Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Look Inside a South Slope Reno

Ditmas Park West Standalone With Garage and More To See, Starting at $2.175 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Park Slope, Bed Stuy, Ditmas Park West, and Fiske Terrace. They range in price from $2.175 million to $3.1 million.

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No-Fee Clinton Hill Carriage House Unit With Laundry Asks $3.3K a Month

This one-bedroom in a former carriage house has some style potential and a desirable location in the Clinton Hill Historic District. It’s located in the rear of the second floor of 224 Hall Street, a two-story brick building across from Pratt and that institution’s sculpture park.

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Renovated Rhinebeck Dairy Cottage, Yours for $1.85 Million

A former home to dairy workers on the Wilderstein estate, this Rhinebeck tenant house has been extensively renovated in recent years, resulting in a home with modern amenities wrapped in a charming Hudson Valley cottage exterior.

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The Insider: South Slope Row House Reno Captures Zeitgeist

What does it take to transform a fairly intact three-story vintage row house into a super-stylish family home for the 21st century? More than one might think, even when the general arrangement of spaces remains essentially as it was back in the day. Gowanus-based architect Jeff Etelamaki of Etelamaki Architecture, who took on the renovation for new homeowners, called it a “not-quite-gut of the two upper floors and a fix-up of the garden floor,” undertaken to comport with his client’s cohesive vision of the final product.

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Proposed Build Too Big for Historic Bed Stuy Block, Landmarks Tells Architect

A design for new infill on an architecturally distinguished and landmarked block of Hancock Street needs refinement, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission said at its weekly hearing on Tuesday, October 22. While the commissioners were, overall, enthusiastic about the front of the new building’s design and detailing, they agreed the rear was too massive and extended too far into the interior of the block — an area sometimes referred to as the “green donut” — compared to neighboring row houses. Members of the public who spoke also took issue with the width of the proposed building.

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