Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: The Gingerbread House Hits the Market Again
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Bay Ridge’s Quirky Gingerbread House Is Back on the Market, Asking $8.75 Million
A fairytale-like abode in Bay Ridge is back on the market, looking for just the right buyer to succumb to its eccentric charms. Known affectionately as the Gingerbread House, in architectural terms the abode at 8220 Narrows Avenue is more properly Arts and Crafts in style with rubble stone walls and an organic, swooping roofline.
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A Classical Westchester County Manse With a Farming Heritage, Yours for $1.3 Million
It is an impressive sight, with its bold portico and a setting amidst a spacious lawn, but while it has some hints of Greek Revival about it this Westchester County dwelling got an early 20th century renovation that shaped its look and a 1970s restoration that rescued it from decay. Perhaps not surprisingly it also has a fair bit of mythology to go along with some of the recorded history.
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A Ditmas Park Standalone With a Garage and Two Others to See, Starting at $2.1 Million
Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Ditmas Park, Windsor Terrace, and Bed Stuy. They range in price from $2.1 million to $2.75 million.
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Crown Heights ‘Easy Housekeeping’ Row House With Mantel, Built-ins, Garage Asks $1.5 Million
On a charming row house-filled street, this early 20th century tapestry brick dwelling has some fine interior period details still intact, including stained glass, a passthrough, picture rails, and an Arts and Crafts style mantel. At 145 Crown Street, it has access to its own garage via a shared driveway in the middle of the block.
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Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for Pet-Friendly East New York Units Starting at $730 a Month
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 22 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments in an almost finished development on the corner of Warwick Street and Pitkin Avenue in East New York.
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