Top 10 Real Estate Listings: A Brownstone Rental Comes Out on Top

In our top listings, the past two weeks’ No. 1 loses its spot, and a rental tops the list for the first time.

10. On Bergen Street in Boerum Hill we’ve got a big one — four stories and 25 feet wide. With no stoop and a single entrance it’s set up with four units, one on each floor, so any owner-occupant has some refiguring to do.

150 Bergen Street
Price: $3,700,000
Area: Boerum Hill
Broker: Corcoran (Paul Murphy)
Open House Pick
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9. A photo of Greenpoint’s 144 Franklin Street has graced the top of the Brownstoner website for years. There’s just something special about its arched Romanesque windows and terra-cotta trim. Half the building just hit the market for a cool $3,000,000 Friday. The listing includes two of 144 Franklin’s three residential units: a 1,920-square-foot three-bedroom apartment taking up the entire second floor; and a 900-square-foot two-bedroom occupying half of the first floor, with a sleeping loft and another 900-square-foot space in the basement, the agent told us.

144 Franklin Street
PRice: $3,000,000
Area: Greenpoint
Broker: Core
Iconic Brownstoner Building Hits the Market
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8. This adorable “neo-Medieval” townhouse was twice featured on the Prospect Lefferts Gardens home tour. Built in 1901, and at one point damaged by fire, the home recently underwent a full renovation from facade to central AC. The 3,250-square-foot home also has a private garage.

96 Rutland Road
Price: $2,300,000
Area: Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Broker: Brown Harris Stevens (Bette L. Cunningham)
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7. The new apartments at 531 Vanderbilt were built at condos, but a few units have recently hit the market as rentals. The wood floor is interesting — with oak planks arranged in a herringbone pattern. The kitchens also boast some fancy appliances from Fischer & Paykel, Bertazzoni and Bosch.

531 Vanderbilt #2B
Price: $2,450/month
Area: Clinton Hill
Broker: Aptsandlofts.com (David Chi)
Rentals Under $2,600
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6. This light-filled corner unit has oodles of space and views of the nearby Lincoln Terrace Park. The listing also claims it has “the largest windowed eat-in-kitchen ever!” The closest train is the 4 at Crown Heights Utica Avenue.

1745 President Street
Price: $1,500/month
Area: Crown Heights
Broker: Brown Harris Stevens (Cynthia Acevedo)
Rentals Under $2,600
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5. On Park Place in Crown Heights is a three-level home with the basement at the garden level and two floors above, each comprising a separate unit. Recently renovated, with at least one new kitchen and bathroom (i.e. those pictured), it retains some original detail — though not the original floors, sadly.

1355 Park Place
Price: $1,100,000
Area: Crown Heights
Broker: Town Residential (Michael Ettelson)
Open House Pick
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4. This 2,000-square-foot Carroll Gardens townhouse is in decent shape, with some lovely original details — four marble fireplaces, tin ceilings, and wall moldings — but it could certainly use a little love. Just get rid of the exterior’s faux stone facade and you’re halfway to having a Brooklyn dream home.

Clinton Street (address unknown)
Price: $2,199,000
Area: Carroll Gardens
Broker: Brooklyn Bridge Realty (Angela Ruggiero)
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3. Everyone loves a mews house — so much so that this prime specimen on wonderful Warren Place in Cobble Hill has been at No. 1 for two weeks, but has now dropped to third place. A three-bedroom home, it’s small at 1,050 square feet and has only a single bathroom, but it doesn’t lack for charm.

17 Warren Place
Price: $1,455,000
Area: Cobble Hill
Broker: Brooklyn Bridge (Ellen Gottlieb)
Open House Pick
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2. On Macdonough Street in Bed Stuy is a brownstone with an owner’s triplex — which appears to include a finished basement — and a pair of rentals sharing the top floor. It looks to be in good condition, and there are some nice details on this one, including mantels and carved woodwork in the entryway.

471 Macdonough Street
Price: $1,890,000
Broker: Elliot Nicks
Area: Bed Stuy
Open House Pick
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1. Last week’s No. 7 spot, this week’s No. 1 is a brownstone garden unit with original exposed beams, wide-plank floors and a marble fireplace. It’s also just a stone’s throw from the B,Q stop at 7th Avenue and a short walk from Prospect Park. It also has a private patio in the back. The price was recently reduced by $200 a month.

100 Park Place, Garden Unit
Price: $2,400/month
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Corcoran (Bo DeRosa, Behzad Amiri)
Rentals With Below-Average Rents
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