House of the Day: 1816 Glenwood Road
Overall, this house at 1816 Glenwood Road in Fiske Terrace is very nice for all your standard Victorian Flatbush reasons (porch, lawn, charming architecture, etc.) so maybe it’s a little nit-picky to say that the renovation feels a touch contractor-y. Thankfully most of the things that rub us the wrong way—like the kitchen floor, the…
Overall, this house at 1816 Glenwood Road in Fiske Terrace is very nice for all your standard Victorian Flatbush reasons (porch, lawn, charming architecture, etc.) so maybe it’s a little nit-picky to say that the renovation feels a touch contractor-y. Thankfully most of the things that rub us the wrong way—like the kitchen floor, the floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace, the faux retro ceiling fixtures—are easily, and inexpensively fixed. (In contrast, the design choices in the bathroom look quite nice.) All that stuff pales in comparison to the original parquet floors and the generous scale of all the rooms so we’re sure some buyer will fall in love. Whether they will be willing to write a check for $1,300,000 is another question.
1816 Glenwood Road [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
Agree with evfred. Live in nearby Ditmas Park West and underwent a similar, exhaustive renovation. This one looks like it was done pretty nicely, and not to have to live thru a reno and be able to move into a house like this adds a lot of value. The neighborhood isn’t for everyone, but it is for a lot of people — good livin’.
The Flatbush Malls are maintained by the Fiske Terrace Association, which has been working for the neighborhood since 1907. This time of year, as everything is blooming, just take a walk through our neighborhood to see what everyone has been saying. I’ve lived here for 30 years and I’m still amazed that you can live in a neighborhood like this in NYC and still be just a few minutes from a subway station. In fact, the Avenue H subway station “head house,” the former real estate office for the original developer from the turn of the last century, has itself been designated a NYC Landmark. It is about 3 blocks from 1816 Glenwood.
Chicken: I’ve heard that anyone can sign in as a visitor to the library (you can’t check anything out though) but am not sure about the other facilities.
Nanny? Gardener? Cleaning lady? (ROFL)
Yes, these houses are a labor of love. And if you don’t have a firehose of cash, you can indeed begin to dread coming home to your monster, who will be thirsty for the firehose all the time. This one looks like it’s been pretty well-fed for awhile, though.
Sparafucile, what’s the deal with access to Brooklyn College facilities? Is it open to the public for a fee? Or do you need to sign up as a student for some part-time course?
I’d agree that these houses are as much a hobby as a shelter. My neighbors (and I, to a lesser extent) spend a lot of time gardening, etc, and take tremendous pride and joy in having stewardship over these homes. They do cost more to heat than a shoebox that’s attached at two sides, but you get some of that back in the summer, when the neighborhood’s dense tree canopy and all those windows and exposures mean you almost never need air conditioning. Spending time in both neighborhoods, I’d venture that in the summer it’s a good 5 to 7 degrees cooler in this part of Flatbush than in Park Slope.
When Brooklyn College’s new pool and gym finally open later this year, that area will have a very nice new amenity.
Agree that the enclosures around the footing of the staircase look odd. Hard to tell if this is at the back or the front of the house, or even if it’s on the first floor. If the front, then the bookcase and wall were definitely added later. The footing of the staircase would have flared out onto the floor. If this is in the back of the house, it’s possible that this is an adaptation of a butler’s stairs.
This is on the Glenwood Road section of Flatbush Malls, the boulevards with central planted medians in this part of Flatbush. Also, this is in the newly landmarked Fisk Terrace neighborhood.
My guess: $1.15M.
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The house does look pretty sweet. I’d like to see pictures of the basement “…with a Media room, granite counter top wet bar, 550 bottle wine cellar with Whisperkool system. Infra-red dry heat sauna w/DVD & MP2 hookup”
Either the seller or MKG is a bit behind the times… I’d prefer if it had an MP3 hookup 🙂
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