Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Bed Stuy Townhouse, a Clinton Hill Manse

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a rental in Flatbush, a Bed Stuy brownstone, and a Montrose Morris-designed Clinton Hill manse.

Which would you choose?

10. It looks like some renovation work on this 1890s brownstone didn’t get finished, but there are some fine details to admire inside, as expected from a house by Magnus Dahlander. The architect designed a number of houses in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, including this 20-foot-wide angled-bay row house at 238 Decatur Street.

238 Decatur Street
Price: $2.4 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Compass (Perri DeFino, Chrisette Mignott)
Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: One Sold, Two in Contract, One Still Available
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9. This Neo-Grec brownstone has strappy details on the exterior, impressive carved white mantels on the interior, and plenty of other original details such as frothy ceiling medallions, along with exposed brick. It’s configured as a duplex over a garden floor two-bedroom.

564 Hancock Street
Price: $2 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Corcoran (Joseph Dima, Josiane Lysius)
A Prospect Heights Brownstone With Central Air and Three Others to See, Starting at $699K
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8. For an old house lover who doesn’t mind putting in a bit of work, this 1850s Boerum Hill row house has an abundance of well-cared-for period details like marble mantels, plasterwork, and wide-plank floorboards still in place.

194 Dean Street
Price: $3.995 million
Area: Boerum Hill
Broker: Douglas Elliman (James Kerby)
Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: One Sold, Two in Contract, One Still Available
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7. In the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District, this early 20th century row house was designed by prolific architect Benjamin Driesler and recently updated by a Brooklyn design-build firm.

127 Rutland Road
Price: $2.75 million
Area: Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Broker: Compass (Amanda Young)
Architect-Renovated PLG Limestone With Breakfast Nook, Central Air Asks $2.75 Million
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6. This attractive Sunset Park one-bedroom co-op, while compact, has appealing original features, a nicely updated minimalist kitchen, and appears to be in move-in condition.

531 41st Street
Price: $385,000
Area: Sunset Park
Broker: Hauseit LLC (Nick Oliver)
Sunset Park Finnish Co-op With One Bedroom, Moldings, White Kitchen Asks $385K
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5. With high ceilings, two private terraces, and deeded parking, this Williamsburg condo seems more appealing than average. It’s on the second floor of 170 North 11th Street, aka The Lucent, a 28-unit, six-story building that opened in 2006.

170 North 11th, Unit 2E
Price: $2.1 million
Area: Williamsburg
Broker: Compass (Sharon Cohen)
Near McCarren, Williamsburg Condo With High Ceilings, Two Terraces, Parking Asks $2.1 Million
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4. Appearing well kept and full of original details, this four-room apartment for rent has high ceilings, wood floors, and two mantels. It’s on the parlor floor of a three-story, three-unit brick house at 515 Chauncey Street in Ocean Hill.

515 Chauncey Street #2
Price: $2,250 a month
Area: Ocean Hill
Broker: Flateau Realty (Maria A Flateau)
Ocean Hill Floor-Through With Mantels, Moldings, Parquet Asks $2,250 a Month
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3. Generously sized, this two-bedroom rental is on the first floor of an early 20th century standalone set on the leafy streets of Flatbush. It offers a bit of outdoor space with a front porch as well as in-unit laundry and a renovated kitchen.

421 Marlborough Road #1
Price: $3,250 a month
Area: Flatbush
Broker: Douglas Elliman (Ryan Roberts)
Spacious Two-Bedroom in a Ditmas Park West Standalone With Laundry Asks $3,250 a Month
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2. This corner manse has a fair number of the design hallmarks associated with Brooklyn architect Montrose Morris, and its lush details have apparently been appreciated by location scouts as it has some movie and TV credits on its resume, according to the listing. Some of the details inside 289 Dekalb Avenue in Clinton Hill include coffered ceilings, pocket doors, mantels, and wainscoting.

289 Dekalb Avenue
Price: $6.5 million
Area: Clinton Hill
Broker: Chapoteau Real Estate Inc. (Daphnee Chapoteau)
Dripping With Details, a Montrose Morris-Designed Clinton Hill Manse With Garage Asks $6.5 Million
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1. Lush with 1890s detail like elaborate wood mantels, a grand staircase, and a passthrough with marble sinks and built-ins, this Bed Stuy townhouse is back on the market after a 2020 sale. At 164 MacDonough Street, the house was previously renovated with updated wet rooms and central air.

164 MacDonough Street
Price: $3.1 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Compass (James Joshua Viscardi)
Bed Stuy Brownstone With Extravagant Woodwork, Passthrough, Central Air Asks $3.1 Million
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