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Prospect Lefferts Gardens One-Bedroom With Large Foyer, Closets, Arches Asks $489K

This one-bedroom in a 1930s Prospect Lefferts Gardens elevator building offers up an generously sized layout that includes four closets, a spacious foyer, an eat-in kitchen and a bedroom with two exposures.

by Susan De Vries

10/19/2021 0

A location on the first floor may be a positive for some buyers and a negative for others, but either way this one-bedroom in a 1930s Prospect Lefferts Gardens elevator building offers up an generously sized layout. That includes four closets, a spacious foyer, an eat-in kitchen and a bedroom with two exposures.

The building at 135 Hawthorne Street, which was known as Serena Towers according to an early brochure, dates to 1939. The architects behind the design, Kavy & Kavovitt, were busy designing apartment buildings across Brooklyn and Queens during this era. The brick exterior has a few of the restrained Colonial Revival details, like the keystone in the brick lintels, that are evident in some of their other Brooklyn buildings.

This unit faces the rear of the building, with windows overlooking the shared courtyard, which has seating and planters of annuals and perennials to green up the space. Inside the unit are some original details, including wood floors, arched openings and a niche with shelves in the foyer. That foyer is large enough to accommodate a desk or dining.

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The renovated kitchen has two exposures, a tile floor and wood cabinets. The appliances include a dishwasher.

Two of the four closets are in the large bedroom, with another near the entrance and the final a linen closet by the bathroom. Also renovated, the bathroom has white fixtures and black and white tiles on the walls and floor.

In addition to the shared rear courtyard, the building has a live-in super, a laundry room and bicycle storage. There is also private storage at an extra cost, but there is currently a waiting list. Monthly maintenance for this unit is $687 a month.

Listed with Laura Hess and Lance Hess of Corcoran, it is priced at $489,000. Worth the ask?

[Listing: 135 Hawthorne Street #1E | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP