This parlor-floor two-bedroom may not be quite as vast as it appears in the photos, but it has magnificent original details and an attractive renovation that maximizes the unit’s footprint. It also has two bathrooms, a breakfast nook, and an office that could work as a third bedroom or double as a guest room.

It’s located in a grand 1880s Neo-Grec corner brownstone with five stories and eight apartments at 50 8th Avenue in the Park Slope Historic District, a block from Grand Army Plaza. While the stoop was already gone, the characteristic Neo-Grec incised details can be seen in the old tax photo. The proportions are big: The building is 25 feet wide and 65 feet long, and this unit has ceilings more than 12 feet high.

Grand appointments include quarter-sawn oak floors, burled walnut wainscoting and Eastlake-inspired woodwork with unique turned details. Also singular is the parlor’s plaster cornice — “perfectly intact,” according to the listing — whose arches and swags combine to form a tree-like pattern circling the room.

The wood cabinet mantel in the parlor has two tiers of whatnot shelves, a mirror, carvings and a fireplace surround with glazed brown and cream Minton-style figural tile. There are also original mahogany windows with double-paned glass overlooking three exposures.


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Pocket doors lead to the recently renovated kitchen, which is large and well equipped, with a breakfast nook in a bay window, an island, plenty of built-ins and the expected appliances, including a dishwasher and two ovens.

The original details, built-ins and thoughtful storage continue throughout the unit, which has an antique rolling ladder to access a wall of cupboards in the biggest bedroom. In the office, a wall-hung bookcase holds a desk and a television that can be viewed from the parlor couch. The room is shown with a couch but has space for a Murphy bed, as the listing notes.

The two bathrooms channel an organic spa vibe with light-colored woods, white penny tile and mid-century modern style golden rectangular tile. There are four closets and an in-unit vented full-size washer and dryer.

The maintenance is a not-inconsiderable $1,887 a month, and the walkup building — “beautifully maintained with strong financials,” according to the listing, from David Cobell of Compass — is self managed. The apartment is asking $1.75 million. Think it will go quickly?

[Listing: 50 8th Avenue, Parlor | Broker: Compass] GMAP

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

interior of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

exterior of 50 8th avenue
Photo by Nicholas Strini for PropertyShark

floorplan of parlor apartment at 50 8th avenue

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