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Crown Heights rowhouse asks $1.495M
BY STEPHEN ZACKS
A well-preserved row house in
Crown Heights owned by the same family
since at least 1966 has recently been
put on the market. It’s on a row of adorable
two-story homes with decorative
toppers.
The facade of 1062 Union St. has an
attractive English Arts and Crafts feel,
with tan brick accented by a small columned
front porch. A second story bay
window is topped by a gable with decorative
half-timbering.
The single-family house looks to be
move-in ready, although there may be
room for improvements in the parts not
pictured. The living room has decorative
wood beams, a window seat in a
niche, and parquet with inlaid borders.
The fi replace features a original
mantel of period tile with a hammered
copper hood. Though the photos suggest
an awkward layout to the living
area, there appears to be plenty of room
for reorienting the furniture around
the fi replace (and fi tting in an entertainment
center as well).
The parquet continues in the dining
room, which has a decorative plate
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rail culminating in a bracketed shelf.
Beyond, the kitchen in the rear addition
has wood fl oors and an attractive
built-in dish cupboard as well as
a matching overhead cupboard that
both appear to be original. Beige wall
tile and a run of cupboards with a dishwasher,
sink and stone counter appear
to be later additions. It all seems to be in
very good condition, though some gentle
updating (such as white subway tile)
might enhance it even more.
Upstairs are three bedrooms, all
but one with closets. The master has
two, plus parquet fl oors, all its original
moldings and a wide bay window.
Above the kitchen, there’s a sleeping
porch/sunroom that has unfortunately
been altered and lost a little period
charm but is still a nice bonus room
that could be used as an offi ce, playroom
or guest room. The bathroom is
not shown, but has a tub and skylight.
In the below-grade cellar is laundry,
mechanicals and a bathroom with
a shower, the fl oor plan shows. The
grassy garden is longer than average at
55 feet deep.
1062 Union Street was built in
The single-family home at 1062 Union St. was originally built in 1915 and has been owned by
the same family since 1966. The Corcoran Group
1915, one in a row of houses by builder
Charles A. Chase. Similar rows of “artistic”
houses, often advertised as “easy
housekeeping homes,” were popping up
throughout what the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
referred to as “the new Eastern Parkway
section.” Chase advertised his as
New American Basement Houses with
roof gardens and sleeping porches.
The location is excellent, only 1.5
blocks from Brooklyn Museum and
Prospect Park and close to Franklin;
it’s also around the corner from underdevelopment
Bedford Union Armory.
Asking $1.495 million, the house is represented
by agents Josiane Lysius and
Joseph Dima of Corcoran. How will it
do at that price?
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