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Park Slope brownstone asks $5.35M
BY STEPHEN ZACKS
A row house in the Park
Slope Historic District
with sharply angled bays
and fanciful woodwork has
been renovated with a unified
clean white aesthetic
and streamlined kitchen
and baths that show off its
spectacular mantels, all
painted.
The 1890 brownstone
with a dogleg stoop and
rough-faced stones at the
base is laid out as a triplex
over a one-bedroom garden
rental.
On the parlor level, the
living and dining rooms are
separated by pocket doors,
both rooms oriented around
wood mantels with fanciful
toppers featuring tiers
of whatnot shelves and columns.
The parlor fireplace
is working, as is another in
an upstairs bedroom.
The dining room retains
its built-in glass-fronted
china cabinet sandwiched
between closets. The new
ipe wood f loors throughout
the house are dark brown.
The triplex’s kitchen in a
rear extension is styled in a
modern fashion with white
lacquer Poggenpohl cabinets,
marble counters and a
cantilevered breakfast bar.
The appliances are Miele,
except for a Sub-Zero dualzone
wine fridge.
French doors lead to a
deck with built-in daybeds
and metal spiral stairs down
to the garden. It’s paved in
bluestone and landscaped
around the sides with mature
plantings.
The triplex’s top two fl oors
have four bedrooms with
simple mantels, also painted
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white, and an offi ce with
built-in bookshelves. The
bathrooms are both updated,
one with white cabinets similar
to the kitchen and small
green tiles in the glass-enclosed
shower, the other with
blue arabesque tiles on the
fl oor and white tiles in the
glass-enclosed tub.
A powder room on the
parlor level is located beneath
the stairs. All of the
bedrooms are equipped with
one or two closets, one a generous
walk-in, and there’s a
storage space inserted between
the rooms on the top
floor. There is three-zone
air conditioning throughout.
On the garden floor is
a renovated one-bedroom
apartment with a decorative
mantel in the living room
and plenty of a closet space.
Laundry for the building is
located in the cellar.
Perhaps most important,
the property comes with a
“secure off-street parking
spot across the street,” according
to the listing.
The address is 505 1st
Street and the house is one
of a row of four brownstones
designed by J.J. Gilligan
and built in 1890 according
to the landmark district
designation report. The listing
gives the square footage
as 3,896.
Lynn Tesser and Tim
Martin of Douglas Elliman
are showing the place,
which is on the market for
$5.35 million. Is the price
right?
Row house boasts streamlined kitchen and baths
The 1890 browntone is on the market for $5.35 million. Douglas Elliman
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