Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Looking at the Cost of a Brownstone Reno

By Fake Townhouse, Heights Greek Revival With Fine Mantels, Wide Backyard Asks $5.999 Million

This Greek Revival row house for sale at 60 Joralemon Street in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District has an unusual next-door neighbor, but what really sets it apart from other Brooklyn townhouses is its extra wide rear garden. The brick single-family also has fine black marble mantels, wide plank floorboards and other rare details of the period to catch the eye.

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Brownstone Boys: We Share Our Secrets About the Costs of Renovating a Brownstone

Living in a historic brownstone or townhouse in Brooklyn or beyond is the dream of many people. The original woodwork, beautiful plaster moldings, grand staircases and iconic stoops on tree-lined streets are too seductive to just admire from afar.

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The Insider: Architects Expand Narrow Park Slope Townhouse With Kitchen Extension, Flowing Layout

The main challenge could not have been more obvious to Anshu Bangia of Carroll Gardens-based Bangia Agostinho Architecture and her clients, a Manhattan couple, when they first laid eyes on the three-story, 14-foot-wide row house. “It was super narrow, with dropped ceilings that made it seem even smaller and hallways that were like two feet wide. We were rubbing our elbows” on the walls, Bangia recalled.

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Mix a Cocktail Behind the Bar of This Time-Capsule Mamaroneck Hofbrau, Yours for $1.4 Million

It’s been sealed for decades but carefully maintained, with checkered tablecloths draped over tables, bright stools pulled up to the striking 1930s bar and a vintage cash register just waiting to ring up customers should they return. The former Huber’s Hofbrau in Mamaroneck, N.Y. — which includes living quarters that are equally appealing to lovers of retro style — is ready for a new owner for the first time since it opened.

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Jazz Age-Era Dyker Heights House With Garage and Three Others to See, Starting at $915K

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Sunset Park, Crown Heights, Flatbush and Dyker Heights. They range in price from $915,000 to $1.89 million.

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