Park Slope

Park Slope Studio Filled With Vintage Style Asks $2,850 a Month

This third floor unit still has the wood floors, lighting fixtures, bathroom, and even the kitchen sink, from a 1930 renovation.

park slope - studio interior with French doors

Photo via Compass

by Susan De Vries

04/17/2025 0

If you want to dwell amidst the design details of the 1930s, this Park Slope rental has a surprising amount of vintage charm intact. The building at 121 7th Avenue was renovated, inside and out, in 1930 by architect W.C Winters and this third floor studio still has the wood floors, lighting fixtures, bathroom tile and fixtures, and even the kitchen sink, of the period.

It isn’t huge, but it does have a separate kitchen and three closets, according to the listing. One of those is a French door-enclosed alcove in the main living space. Perhaps once it might have held a Murphy bed; now it makes for substantial walk-in closet. The living space also has period-appropriate wall sconces and a chandelier. An old listing for another unit in the building shows the same fixtures, so they are likely original.

There have been some concessions to modern living in the kitchen with updated appliances and modern cabinets on either side of the sink, but that sink is original as is the cabinetry on the opposite wall. Period subway tile with a decorative black and white border tile and black bullnose tiles are still in place. While it is a petite cooking space, there is room for a small table.

The black and white border tile from the kitchen is repeated in the bathroom, which still has its white fixtures, accessories, and checker-pattern floor tile in place.

While the five-unit walk-up building is on busy 7th avenue, this apartment faces the rear. Residents share a laundry room in the basement.

There is still a commercial space on the ground floor, although it has changed a bit over the decades. The circa 1940 tax photo shows Lakewood Market — evidently a butcher — in the spot. The proprietor, A. Emhardt, was also the owner of the building at the time of the renovation. Deeds show it stayed in the Emhardt family until 1978. The 1930 alteration filing was just for No. 121, but neighboring No. 119 is a twin; presumably Winters is responsible for the renovation of both buildings.

Sasha Petukhova of Compass has the listing for this unit and it is priced at $2,850 a month. What do you think?

[Listing: 121 7th Avenue, Unit 3R | Broker: Compass] GMAP