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Roomy Prospect Heights Prewar With Dining Room, Parquet, Moldings Asks $899K

Located close to the Brooklyn Museum in an elevator co-op, this estate-condition two-bedroom could be a beauty with some minor updating.

by Cate Corcoran

08/10/2021 3 minute 0

This estate-condition prewar could be a beauty with some minor updating. It’s on the third floor of a 1924 elevator building at 408 St. Johns Place in Prospect Heights, close to Prospect Park, Grand Army Plaza, and shops and eateries on Washington.

It has two sizable bedrooms as well as a dining room, living room and room foyer. There’s plenty of room for books as well as a home office.

In addition to the roomy layout, the unit has delightful prewar details, including parquet, high ceilings, moldings and an ogee arch leading from the entry to the living room. With windows on two opposite exposures, it probably gets good cross ventilation.

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A non-loading bearing partition wall inserted into the dining room to create a closet needs removal. The floors will need redoing and the walls repainting. We wouldn’t be surprised if the unit also needs an electrical update, and the kitchen and bath could also use streamlining, though they appear functional.

The kitchen has a pleasing shape, and the bathroom has a nice Art Deco tub. There is a washer in the unit and space for a dishwasher. The unit has six closets.

There is also additional storage and bike storage in the 36-unit, six-story building, plus a fitness area and full time super. There are five active sales in the building right now (all in contract except this one), so that might be something to ask about — though in the past units changed hands rarely, records show.

The maintenance for this unit is $1,151 a month. Listed by Django Gilligan of Corcoran, it’s asking $899,000. What do you make of it?

[Listing: 408 St. Johns Place, Apt 3A | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP