Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Stylish Bed Stuy Garden Floor Reno

Cobble Hill Anglo-Italianate With Plasterwork, Mantels Asks $3.995 Million

Part of a picturesque Anglo-Italianate row, this narrow Cobble Hill brownstone retains some classic details, like marble mantels, decorative plaster, and sinuous staircase. A two-family, the house at 166 Congress Street has had some updates, but there is room for a bit more work to make its mid 19th century details shine. Location wise, it is near one of the neighborhood’s popular amenities, Cobble Hill Park, and the rear yard has a gate opening to the scenic Verandah Place.

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A Ditmas Park West House With Parking and More to See, Starting at $1.099 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Ditmas Park West, and Bay Ridge. They range in price from $1.099 million to $8.995 million.

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Bed Stuy Brownstone With Mantels, Pass-Through Asks $1.95 Million

Renovated with a sympathetic eye towards period details, this Bed Stuy two-family has updated wet rooms along with fretwork, mantels, and built-ins. The brownstone dwelling at 592 Decatur Street is set up as a duplex over a garden rental and while it appears move-in ready, there is also room for a new owner to make some tweaks should they desire.

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Brooklyn’s 12 Biggest Home Sales of 2024

Townhouses dominated the market for high-end sales in Brooklyn in 2024, and the all-time residential record was not eclipsed. (The record holder remains the townhouse at 8 Montague Terrace in Brooklyn Heights, which sold for $25.5 million in 2020.)

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The Insider: Bed Stuy Garden Floor Reno Makes Aging in Place Stylish and Social

Barry Bordelon and Jordan Slocum, the design team known as the Brownstone Boys, were working corporate jobs in 2018 when they impulsively bought a Bed Stuy brownstone, decided to renovate it themselves, and meticulously documented the process in nearly 100 installments for this very website. Since then, they’ve become nothing less than a phenomenon.

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