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Park Slope One-Bedroom With Jewel-Like Kitchen, Built-ins, Vintage Tile Asks $625K

This one-bedroom apartment in a 1941 building overlooking Grand Army Plaza has a well-designed renovated kitchen, a sunken living room and some vintage charm.

by Cate Corcoran

09/21/2021 3 minute 0

This one-bedroom apartment in a 1941 building overlooking Grand Army Plaza has a well-designed renovated kitchen, a sunken living room and some vintage charm. It’s located on the fourth floor of 25 Plaza Street West and within the Park Slope Historic District.

Known as The Berkeley when it was first completed in 1941, the six-story Colonial Revival building was designed by Boris W. Dorfman. The more exuberant Mediterranean Art Deco building across the park at 99 Ocean Avenue is also his work, but here he went with more traditional ornamentation, including quoining and an Ionic-columned entry door with niches on either side.

Inside, the apartments feature many of the trends of the day, such as sunken living rooms and dining balconies, as well as unusual angles, soundproofing between units, and generous closet space.

This one-bedroom unit started out as a studio, original floor plans in an old brochure show. Now French doors divide the large sunken living room. The bedroom and living room each have a window and a closet. There is also a dining balcony, separate kitchen and large foyer.

The petite kitchen has beautiful custom shelves in wood and white finishes, white stone counters, two-burner cooktop and oven. A built-in banquette has replaced the original wrought iron railing in the dining balcony, and it also serves as shelving. An angled desk and built-in shelves form an office niche in the large foyer.

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The bathroom has vintage black and white tile and a tub with shower. It has been updated with a modern pedestal sink, medicine cabinet and light fixture. The apartment has three closets, and the building has a waitlist for parking and additional storage, according to the listing.

The elevator building has two roof decks and allows pied-a-terres. There is shared laundry and bike storage, a live-in super and part-time doorman. The maintenance on this unit is $816 a month. Listed by James Guimaraes and Andrew Westphal of Corcoran, it’s asking $625,000. What do you think?

[Listing: 25 Plaza Street West, 4A | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP