160 Midwood Street
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Asking Price: $2,200,000
Featured “House of The Day” on Brownstoner.com !
Property Type: Legal one family home // Year Built: 1901
Neighborhood: Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Building Sq.Ft.: 2916. // Building Dimensions: 20ft x 45ft
Lot Dimensions: 20ft x 100ft // Taxes: $261/month
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Welcome home to 160 Midwood Street--a 20 foot wide limestone and brick townhome in PRIME Historic Prospect Lefferts Gardens! This one family home with three full living floors, boasts all unpainted original details, including a decorative fireplace in every room, parquet floors, 10 foot ceilings, a grand white oak internal staircase with fretwork, pocket doors and original built-ins.
Upon entering this stunning home find a lovely vestibule perfect for greeting guests as they hang their coats on the hooks of the gorgeous original pier mirror.
Enter through the first of many beautiful pocket doors and find one of three parlors on the primary living floor. The first two parlors offer a wide open space when combined. It can also become the perfect formal living room with an adjacent sitting room, divided only by the lovely ceiling fretwork. Enjoy the natural light from two large windows with the original shutters and stunning stained glass. The two decorative fireplaces of these parlors offer a lovely backdrop for both formal and informal living.
The outstanding, intricate white oak staircase in the second parlor leads into the rear parlor to the left and a sitting room, currently used as a second kitchen, to the right. Enjoy the brilliant sun that the south facing rear parlor has to offer, as well as a third decorative fireplace. This space would serve well as a dining room or as the primary dream kitchen.
Up to the second floor, find three generous bedrooms, with the gigantic primary bedroom offering enough space to create a primary suite, including an ensuite bathroom and professionally designed closet. There is a center hall bathroom with tub and a skylight that currently services the three bedrooms.
Down on the garden level find a gorgeous, well preserved den/dining room, depending on how one plans to live in the home. This room boasts a beautiful built -in cabinet with original leaded glass, original parquet floors and another lovely decorative fireplace.
Right off the den, find the original butler's pantry with an abundance of cabinets and closets waiting for a redesign or re-purposing of the space. Beyond the butler's pantry is the huge kitchen original to this home that was built in 1900. This space is waiting for one to design their ideal kitchen or make this level a grandparent or guest suite. There is a full bathroom with a shower adjacent to the kitchen.
Right off the kitchen is what can be a lovely mudroom that is currently being used as a storage area. Let your imagination run wild as you create a fun, functional mud/potting room or laundry room here. The entry to the south facing backyard is right off this space and is the perfect place to create the garden of your dreams.
Located in beautiful, walkable, family/community friendly, much sought after Prospect Lefferts Gardens, this home is ideally located three blocks to Prospect Park, The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and the Saturday morning Farmers market at Grand Army Plaza. PLG offers some of the finest restaurants, cafes and bars in Brooklyn!
This beautiful home is a true gem with all preserved original detail and the amazing opportunity to make it your own!
