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513 72ND ST., BROOKLYN, NY
BY STEPHEN ZACKS
If you’re looking for room to
spread out in a historic apartment
built for such, this Edwardian
unit has a rare four
bedrooms, in addition to a
dining room. That said, also
in true Edwardian fashion,
it is located on the top fl oor of
a four-story walkup and has
only one bathroom.
The living room is on the
small and narrow side, but adequate,
and seems to have most
of its original details intact, as
do the other rooms. These include
parquet with inlaid borders,
picture railing, and door
and window surrounds. The
dining room is bigger and more
ornate, with a coffered ceiling,
wainscoting, and plate rail.
The remodeled kitchen has
Shaker-style cabinetry, hex-tile
fl oors and a stacked washer and
dryer. The renovation, which
doesn’t appear to have been
especially recent, likely closed
off a second door leading to the
hall; its reinstatement could
open up the fl ow of the apartment.
The three bedrooms in the
rear are all reasonably large,
and carpeted. The smallest bedroom,
in the front off the living
room, has a wall of storage and
is being used as an offi ce.
The bathroom has been
nicely redone with white subway
tile on the walls, hex tile
fl oor and a marble console
sink. The listing by Shannon
Insana for Corcoran suggests
the co-op board would be amenable
to an owner adding a second
bathroom next to the existing
one.
The unit has windows on
three exposures and four closets.
The building, located at 513
Eighth Ave. in the Park Slope
Historic District, was built
circa 1909-10 and designed by
William Debus. He was among
a number of well-known, turnof
the-century architects
adopting neo-Classical details
— such as the building’s columned
entry portico topped
with a low balustrade above
the entablature.
The building is part of a
full-block development of fourstory
apartment houses with
paired doorways and straight
stoops designed for developers
Nathan and Leo N. Levy,
The sprawling co-op with unique fl oor and wall details offers a breath of
fresh air to prospective buyers. Corcoran
according to the historic designation
report. They all have
alternating bands of limestone
and buff-colored brick on the
ground fl oor, and cornices
with square brackets and dentils.
The third fl oor windows
are detailed with curved blind
arches of ornamental stone on
slightly projecting blocks.
The last exchange in the
co-op was the second-fl oor apartment,
which sold in 2013 for $1.05
million, according to Acris.
This one, whose monthly maintenance
is $575, is asking $1.495
million. Does it have enough
bang for the buck?
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