House of the Day: Price Drop in PLG
We don’t usually have the patience to sift through the morass of noise on Craigslist (plus, the site is blocked by the firewall at work), so we like it when readers draw stand-out listings to our attention. Such as this nugget in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Judging from the pics, this house is pure gold. Out…
We don’t usually have the patience to sift through the morass of noise on Craigslist (plus, the site is blocked by the firewall at work), so we like it when readers draw stand-out listings to our attention. Such as this nugget in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Judging from the pics, this house is pure gold. Out tipster has been watching this place sit on the market for the past three months at $789,000. It’s now down to $750,000. The drawbacks include the need for a new roof and a fair bit of street noise, but for these details at this price, we think that’s a trade we could live with. Opposing views?
Gorgeous PLG Brownstone [Craigslist] GMAP
You’re welcome (to “anonymous” who posted @ 2:09). That’s what living in a neighborhood for over 30 years will get you 🙂
OTOH the humor of “Anonymous” who posted @ 2:35 escapes me. If it wasn’t a lame attempt at humor, I’m sure there are places reasonably close to ANY Brooklyn brownstone neighborhood where you can indulge your tastes, so feel free to burn out whatever might be left of your brain if that’s your desire.
well, what if some of us like drugs? ask me, and PLG isn’t drug-infested enough!
Thanks, Bob,for clarifying all those boundaries! I’ll move Lenox and Rogers back from East Flatbush to plain old Flatbush right away. 🙂 BTW, when it comes to facts about PLG/PLM, I’d defer to your description of boundaries, neighborhood architecture and history anyday.
BTW the location is Flatbush, rather than East Flatbush, which starts on theeast side of NewYork Ave.
FWIW, all of Prospect Lefferts Gardens is in Flatbush (as are Prospect Park South, Ditmas Park, etc.).
The southern boundary of Prospect Lefferts Gardens is Clarkson Ave., one block north of Lenox Road, but I think most renovation has been further north in Lefferts Manor and the two streets north of the Manor (Sterling and Lefferts) that are also in the official City historic district. Parkside Ave., one block north of Clarkson, is an exception as is Ocean Ave., facing Prospect Park. FWIW there are some beautiful 4 story limestones on Clarkson, but we haven’t had one on a PLG house tour for many years.
As to the style of woodwork, it appears to be similar to my Midwood Street house which (sometimes) is called “free classic” a mix of Georgian decorative elements and a relatively open floor plan–rooms being separated with columns and decorative screens rather than walls. The same style, with the woodwork originally painted white instead of being stained dark, was called colonial revival at the turn of the last century–late 19th–early 20th century interior styles were hardly “pure”: but can be quite beautiful.
woodwork style? the filligree in the photo was common in “Victorian style” homes. Most of the woodwork mouldings were pine, some oak and other hardwood, often stained to mimic mahogony. The architecture styles for the time were, Neo-renaissance, Italianette, Romanesque, Queen Anne, Arts and Crafts, neo-Tudor and neo-Georgian. This house looks neo-Renaissance (similar to my 1905 brownstone). And yes Lenox Road is NOT the Manor. Many apartments and very busy street
Most residents of PLG tend to place the southern border of the nabe at Clarkson Avenue. Others, mainly realtors, move it further south to Linden Boulevard. This Lenox Road house is south of Clarkson and north of Linden. As such, it is given an accurately vague location of “in and around” Flatbush/Lefferts. IMO, the location of this house is “East Flatbush.”
I’m not sure that I agree with the poster who says that the Chester Court house is a better buy just because it is closer to the Manor and to the park. The Chester Court house is relatively small in size, has no driveway and has numerous quality of life issues associated with its location. Meanwhile, the house on Lenox Road is situated on a strip that serves as the gateway to Kings County and Downstate Hospitals. Lenox Road, in its heyday used to be quite the boulevard for large and fancy apartment buildings that were heavily occupied by doctors and other personnel from the nearby hospitals. Although it’s probably unlikely to happen in the near future, the avenue holds great potential for large-scale development of these grand apartment buildings (think of portions of Washington Avenue, e.g.) Meanwhile, most of the private homes on this section of Lenox Road are generally large and well-kept; many have driveways. But again, this house is nowhere near PLM and is arguably NOT in PLG. Therefore, pricewise, it might be overstated.
Can anyone tell me what “style” this interior woodwork would be considered?
This place is awesome- you can park in your front yard!!!