Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Carroll Gardens Reno, a Williamsburg Loft on the Market

Williamsburg Duplex Condo Loft With Handcrafted Wood Kitchen, Exposed Brick Asks $1.495 Million

This duplex condo loft for sale in south Williamsburg offers gritty industrial authenticity and a stunning handcrafted kitchen in the vein of sculptor JB Blunk. Located at 330 Wythe Avenue in a former shoe polish factory now known as the Esquire Building, the unit is spacious but has only one bedroom and one bathroom.

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The Insider: In Carroll Gardens Townhouse Gut, Upper Duplex Becomes High-End Rental Unit

When Carroll Gardens homeowners, along with architect Dan Kaplan of Gowanus-based Bowerbird Architects, went full throttle on a comprehensive gut renovation of a vintage four-story brownstone, they kept the building’s original configuration: two duplex apartments. The lower two floors of the building, which became the owner’s three-bedroom apartment, covered here last week, had significant termite damage requiring the replacement of joists and a great deal of new interior structure.

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The Insider: Architect Carves Two Duplexes Out of Narrow Carroll Gardens Brownstone in Dire Straits

What began as a call from a concerned homeowner about a plaster medallion that had fallen off the ceiling, narrowly missing his daughter’s head, “turned into a gut,” said architect Dan Kaplan of Gowanus-based Bowerbird Architects, who received the worried call.

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Trader Joe’s Reveals Williamsburg Store Will Open Friday, December 10 With Live Music

Trader Joe’s Williamsburg outpost will officially open Friday, December 10, the store announced today. When Brownstoner stopped by 200 Kent Avenue Sunday, a mural decorating the entrance had been completed and work was still going on inside.

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Renovated Bed Stuy Brownstone With Plasterwork, Five Mantels Asks $1.695 Million

While it comes in a petite package, this Bed Stuy two-family offers attractive details like plasterwork, moldings and mantels along with renovated kitchens and baths.

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