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Park Slope brownstone asks $3.795M
BY STEPHEN ZACKS
This single-family brownstone
in the Park Slope Historic
District has an extraordinary
amount of well-cared
for woodwork and other original
details. The four-story
townhouse at 538 9th St. was
designed circa 1894-95 by carpenter
and builder George W.
Oelkers, whose name is sometimes
mistakenly recorded as
Oelkus.
It belongs to a row of seven
with fl ush facades rather than
the more usual window bays.
This one has square-headed
windows supported by radiating
voussoirs and a cornice
with a paneled fascia. The facade
is ornamented rather
simply, with alternating bands
of rough and smooth faced
brownstone.
Inside we see an assortment
of motifs characteristic
of fi n de siècle New York. The
mantel in the front parlor features
garlands and a mirrored
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topper. The window and door
surrounds have foliate details
on the corner blocks and along
the tops, and fl uting along the
sides. And the tin ceilings have
a dizzying array of foliate details,
and diagonal peaks and
dentils around the cornice
molding.
The well-appointed rear
parlor has a pier console mirror
as well as a mantel. Downstairs
on the garden level, the
nicely intact dining room features
wainscoting, window
seats and a built-in buffet. Also
down here is a wood mantel
with neo-Classical columns
and, according to the listing,
from Ronit Abraham of Compass,
a marble surround.
The kitchen is on the garden
level, and the part of it we
can see in the photos appears
to have been redone sometime
in the 1970s or ’80s. It features
a mantel ornamented with
swags, presumably moved from
elsewhere, sitting on top of a
raised hearth. Also visible is an
oak breakfast bar topped with
marble, a raised wooden dining
platform and beige tile fl oor.
We don’t get a glimpse of the
cabinets from the photos, only
a teaser of the stainless steel refrigerator.
Sliding glass doors
lead to a brick-walled paved
garden lined with raised planters
with built-in benches, all
of it illuminated with built-in
wall sconces.
The four bedrooms on the
top two fl oors also show off
an abundance of woodwork
with foliate details, wellpreserved
mantels, and windows
with original shutters.
The pass-through areas have
been altered and turned into
closets, one of which is a tiny
kitchenette.
The one bathroom pictured
appears to be of relatively recent
vintage, and has marble
tile going up to the ceiling, a
retro-modern wood vanity,
and a glass enclosed tub, all updated
The single-family brownstone in Park Slope is on the market for $3.795
million.
with brass fi xtures. Two
of the house’s 3.5 bathrooms
are en suite, including a bathroom
with a shower on the parlor
level.
A closet in the hall of the
parlor level is marked “mechanicals”
on the fl oor plan
but is just a closet, the agent
told Brownstoner. The house
contains more than 4,000
square feet of space. If that’s
not enough, the location is on a
park block.
The house has been in the
same family since 1982, one
that was in the real estate
business and owned at least
10 properties in Brooklyn over
the years, records show. Now it
is being offered for $3.795 million.
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