Real Estate

Open House Picks: Large Proportions, Few Rough Edges

Today’s Open House Picks are spread out geographically: in Fort Greene, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus and Bay Ridge. They’re all in move-in condition, and they’re all relatively spacious. Two are overachievers in that regard. The Carroll Gardens pick, at 16 2nd Place, is a whopping 34 feet wide — practically double width, as brownstones go. So there’s…

by Cate Corcoran

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Today’s Open House Picks are spread out geographically: in Fort Greene, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus and Bay Ridge. They’re all in move-in condition, and they’re all relatively spacious.

Two are overachievers in that regard. The Carroll Gardens pick, at 16 2nd Place, is a whopping 34 feet wide — practically double width, as brownstones go. So there’s a huge amount of space there — approximately 6,000 square feet — currently divided among three units. At $5,500,000, it’s got a price to match.

The Bay Ridge house, a two-family, is more modest in size, but the lot it sits on is 148 feet deep. That’s enough space to put a small pool in the backyard, and in fact there is one.

The Fort Greene pick is 21 feet wide, making for another generous floor plan, though the most notable feature about this one is its pedigree: The wood shingle and clapboard house was built circa 1840. (It’s in the Wallabout area and, unfortunately, it’s close to the BQE.)

Last, the Gowanus pick has four bedrooms and a 50-foot yard, so no cramping there either. It’s tied for the lowest price with the Bay Ridge house, at $1,495,000.