Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Flatbush Standalone, a Bed Stuy Brownstone

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Brooklyn Heights rental, a Fort Greene townhouse and the ‘Crooklyn’ house in Bed Stuy.

Park Slope was popular again this week. The least expensive on the list is an East Williamsburg rental at $6,500 a month and the most expensive is a Park Slope brownstone at $5.995 million.

Which would you choose?

10. This singular penthouse with sweeping views of New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty at one time served as Norman Mailer’s writing studio, where he wrote “The Executioner’s Song,” back when he owned the entire Greek Revival house at 142 Columbia Heights.

142 Columbia Heights #4
Price: $8,500 a month
Area: Brooklyn Heights
Broker: Douglas Elliman (Noble Black, Corinne Cahlon, David Son)
Live in Norman Mailer’s Former Heights Aerie With Bookcases, Terraces, Views for $8,500 a Month
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9. This wee house in East Williamsburg has simple white modern finishes as well as some intriguing original details.

22 Judge Street
Price: $6,500 a month
Area: East Williamsburg
Broker: Compass (Jake Rabinbach)
East ‘Burg Italianate Wood House With Wide-Plank Floors, Tin Ceilings, Garden Wants $6,500 a Month
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8. This 1890s Prospect Heights brownstone offers an abundance of space, period details in fine condition and modern amenities like central air and updated wet rooms.

294 Park Place
Price: $4.85 million
Area: Prospect Heights
Broker: Compass (Ryan + Ryan Team)
Prospect Heights Brownstone With Six Fireplaces, Dumbwaiter, Central Air Asks $4.85 Million
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7. It starred as the family home in Spike Lee’s semi-autobiographical 1994 film ‘Crooklyn’ and now, less than a decade after an impressive restoration and stint as a bed and breakfast, the 1880s Bed Stuy brownstone is on the market.

7 Arlington Place
Price: $4.5 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Compass (Josh Doyle)
Bed Stuy ‘Crooklyn’ House Turned B&B With Lush Period Details, Central Air Asks $4.5 Million
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6. Capacious family-size prewar apartments are elusive in Brooklyn; here’s one with two full bathrooms as well as seven rooms, including a dining room and four bedrooms.

86 Prospect Park West #2L
Price: $1.95 million
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Brown Harris Stevens (Peter Grazioli)
Park Slope Beaux Arts Flat With Four Bedrooms, Pocket Doors, Parquet Asks $1.95 Million
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5. In the Park Slope Historic District, this two-family brownstone has an impressive amount of period detail on display along with upgrades like central air and a restored facade.

788 Carroll Street
Price: $5.995 million
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Douglas Elliman (Yael (Yahz) Kasakove)
Park Slope Brownstone With Seven Mantels, Built-ins, Central Air Asks $5.995 Million
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4. In Fort Greene, this brick townhouse is one of a modern row designed by Swanke Hayden Connell to blend with the 19th century neighborhood.

5 Atlantic Commons
Price: $2.25 million
Area: Fort Greene
Broker: Compass (Danielle Mickiewicz)
A West Midwood Edwardian With Parking and Three Others to See, Starting at $1.75 Million
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3. In Bed Stuy, a townhouse with an angular bay has a crisp brownstone facade and well maintained ironwork.

952 Putnam Avenue
Price: $1.999 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Compass (Erion Ahmetaj)
A West Midwood Edwardian With Parking and Three Others to See, Starting at $1.75 Million
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2. In Park Slope, a well-preserved brick row house combines elements of the Queen Anne and Neo-Grec style.

390 6th Avenue
Price: $3.2 million
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Compass (Ryan + Ryan Team)
A West Midwood Edwardian With Parking and Three Others to See, Starting at $1.75 Million
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1. In the Flatbush micro-nabe of West Midwood, a fully detached early 20th century wood frame house has gables, bay windows, a porch and driveway.

779 Argyle Road
Price: Price: $1.75 million
Area: West Midwood
Broker: Corcoran (Charlie Pigott, Jackie Torren)
A West Midwood Edwardian With Parking and Three Others to See, Starting at $1.75 Million
See it here ->

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