Detail-Filled Flatbush Colonial Revival With Wraparound Porch, Garage Asks $1.795 Million

Packed with stunning early 20th century detail, this single-family Flatbush home offers plenty of room to spread out, a deep front porch for observing the neighborhood, and guaranteed parking with a driveway and two-car garage. Located in the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District, the freestanding house at 701 East 17th Street was originally part of the Midwood Park development.

One of the new neighborhoods carved out of former Flatbush farm land in the early 20th century, Midwood Park was largely developed by builder John R. Corbin Company, who constructed a swath of houses between 1903 and 1914. This house dates to the early end of that time span and was designed by prolific Brooklyn architect Benjamin Driesler. The Colonial Revival style house has a Tuscan-columned wraparound porch, gabled dormers and shingle-covered upper stories.

The garage dates to circa 1910 and was added by early owners of the house, George R. and Elle M. Kinney. Mr. Kinney was a shoe magnate, founder of the company G.R. Kinney & Co., known in the later 20th century as Kinney Shoes.

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There’s plenty of room for shoes on the interior of the house, which boasts spacious entertaining spaces on the first floor and six bedrooms spread out over the upper two floors. The first level is filled with original details with a mix of Arts and Crafts and Colonial Revival-style touches. The central foyer has leaded glass windows, a brick fireplace, wainscoting, wood floors with an inlay border, a beamed ceiling and a figurative newel post on the grand staircase, which is lit with a stained glass window.

The parlor at the front of the house actually appears a bit more sedate, with wood floors, painted moldings and columned pier mirror. On the other side of the foyer is the octagonal dining room which impresses with a built-in china cabinet with leaded glass doors, wainscoting with a plate shelf and a corner, wood burning fireplace with an Ionic-columned mantel and overmantel with mirror.

A butler’s pantry off the dining room isn’t pictured so it’s not clear if it has original cabinetry. It leads to the eat-in kitchen, which has a U-shaped bank of lower cabinets topped with a granite countertop. There’s a double oven and stainless steel cabinets on a separate wall.

On the second floor are three bedrooms, all of generous size and with closets. The floor plan shows a sink in a passthrough between two of the bedrooms and there is also a full bath. There’s also a bonus sunroom shown on the floor plan, likely the original sleeping porch.

Oddly, access to it appears to be through a tiny toilet room. The floor plan indicates there is room to restore a toilet in the adjacent bathroom, which is missing one.

Up on the third floor are three more bedrooms, one with an en suite full bath. There’s another full bath on the first floor and a half bath in the basement for a total of 3.5 baths, but none are pictured.

The basement has a laundry area, new boiler, new hot water tank and a freezer.

In addition to the garage out back there is a wood deck off the kitchen with steps down to the rear yard. There’s just a glimpse of grass so the extent of the landscaping isn’t clear, but the front yard boasts some ornamental plantings, trees and shrubs.

The house last sold in 2012 for $1.21 million. Listed with Sherri Polin of Corcoran, it’s now on the market with an ask of $1.795 million. What do you think?

[Listing: 701 East 17th Street | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP

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