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Bed-Stuy brownstone asks $2.5M
Duplex boasts fine woodwork and swanky baths
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BY STEPHEN ZACKS
This late Victorian
brownstone in Bed-Stuy
has been revamped from
top to bottom but still
features some incredible
woodwork and mantels.
Set up as a duplex
below two 1.5-bedroom
apartments, 595 Hancock
St. belongs to a row of
three that combines
elements of popular
architectural styles of the
day, such as Romanesque
Revival and Neo-Grec.
Facade details include
bands of rusticated stone
and, alternating down
the row, rounded and
square door and window
trim. The top fl oor’s petite
windows are framed
by long, pronounced
brackets with fl uted and
strap-like details, and
the brackets holding up
the entry door hood are
similarly decorated.
An early ad in the
Brooklyn Eagle places
the date of construction
circa 1892, and notes the
top fl oor is a half story.
Inside are original
walnut-burl doors and
a foyer with a walnut
pier mirror and bench.
The front parlor’s Queen
Anne-style mantel has
turned columns, buttons
and carved swirling
suns that bring to mind a
simplifi ed Louis XIV Sun
King motif. The windows
and doorways all have
walnut trim topped
with tiered pediments
and accented by corner
blocks. The fl oors are
new, however.
Apart from that, the
owners did quite a job
modernizing the kitchens
and bathrooms with
contemporary designer
details. The parlor-fl oor
kitchen has new white
Shaker style cabinets,
shiny brass hardware,
and marble counters and
backsplash. It is open to
the dining room, which
has built-in china cabinets.
A door in the rear leads to
a deck with stairs to the
garden. A little powder
room with marbled silver
metallic wallpaper is
snuck into the fl oor plan
behind the stair.
Two bedrooms are on
the garden level, with the
master suite featuring
custom built-in closets,
a bathroom with a midcentury
modern-style
vanity, and a door out to
another deck. Another
bathroom has new white
cabinets, patterned
cement tiles, and a
clawfoot tub.
The upstairs
apartments are white
and modern. The cellar
is fi nished, and there is
an energy-effi cient HVAC
system throughout.
Located around the
corner from the Bridge
Street AME church and
restaurant L’Antagoniste,
the house last sold in 2014
for $860,000. At the time,
it was in a fully gutted
state, with details stored
on site, according to an
old listing.
It’s now asking $2.5
million, and Jevon
Gratineau and Morgan
Munsey of Compass are
handling the listing.
The brownstone is available for $2.5M.
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