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'Choicest Flat' in Park Slope Now Has Exposed Brick, Updated Kitchen, Two Bedrooms, $895K Ask

This co-op originated as a $24 to $27 a month apartment on the third floor of an 1898 Beaux-Arts-style brick walkup building.

Photo via The Corcoran Group

by Stephen Zacks

10/22/2019 0

This two-bedroom co-op on the third floor of an eight-unit 1898 Beaux-Arts-style brick walkup building originated as a $24 to $27 a month apartment, according to an early ad that promoted the “choicest flats in town.”

Apartment 3R at 160 Garfield Place has tall ceilings, wood floors and, in the living/dining room, a wall of white-painted exposed brick with an arched firebox as well as a built-in bookcase with storage cabinets. The galley-style kitchen, which has a dishwasher, is nicely updated with white Shaker-style cabinets, gray tile floors, white tile backsplash, and black stone countertops.

The painted exposed brick is also featured in the larger bedroom, which is situated in the northeast-facing front window bay. The 6-foot-wide smaller room billed as a bedroom could be fine as an office or room for a young child. Both rooms have closets.

The bathroom — recently renovated, according to the listing — retains a traditional look with clawfoot tub and black-and-white tile floors and walls.

The floor-through apartment has windows on three exposures, thanks in part to a void at the center of the building, reflective of the “Old Law” Second Tenement Act of 1879 that required interior shafts with access to fresh air and light in apartment houses.

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The unit comes with a deeded storage unit, and the building has a shared laundry and garden. It has a monthly maintenance charge of $715 and last traded hands in 2012 for $667,500.

It’s now on the market for $895,000, listed by Alexandra Gupta of Corcoran, and will be shown at an open house Sunday, October 27 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. What do you think?

[Listing: 160 Garfield Place, 3R | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP