3357 12th Ave

Stately and Gorgeous, fully renovated two family brick home, boasting 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, large backyard, and the ever elusive private garage with parking for two cars! The owners duplex is simply divine. There is a beautiful entry foyer with a kaleidoscope chandelier lighting your way into an extra large living room with a Mad Men style enclosed cocktail bar cleverly built in and hidden within the woodwork. An archway leads you into your beautiful formal dining room, that can seat 12 easily, though I show a table for six:). It has convenient sliding glass doors to it's own terrace and stairs into the huge backyard, perfect for barbeques, throwing a ball around and/or just relaxing. The windowed eat-in-kitchen is newly renovated with Samsung stainless appliances, cherry cabinetry and granite countertops. The powder room is also renovated with cherry cabinetry and granite counters. The three bedrooms are quite spacious. And the upstairs bath is quite pretty with retro blue and black subway tiles, and newly installed vanity. The entire space has lovely pre-war wood details, archways, wainscotting and more. The garden rental unit can provide a high income - it has one bedroom and a large living room. It's kitchen is also brand new, with the same cabinetry and granite as the kitchen in the duplex. The bath is a pretty yellow and black subway tile. It could command up to $2,000/month in rent to offset your mortgage. There is no work to do here - everything has been done for you, including the mechanicals! Should you wish to turn this into a one family, it wouldn't be hard to do, by adding a spiral stair into the garden level. Roof, boiler, hot water heater and electric have all been upgraded. The garden level has newly installed oak hardwood floors, as has the parlor level. The kitchens are brand new and the baths have been upgraded, with mint newly renovated powder room. This is a perfect home! Situated in a beautiful enclave of gorgeous attached brick homes in Kensington, on a lovely tree-lined street, near all. Currently zoned district 15, P.S. 230. Just three blocks to the F/G trains at Church Ave at the Albemarle Road entrance, near the renovated Foodtown, all the amenities on Fort Hamilton Parkway, including Brancaccio's, Thai Tony's, Steeplechase Caf, and Hamilton's, and all the varied shopping and eateries on Church Ave, including SoHo Caf, Brooklyn Comfort, Saki Sushi and more. Prospect Park is a short walk, as is Brooklyn Public Library, Greenwood Playground, plus there is another playground just a block and a half away.