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Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Brooklyn Heights Reno, Houses on the Market

Popular stories on Brownstoner this week include a housing lottery in Williamsburg, a new historic district in Bed Stuy, and more news.

brooklyn open houses - standalone painted yellow with blue and white trim

by Susan De Vries

07/06/2024 3 minute 0

A Prospect Park South Standalone and More to See, Starting at $1.525 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Park Slope, Fort Greene, Prospect Park South, and East Flatbush. They range in price from $1.525 million to $3.8 million.

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bed stuy - parlor with wood floor, niche, moldings

Narrow Bed Stuy Brownstone With Marble Mantels, Central Air Asks $1.875 Million

It comes in a rather narrow package at just 12 feet wide, but this Bed Stuy brownstone fits in some period details along with some modern updates, like central air. Details inside 379 Monroe Street include wood floors, moldings, marble mantels, and an original stair.

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FRONT PARLOR WITH ARCHED WOOD DOORS ELABORATE CEILING — Photo by Nicholas Calcott

The Insider: Childhood Occupant of Heights Brownstone Revives It With TLC

Growing up in a landmarked brownstone in New York’s first historic district, you can’t help but have a sentimental attachment to the place. When a client of architect Sonya Lee inherited the five-story building, he decided to revamp the garden-parlor duplex — his childhood home in the 1970s — with the kind of loving attention only he could bring to it, along with a bit of his late mom’s artistic bent.

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affordable housing - rendering of a multi-story white and beige building — Rendering via Marvel

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 125 Williamsburg Units, Including $544 Studios

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 125 apartments in a long-in-the-works south Williamsburg development, with units starting at $544 per month.

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bed stuy - residents of willoughby avenue posing in front of row houses — Residents of Willoughby Avenue gathered to re-create a historic photo in June. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith

Locals Celebrate Creation of Bed Stuy’s Willoughby-Hart Historic District

Almost two years after Willoughby Avenue’s historic Jacob Dangler mansion was torn down during a landmarking review process, sending many neighbors into mourning, Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street locals were jubilant after the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to preserve their blocks of predominantly late 19th century Neo-Grec brownstones.

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