$1,250,000
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968 Lincoln Place

Crown Heights, Brooklyn | Brooklyn Ave & Kingston Ave

10 Rooms5 Beds3 BathsMulti-Family

$1,250,000
floors / apts3 / 3
Lot Size20'x100'
Built Size20'x55'
ZoneR6
Building TypeHouse
RE Taxes$4,555

This property was sold for $1,250,000 on 07/21/16.

Listing Features

  • Architectural Dtls
  • Original Details

Outdoor space and views

  • Backyard
  • Garden [19'x29']

Property Description for 968 Lincoln Place

CONTRACT SIGNED This 3-family Renaissance Revival, built by Alvah Bosworth in 1909, features a full-height angled bay, Corinthian pilasters, and decorative cornice. The home is currently used as a single-family live/work residence and will be delivered vacant. Additionally, the home offers an office and guest apartment. Sitting on a 100' lot with a 20 x 55 footprint on three floors, you will certainly have plenty of room to spread out. Bring your designer/architect and re-imagine this house as a fabulous single-family home on a charming block in the Northern Historic Crown Heights District, or utilize it as a 3-family dwelling to appease that investor in you. The Parlor floor is configured as a two/three bedroom, one bath apartment with direct access to the lovely south-facing garden from the kitchen--a perfect set up for entertaining and backyard BBQs. The second floor features two apartments. The north-facing apartment is used as an office plus laundry room and features original fretwork as well as windowed bath with skylight. The south-facing apartment overlooking the garden is used as a guest suite and features original wood paneling and details, a separate kitchen, and a full bath. Completing this floor is a central windowed office which faces the street.

The Garden level is currently used as a large workshop and offers additional storage. Interior stairs connect the garden and parlor floors, allowing for an additional 1000 square feet of auxiliary space for a media room, home gym or office. The backyard is also accessed from this level through proper stairs and a hatch. The bonus of this property is having windows on three sides, allowing for center bedrooms. The addition of a skylight over the central staircase further enhances the already abundant natural light throughout the home. Current owners have upgraded the electrical and taken great care to save all original doors and moldings throughout the house. It doesn't get more Brooklyn than Crown Heights with local hotspots such as Mayfield, Franklin Park, Catfish, and Chavela's. The 3 @ Kingston Ave is right around the corner and the 2/5 President Street station is 4 blocks away. Prospect Park, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the farmers market at Grand Army Plaza, and Brooklyn Museum are all within 10 blocks.

Listing History for 968 Lincoln Place

Now
06/09/2016
Contract Signed by Thomas A. Caponegro
Brown Harris Stevens
05/18/2016
$1,075,000
Initial Price by Thomas A. Caponegro
Brown Harris Stevens

Building Details for 968 Lincoln Place

OwnershipMulti-Family
Building TypeHouse
AgePre-War
AccessWalk-up
Year Built1909
Floors/Apts3/3
Learn More About the Building

Transit and Citi Bike

Subway

Kingston Av
0.13 miles
Nostrand Av
0.32 miles
President St-Medgar Evers College
0.37 miles

Citi Bike

Eastern Pkwy & Brooklyn Ave
0.07 miles
Eastern Pkwy & Kingston Ave
0.12 miles

Contact Agent

Contact Agent

Thomas Caponegro
Brown Harris Stevens

Crown Heights | Brooklyn

Quick Profile

Originally known as Crown Hill by the Lenape Indians that lived there, Crown Heights has evolved into a diverse neighborhood, occupied primarily by Hasidic Jews and one of the largest Caribbean populations to be found anywhere outside of the West Indies. 

Head over to Nostrand Avenue, one of the main West Indian commercial areas in the neighborhood, which is lined with stores that have been in those exact same places for generations, providing their goods and services to area residents. Kingston Avenue has similar commercial activities that support the Jewish community, and Franklin Avenue shows the most signs of change and gentrification, with an ever-expanding mix of yoga studios, coffee shops, and organic grocery stores that serve the influx of young professionals. No matter which of these areas you visit, you will find an interesting mix of businesses that you wouldn’t normally picture as existing side-by-side. It is all part of the cultural diversity of Crown Heights.

The neighborhood is bisected, from east to west, by Eastern Parkway, which is a beautiful, 3-mile-long boulevard lined with mature trees. This leafy oasis was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, famed designer of Central Park, the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, and the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D. C.

You will find a mix of low-rise apartment buildings, large middle-class elevator buildings, brownstones, and some luxury buildings. Century-old architecture stands next to modern residential developments in a visually interesting mix of styles, much as the diversity of the residents exists. People who would not normally meet and mix are forging new pathways to cultural understanding by working, living, and playing together in the same neighborhood.

All information furnished regarding property for sale, rental or financing is from sources deemed reliable, but no warranty or representation is made as to the accuracy thereof and same is submitted subject to errors, omissions, change of price, rental or other conditions, prior sale, lease or financing or withdrawal without notice. All dimensions are approximate. For exact dimensions, you must hire your own architect or engineer.
OLR ID: 64717TH