Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: New Builds, Old Brownstones and Celebrity Sales

The first week of 2017 showed that readers continued to peruse popular mainstays from our real estate listing roundups. Of the ten most viewed listings, seven were previously featured in a Top 10 of the week.

The top spot was taken by a Prospect Park West apartment listed by Chloe Sevigny. Other popular homes included a brownstone from the 1870s and a new build with outdoor space in Flatbush. Most of the listings were over the $1 million mark –– just two of the ten were south of a $1 million ask.

Which would you choose?

10. There’s a 20-foot-wide brownstone with an angled front on Lewis Avenue in Bed Stuy that’s currently a dusty wreck. A buyer with vision and resolve could do something nice with it, though, and there are some fireplaces and original woodwork that could be saved. It’s got three stories plus a cellar, and a bare lot of a backyard.

206 Lewis Avenue
Price: $999,990
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Bedford Brownstone Realty (Michael Feldman)
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9. Here’s a gut renovated 1870s Bed Stuy brownstone that’s not a flip — or doesn’t appear to be at least. If it is, the house — at 231 MacDonough Street, in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District — is a good bit more attractive and thoughtfully done than average.

231 MacDonough Street
Price: $2.35 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Halstead Property (Ban Leow, Howard Ramlal)
Renovated Bed Stuy Brownstone With Glass Wall, Other Modern Updates Asks $2.35 Million
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8. This new two-bedroom unit in Midwood is quite large, and has a pair of outdoor spaces and a number of features that’ll appeal to certain buyers, like dual refrigerators. It’s in a recently constructed building called the Bristol, at 1195 Ocean Parkway, at the corner of Avenue L.

1195 Ocean Pkwy, #6A
Price: $899,000
Area: Midwood
Broker: Anne Marie Salmeri (Charles Rutenberg LLC)
Midwood Condo with Two Bedrooms, Two Balconies and Two Refrigerators Asks $899K
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7. Big and beauteous are two words that could fairly be applied to this prime Prospect Park South specimen, at 916 Albemarle Road. Especially big — the freestanding house has seven bedrooms, most of them huge, and 3,886 feet of interior space on a 50-by-120-foot lot.

916 Albemarle Road
Price: $2.49 million
Area: South Slope
Broker: Nest Seekers (Rachel Simons, Ryan Serhant)
Sprawling Prospect Park South Home With Wraparound Porch, Koi Pond Asks $2.249 Million
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6. On Putnam Avenue in Bushwick, we’ve got a three-story flip that’s been completely overhauled, from its brick facade to its wood-fenced rear garden. A bit of care seems to have gone into this one, which has some details like recessed ceilings and inlaid floors. It’s set up as a two-family, with a two-bedroom rental on the garden level (duplexed with a finished cellar) and a three-bedroom owner’s duplex above.

1280 Putnam Avenue
Price: $1.299 million
Area: Bushwick
Broker: Bedford Brownstone Realty (Leslie Dixon)
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5. This Park Slope classic six co-op has high ceilings, great light, generous spaces and an elegant prewar feel. It’s on the second floor at 305 8th Avenue, at the corner of 3rd Street, a block from Prospect Park. The living room and dining room are large and grand, with original moldings, parquet floors and big windows overlooking 8th Avenue. There’s a good sized foyer and a trio of hall closets up front.

305 8th Avenue, #B2
Price: $1.65 million
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Corcoran (Chris Sheller, Juliette Garcia)
Center Slope Classic Six With Corner Exposures, Renovated Kitchen Asks $1.65 Million
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4. A standalone Victorian or Edwardian on Rugby Road in West Midwood, close to Brooklyn College and two subway stops from the shops on Cortelyou, this home has space and original detail to spare. The latter includes a wraparound porch, mantels, inlaid floors, stained glass windows, and a built-in dish cupboard. You’ll also find five bedrooms, two full and two half baths, a study, a dining room, a breakfast nook, and a large landscaped yard.

783 Rugby Road
Price: $1.895 million
Area: Flatbush
Broker: Laura Rozos (Corcoran)
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3. This three-bedroom co-op offers a pretty nice setup for just over half a million, with some prewar details, good light and a decent amount of space. It’s on the fourth floor of a 32-unit building at 4313 9th Avenue in Borough Park on the Sunset Park border, about two blocks from the eponymous park.

4313 9th Avenue,#4B
Price: $560,000
Area: Borough Park
Broker: Corcoran (Peter Bracichowicz)
Finnish Co-op Three-Bedroom in Borough Park Near Sunset Park Asks $560K
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2. This pick goes back to Fourth of July Weekend from one of our Six Month Later compilations. This house at 525 Quincy Street in Bed Stuy offers a three-bedroom triplex over a one-bedroom garden apartment. The open-plan parlor floor has a modern-style kitchen with Pietra Cardosa stone counters, and there’s a deck leading down to the garden.

525 Quincy Street
Price: $1.649 million
Area: Bed Stuy
Broker: Nest Seekers (Rachel Simons, Andy Jasmin, Ryan Serhant)
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1. Actress Chloe Sevigny is selling the Classic Seven co-op she bought on Prospect Park West just over three years ago — and it’s a pretty smashing pad.

9 Prospect Park West, #2C
Price: $2.75 million
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Corcoran (J. Eric Becker, Quinn Hagstrand)
Chloe Sevigny Puts Classic 7 Park Slope Prewar on the Market for $2.75 Million
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