840,000

2123 Albermarle Terrace
Price: $2.395 million
Area: Flatbush
Broker: Brown Harris Stevens (Andrew B. VanDusen)
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Sold in July for $2.025 million

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242 Decatur Street
Price: $2.75 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Avenue Sotheby’s International Realty (Terry Baum)
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Sold in July for $2.9 million

19 Cranberry Street
Price: $12.85 million
Area: Brooklyn Heights
Broker: Corcoran (Karen Talbott, Kyle Talbott)
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Currently off the market

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