$650,000 | 3-family | 49 & 51 Linden Street | map
These two houses have been for sale for the past year, I don’t know what’s wrong with them but they have great terra cotta and brick facades, and a wee bit of original detail inside from the looks of it. They both are 3 families, but would probably work best as owner’s duplex and floor-through rental. I believe part of the reason these have not sold is that the owner wanted to sell them as a package deal for 1.2 million. Nobody bit so they’re being sold separately for $650K apiece. This is how much they wanted last year, which I felt was too rich for my blood, but it could very well be a lovely house. It’s on the block of Linden between Broadway and Bushwick Ave, which is really beautiful (ask Kevin!), and although these houses look out onto an uninspiring apartment building, they’re right around the corner from some of the best mansions on Bushwick Ave. Far enough down the block that J train noise should be too bad, and the Gates station lets out right on the corner of Linden. PShark (49) PShark (51)

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$599,000 | 2-family | Weirfield & Central | map
I can’t figure out exactly which house this is, I think it’s between Central and Wilson, which makes it a bit of a hike to either J or L trains on Halsey. But it could be a real find for people into detail (and those weird wooden archway lattice things.) The price is officially $599K, but it says the building “CAN BE DELIVERED FULLY RENOVATED” for $649K. I guess it’s nice to have the choice, and I suppose they’d give the buyer some control over how things get fixed up. But it also makes me thinksome stuff in there must be really messed up for them to offer to fix it.

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$599,000 | 3-family | 66 Bleecker Street | map
I like the looks of this house on Bleecker Street because it’s so out of place. It’s a peaked-roof cottage affair squeezed between 6-family frame houses, facing a bunch of low-rise new construction on the other. Despite the way it looks here, Propertyshark lists its square footage at 3300! The building is 22′x50′ for a whopping 1100 sf per floor, plus what appears to be a windowed attic!. But this is misleading, in photos the house doesn’t look any more than 30 feet deep, with an extension on the back that awkwardly adds another 20 feet, but doesn’t appear to span even half the width of the building. On the plus side, there appears to be a shed in the back yard! Gotta love satellite photos. PShark

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$525,000 | 2-family | Bushwick
Somebody buy this sad little house! It’s been on Craigslist forever, I think people are turned off by the Flintstones facade. It’s another one of these “2 family with 3 apartments” conundrums, and the listing helpfully adds that you “can build additional floor.” Why not?

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$1,150,000 | 3-family | 751 Bushwick Ave | map
Everyone’s favorite mansion is still available! Looks like the local brokers have all agreed on a price of $1.15 million (somebody had been offering slightly less recently but I don’t see the listing anymore). It’s all up to you, lil’ lottery ticket. PShark
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