The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a number of unusual spaces, such as a gatehouse in Germantown, N.Y., and a rental in a former chapel in Fort Greene.

Popular listings are scattered across the borough this week as well as in counties outside of Brooklyn. The least expensive on the list is a Park Slope rental at $2,350 a month and the most expensive is a former brewery office in Bushwick at $3.99 million.

Which would you choose?

10. A recent renovation has given this single-family home some modern finishes and the extra perks of a converted garage and off-street parking.

kensington brooklyn

277 East 9th Street
Price: $1.695 million
Area: Kensington
Broker: Compass (Steve Dawson, Robert Varvara)
Kensington House With Garden Studio, Parking Near Parade Ground Asks $1.695 Million
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9. His name may not be as well known as the other architectural greats who worked in Newburgh, N.Y., but Thornton M. Niven designed a number of buildings that are part of the 19th century architectural story of the city.

exterior 201 Montgomery street newburgh

201 Montgomery Street
Price: $625,000
Area: Newburgh, N.Y.
Broker: Apple2Orange Realty (Rosemary Lee)
This Picturesque Italianate Villa, on the Market for $625K, Was Home to Two Newburgh Architects
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8. If you are drawn to the miniature rather than the massive, this pocket-sized cottage along the Hudson River has charms that might appeal.

7 market street cold spring

7 Market Street
Price: $499,000
Area: Cold Spring, N.Y.
Broker: Houlihan Lawrence’s Cold Spring Brokerage (Craig Roffman)
Live Your Dollhouse Dreams in This Petite Cold Spring Cottage, Yours for $499K
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7. A combination of a barn from Maine and a bit of 1930s imaginative adaptation, this Pound Ridge, N.Y., home was one of the many residential projects of local resident Hiram J. Halle.

3 old mill river road

3 Old Mill Road
Price: $649,900
Area: Pound Ridge, N.Y.
Broker: Houlihan Lawrence – Bedford/pound Ridge Brokerage ( Katherine S. Brunner)
A Former Barn Turned Quirky Colonial Revival Home in Pound Ridge Asks $649,900
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6. This one-bedroom rental on the top floor of a Neo-Grec row house in Park Slope appears neat as a pin and has historic appeal with details such as a mantel and wood floors with an inlay border.

1222 8th avenue

1222 8th Avenue
Price: $2,350 a month
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Halstead (Jesse Temple, Scott Morrow)
Park Slope One-Bedroom Close to Park With Mantel, Wood Floors Asks $2,350 a Month
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5. Well known in Brooklyn for its faux mansard roof and picturesque charm, the former Ulmer Brewery office at 31 Belvidere Street in Bushwick was built in 1885 as part of the William Ulmer Brewery.

31 belvidere street william ulmer office

31 Belvidere Street
Price: $3.99 million
Area: Bushwick
Broker: Compass (Nathan Horne)
Bushwick’s Fetching, Landmarked Former Ulmer Brewery Office Is Available for $3.99 Million
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4. An unusual space that includes a vaulted ceiling, stained glass windows, skylights and a spiral staircase, this Fort Greene rental also comes with some intriguing history.

264 cumberland street interior

264 Cumberland Street #9
Price: $4,100 a month
Area: Fort Greene
Broker: Compass (Orrie King, Vanesa Lazo)
Fort Greene Rental in Gothic Chapel-Turned-Condo With Soaring Ceiling, Stained Glass Asks $4,100
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3. When apartments in this 1905 neo-Renaissance building were first pitched to early tenants, advertisements bragged that they were “skillfully laid out and possessed of every known convenience.”

clinton hill apartment

207 St. James Place #2R
Price: $1.15 million
Area: Clinton Hill
Broker: Halstead (Bo Poulsen, Anna Shagalov, Kristin Herrera)
Spacious Prewar Condo With Beaux-Arts Charm, Dining Room, Office Asks $1.15 Million
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2. This early 20th century bow-fronted house has period details like stained glass, parquet floors and a coffered ceiling along with contemporary updates to the kitchen and baths.

bay ridge brooklyn

564 76th Street
Price: $1.625 million
Area: Bay Ridge
Broker: Compass (Joe Fuer)
Bay Ridge Bow-Fronted House With Stained Glass, Updated Kitchen Asks $1.625 Million
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1. This 1870s former gatehouse marked the entrance to Oak Terrace (aka Oak Lawn), one of the many sprawling estates that dotted the landscape in the 19th century and home to the grandparents of Eleanor Roosevelt.

gatehouse

794 Woods Road
Price: $960,000
Area: Germantown
Broker: Houlihan Lawrence (Norm Fasquel Mackay}
Fanciful Gatehouse to Oak Terrace, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Childhood Home, Yours for $960K
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