Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Prospect Lefferts Gardens House With Mantels, Sauna, Central Air Asks $8,500

A rare rental of a single-family house in the historic district has all the details one could hope for along with updates.

by Cate Corcoran

06/13/2024 0

A rare rental of a single-family house in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District has all the details one could hope for along with updates such as central air and a sauna. Located at 137 Maple Street, it’s one of a row of neo-Renaissance limestones studded with carvings of shields and foliage and crowned with Spanish-tile roofs.

Designed by noted architect Axel Hedman, the group of 24 was built in 1909 by developer Eli H. Bishop & Son. Inside, the house has high ceilings and parquet floors with inlaid borders, along with moldings, stained glass, mantels, and paneling.

All the living, including a stair hall and dining room, is on the elevated first floor. Upstairs are four bedrooms. The below-grade finished basement holds the sauna (in a full bathroom with a shower) and a sitting room, along with laundry and storage.

A wide doorway separates the front parlor and the paneled stair hall, where a columned mantel with green tile is flanked by built-in bookcases. Pocket doors lead to the dining room with paneled wainscot and another mantel, this one with brown tile.

In the rear, the updated kitchen has a big stove with hood, rust and cream diamond-patterned tile floor, white cupboards, subway tile backsplash, and dishwasher. A powder room is off a passage opposite the back stairs.

On the landing, a door leads out to the backyard where a brick patio with room for dining and lounging is ringed by landscaped planting beds and a horizontal fence. The space is equipped with a grill and sprinklers, according to the listing.

Upstairs, the two large bedrooms have a mantel each and are connected by intact passthroughs with sinks and built-in closets. The two small bedrooms are shown set up as offices, and an impressively preserved bathroom off the hall has original subway wall tile with an embossed shell-motif border, clawfoot tub, and pedestal sink. Closets throughout the house number nine.

Listed by Corcoran agent Linda Leon and available furnished or semi-furnished, the house is priced at $8,500 a month. What do you think?

[Listing: 137 Maple Street | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP