Popular stories this week include a Bed Stuy brownstone on the market, a Cobble Hill reno, and more news.
The brownstone on the market at 312 MacDonough Street. Photo via Serhant
by Bed Stuy Townhouse With Lush Woodwork, Turkish Corner Asks $2.999 Million
A potential buyer will find modern perks including an updated kitchen and central air inside this renovated 1880s Bed Stuy townhouse, but for the old house lover the period details are also plentiful. Fretwork, mantels, wood floors, wainscoting, and more have been preserved inside 312 MacDonough Street.
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The row house at 153 Maspeth Avenue in East Williamsburg. Photo via Corcoran
An East Williamsburg Row House With a Sauna and More to See, Starting at $928K
Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Park Slope, East Williamsburg, Sunset Park, and Gravesend. They range in price from $928,000 to $7.995 million.
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The parlor in the Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse designed by Unionworks. Photo by Susan De Vries
Flights of Fancy Transport at This Year’s Brooklyn Heights Showhouse
Suspend all disbelief, ye who enter here. There should be a sign to that effect above the door at the 2026 Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse, a biennial project of the Brooklyn Heights Association, which begins its month-long run on the corner of Monroe Place and Clark Street October 2. Five floors of rooms, transformed by a score of local interior designers and architects in two months of whirlwind decorating, are an inspired, irreverent feast for the eyes — playful, theatrical, and even over the top.
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Photo by Jason Schmidt
The Insider: Hidden Garden House in Cobble Hill Realizes Its Charming Potential
“The house at the back of the garden” sounds like the title of a British children’s book, but in fact, this covetable rarity is the best-kept secret on one of brownstone Brooklyn’s busier blocks. Completely shielded from the bustle, the 900-square-foot, two-story structure behind a converted factory is accessible only through the front building and a shared garden.
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The building this month. Photo by Susan De Vries
Long-Vacant Bed Stuy Building Reopens With Apartments, Children’s Store
The large 19th century brick building on the corner of Bed Stuy’s Malcolm X Boulevard and Macon Street that spurred curiosity amongst neighbors as it sat crumbling on the prime corner site for over a decade has been spruced up and brought back to residential and commercial use with a major gut renovation. The empty lot next door will also see changes in coming months as plans for a new four-story building progress.
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