Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Reno Gives a Park Slope Condo a New Life

The Insider: Single Man’s Dated Park Slope Condo Gets New Life as Couple’s Pied-à-Terre

A mature couple who had been dating and decided to live together found themselves with three homes between them: a house upstate, a rented apartment in Brooklyn (hers), and a nondescript condo (his) on the third floor of a vintage row house. It hadn’t been upgraded since a developer’s schlocky renovation two decades ago. They decided to make the upstate place their primary residence, let go of her rental, and renovate his two-bedroom floor-through as an urban pied-à-terre.

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Kensington One-Bedroom Co-op With Wood Floors, Renovated Kitchen, Closets Asks $485K

On the third floor of a 1930s building, this Kensington one-bedroom has details of the era like arched openings, a breakfast nook and a foyer with a niche along with a renovated kitchen with a dishwasher.

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Bed Stuy Garden Apartment With Mantel, in-Unit Laundry, Outdoor Space Asks $2,800 a Month

On the garden level of an 1890s row house, this floor-through Bed Stuy apartment has period details like wainscoting and a mantel along with the modern perks of a dishwasher and in-unit laundry.

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The Insider: Architect’s Own South Slope Row House Grows Up and Out, Prioritizes Energy Saving

It sounds a bit like something out of an old folk tale, but architect Michelle Krochmal of Brooklyn-based Filament Architecture Studio and her husband spent months scouring Brooklyn neighborhoods from Greenpoint to Ditmas Park before finding a home a block from where they were already living in the South Slope. They’d bought a small house there in 2009, but as their two children became teens, they felt increasingly cramped.

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Greek Revival With Mantels on Iconic, Colorful Stretch of Joralemon in Heights Asks $4.9 Million

The multi-colored row of 19th century houses on Joralemon Street makes for a popular Instagram view, with the brick Greek Revivals, lush greenery and Bishop’s Crook lampposts presenting a classic Brooklyn Heights shot. The pale yellow house of the group, 43 Joralemon Street, is on the market for the first time in decades and has a few period details to offer in addition to the scenic location.

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