Brooklyn Real Estate Six Months Later: Three Sold, One in Contract

This week, our look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Clinton Hill, Caton Park, Kensington and Park Slope. How did they fare?

First this week, on the top floor of a 1920s walk-up, this Caton Park co-op—a short walk to the Parade Ground—has in-unit laundry, closets and 1.5 baths. The two-bedroom apartment benefits from the low scale of the neighboring buildings, and two exposures bring in some tree and rooftop views. There isn’t a surfeit of period details but there are wood floors and some vintage style in the kitchen. Building amenities include dedicated storage for each unit and a shared yard with barbecue and play equipment. Maintenance for this unit is $1,060 a month. This former Co-op of the Day sold in August for $785,000, which was $60,000 above the asking price.

Next, in Kensington, a detached single-family has the bonus of a driveway and garage. Inside, the early 20th century house has some original details like wood floors, moldings and stained glass combined with an open plan living and dining room. There are two kitchens, an L-shaped, renovated one on the first floor and another in the finished basement. There are five bedrooms on the upper two floors. A former Open House Pick, it sold in July for $1.6 million, which was $50,000 below the asking price.

In Clinton Hill is one for the true brownstone lover: an 1870s Italianate with plasterwork, mantels, marble sinks, vintage lighting fixtures, interior shutters — it is all here, although in estate condition. The two-family house has double parlors with elaborate plasterwork, Italianate marble mantels, pocket doors and bracketed niches. Upstairs, two bedrooms have niches for marble sinks and are joined with a passthrough with built-ins that could use some TLC. According to the listing, there are six bedrooms, three baths and two kitchens, but there isn’t a floor plan included. This former House of the Day entered contract back in April.

Complete with its own stoop-guarding griffins, this last one, a Park Slope brownstone, has an exterior enlivened with ornamentation and an interior rich with woodwork, including a pier mirror, mantels, built-ins and pocket doors. Just a short stroll from Prospect Park, the 1890s townhouse was renovated after it last sold in 2002 so there are some modern amenities like central air mixed in with the original details. While a two-family, the house is currently used as a single-family with a kitchen at the rear of the parlor floor and a guest suite (sans kitchen) on the garden floor. Above the parlor floor are a full-floor suite with a bedroom at the front and a sitting room at the rear. There are three more bedrooms on the top floor, along with room for a home office. A former House of the Day, it sold in September 2021, according to the broker, but the sale is yet to be reflected in city records.

68 Stratford Road, #11
Price: $725,000
Area: Caton Park
Broker: Douglas Elliman (Rebekah Carver)
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Sold in August for $785,000

409 East 8th Street
Price: $1.65 million
Area: Kensington
Broker: Compass (Carolyn Cedar)
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Sold in July for $1.6 million

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196 Greene Avenue
Price: $2.795 million
Area: Clinton Hill
Broker: Homelister (Greg Balderacchi)
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Entered contract in April

529 3rd Street
Price: $4.795 million
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Compass (Maria Ryan, Libby Ryan)
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Sold in September for $4.795 million

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