First up, after selling for $12.5 million in 2022, the Brooklyn Heights dwelling perhaps best known as the "Moonstruck" house is back on the market. This former House of the Day is still available for $12.75 million, a price cut of $1.25 million. In the Cobble Hill Historic District, a row house is set up with a duplex and two rental units. This former Open House Pick is still available for $4.275 million, a price cut of $675,000.
In the heart of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a 19th-century carriage house and stable have been given a second life-one that blends history, design, and a little bit of magic. Once rundown and divided into four apartments, this 4,000-square-foot live/work compound was transformed over 18 months by its architect owners, Colin Faber and Leni Niemegeers-Faber, into a family home that feels both modern and timeless.
People have lived on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue almost as long as there has been an Atlantic Avenue. It started out as a path leading to early settler Ralph Patchen's farm and then became a road to the East River. Part of it became known as Division Street, as it was the informal border between the town of Brooklyn and South Brooklyn, which included today's Red Hook, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens neighborhoods.
Unemployed at the start of the pandemic, Ms. Pennick returned to Chicago and lived with her mother. She landed a job and saved diligently for a down payment, always planning to return to New York. This city is the place where I can be my authentic self, she said. Plus, my friends and church home are here. I am of the New York or nowhere' ilk.
This week, the most popular real estate listings on Brownstoner include a row house in East Flatbush, a brownstone in Park Slope, and a standalone in Midwood. East Flatbush was popular with readers again this week. The least expensive property on the list is a rental in East Flatbush asking $4,500 a month, and the most expensive is a Boerum Hill row house asking $3.2 million.