An Elegant Worker's Row House in Williamsburg and Three More to See, Starting at $1.6 Million

Our picks for open houses to see this warm and sunny weekend are found in Williamsburg, Bed Stuy and Bensonhurst. They range in price from $1.6 million to $2.85 million.

Possessed of a large and lush backyard and convenient north Williamsburg location, this simple but elegant 19th century workingman’s brick row house has received a striking modern gut renovation in keeping with its origins. Two stories over an English basement with a center stair, and only two rooms deep, the single-family at 108 North 9th Street has a flexible layout with two bedrooms plus an office that could also serve as a third bedroom or guest room.

108 North 9th Street
Price: $2.85 million
Area: Williamsburg
Broker: Compass (Christine Blackburn, Lior Barak)
Sunday, August 8, 12:30 – 1:30pm
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A Neo-Grec brownstone in Bed Stuy has fanciful woodwork and six exposed slate mantels with incised decorations. A two-family, it’s set up as an owner’s duplex over a one-bedroom rental. Updates include a parlor-floor kitchen, deck and revamped wet rooms.

781 Putnam Avenue
Price: $1.995 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Compass (Lara Quiñones, Greg McHale)
Sunday, August 8, 3:00 – 4:30pm
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Strip away the furnishings and this early 20th century Dutch Colonial has most of its transitional Craftsman-Victorian interior features. Original details include the staircase, woodwork, stained glass, and an elaborate dining room with coffered ceiling. The single-family has a second kitchen on the top floor; the bathrooms and kitchens appear to be in good condition but not recently updated.

1563 Bay Ridge Parkway
Price: $1.8 million
Area: Bensonhurst
Broker: Remax Real Estate Professionals (Billy Apter)
Saturday, August 7, 1:00 – 3:00pm, Sunday, August 8, 1:00 – 3:00pm
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Located on a Bed Stuy block known for its neighborliness and annual block party, this late Victorian stone row house has lost its mantels and original floors but appears otherwise intact. Mostly painted white inside, it has original moldings, paneling and doors. A two-family in use as a single, the house has an open-plan ground floor that could work as a rental apartment.

554 MacDonough Street
Price: $1.675 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Halstead/Brown Harris Stevens (Jackie Jacquelyn Lew, Marc Wisotsky)
Sunday, August 8, 12:00 – 1:00pm
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