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233 E 5th Street
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233 E 5th Street

Kensington, Brooklyn

MLS® #RLS10700537

RLS at REBNY

Listing by Compass

3

Bedrooms

2

Baths

2,261

Sq. Ft.

1925

Year Built

Quick Summary

Bedrooms 3
Bathrooms 2
Living Area 2,261 sq ft
Year Built 1925
Parking Garage
Neighborhood Kensington

Property Highlights

  • Outdoor Space: Balcony
  • Style: Prewar architecture
  • Parking: Private garage

Property Details

Type Single Family Residence
Total Rooms 9
Baths 2 Full
Pets Yes
Cross Street Caton Avenue/Albemarle Road
Year Built 1925
Living Area 2,261 sq ft
Parking Garage Available
Architectural Style Prewar
Parcel # 05328-0073
Block/Lot 5328/73

Description

Welcome to 233 East 5th Street. This fully detached home on a 40' x 100' lot with a rocking chair porch has beauty, flexibility, a private driveway with a garage, solar panels and three outdoor spaces. Your heart will sing! This legal two family is easily converted to a one family, or used as the lovely two family it currently is: options abound. This home has an owners' upper duplex with 2 bedrooms convertible to three, and a balcony; and there is a very spacious first floor one bedroom apartment with a separate living room and dining room. The entire space is easily transformed into a single family home an alternate floorplan is provided. You'll enter to find a pretty foyer with an original stained glass window. To the left is the first floor apartment. There's a large living room with two exposures, including lovely bay windows at the front of the home. Walk through to the spacious dining room the windowed kitchen, remodeled in 2007 is to the right and there is a renovated black and white full bathroom. The bedroom is at the back of the house and overlooks the backyard the bedroom spans the width of the home (22'!) and is bright and beautiful with 3 exposures and 4 windows. The owners duplex starts on the second floor: You'll find an enormous, sunny living room with fabulous bay windows and two exposures. There is a great dining room with custom built cabinetry and sliders to a large deck. The kitchen has plentiful white cabinetry and grey counters, along with stainless appliances, recently replaced. And there is a cute mint green and black retro subway tile full bath on this level. Go up the stairs and find two generous bedrooms. The backyard is huge and there is a free standing garage. The roof was replaced in 2016 and the solar panels were installed in 2017 which makes this home energy efficient. The driveway has beautiful pavers, which were installed in in 2019. The basement has high ceilings and is unfinished. It houses laundry and all the mechanicals, which are in great order. The house has ducted forced hot air heating (new furnace-2018). It's easy to add compressors for HVAC. It has been fully insulated. And the exterior of the home was freshly painted in 2020. All the hard work has been done here. Located in Kensington, at the crossroads of Windsor Terrace, it is near all. The Windsor Terrace library is up the street, and the Community Garden is around the corner. It's two short blocks to the F/G trains at Fort Hamilton Parkway, and to the Greenwood Playground and dog run. It's a short walk to Prospect Park, the Parade Grounds and Greenwood Cemetery, and there are excellent amenities on Church Ave, Fort Hamilton Parkway, and Prospect Ave. This is a wonderful opportunity to live on a bucolic block in a special, fully detached home. Come take a look you will want to make it yours! Showings start the weekend of February 27 - pls schedule your appointment to view then.

Features & Amenities

Exterior Features

Building Garden Balcony Balcony

Building Information

Stories 2
Style Prewar

Kensington is a residential Brooklyn neighborhood bordered by Prospect Park to the north and the landmarked Green-Wood Cemetery to the west, with Ocean Parkway running through its center as one of the borough's signature tree-lined boulevards. The housing stock includes brick rowhouses, prewar co-op apartment buildings along Ocean Parkway and Coney Island Avenue, and detached Victorian homes on the side streets, served by the F and G trains at Fort Hamilton Parkway and Church Avenue. The B and Q express trains are accessible within a short walk, providing a 30-to-35-minute commute to Midtown Manhattan.

Kensington Live Market Data

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Active Listings

49

Median Asking Price

$840K

Median $/Sqft

$951

Avg Days on Market

N/A

New This Week

3

Price Reduced

10%

Sold (30 Days)

4

Median Sale Price

$550K

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233 E 5th Street, Kensington, Kings County • Near Caton Avenue/Albemarle Road

Floor Plans

Floor Plan
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MLS® ID: RLS10700537
First Listed: 2/22/2021
Price Changed: 6/11/2021
Closed: 6/4/2021
Contract Date: 2/22/2021

Listing Courtesy of Compass - Carolyn Cedar

Listing Contact: (917) 750-3059

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