This Prospect Park South House Has A Hidden Booze Room

Photo via Fred Conrad/The New York Times

When buying ancient real estate, one can only wish and dream of stumbling across secret rooms designed during the days of Prohibition or The Underground Railroad. "Oh, this?" you imagine telling houseguests while tipping a nondescript book on a shelf, revealing a secret passageway. "This is our secret room." 

This is exactly what happened to Architect Eric Schiller. Upon purchasing an old Victorian house on Westminster Road in Prospect Park South, he discovered a rectangular outline on his staircase's first-floor landing. Upon prying open the secret door, he found a four-foot-deep space equipped with a ladder and shelves. 

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Show Me Yours: 1 Bedroom on 1st Street

SHOW ME YOURS is a recurring column in which we do two things: show you Park Slope real estate and tell you how much it is. That's pretty much it!

Here's our latest victim Show Me Yours-er:

• Location: 1st street between 4th/5th Avenue
• Type: One bedroom
• Rent or Own: Rent
• Cost: $2,350/month
• Square Footage: 1,000 square feet
• How Did You Find This Place? Craigslist.
• Amenities: laundry in unit, dishwasher, ample storage, heat included
• Who calls this place home?: Account Manager
• What's really good about this joint?: Lots of natural light, tall windows, spacious (1,000 square feet)
• What's really bad about this joint?: Thin walls

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Park Slope Real Estate Listing: 907 Union Street

I may not be able to afford shit in this neighborhood, but I still love to peruse the real estate listings. Here's a 2 bedroom, 780 square foot Coop on Union between 7th and 8th Avenue going for $625K (with $705 in monthly maintenance). It includes:  

• Hardwood Floors
• 9 Foot Ceilings
• Granite kitchen countertops
• Washer/Dryer
• Exposed brick
• Basement Storage

Happy hunting, you lucky bastards.

[Via Corcoran]

Park Slope Mansion Converting To Single Units

Via www.107ppw.com

107 Prospect Park West, once a single family mansion, is in the process of being converted into 5 separate condos for sale, including a 1BR, a 2BR, a 4BR, and two 3BR units. The estimated cost of said units ranges from $500K to $2.5M.

If you've got the $$$$, the building has its own fancy website where you can register for consideration. 

[Via Curbed]

This Park Slope Townhouse Is Only 12 Feet Wide

Photo by Alick Crossley

Somewhere on the outskirts of Park Slope there exists a townhouse that is only 12 1/2 feet wide. As someone who once occupied a bedroom that was a mere 6x10 feet, I feel a certain nostalgia for small spaces (the trick to making them work, always, is shelves). I had to know what these people did with their narrow townhouse. In the words of Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon: "I wanted to go to there."

Not long ago The Insider, Brownstoner's weekly "in-depth look at what’s happening on Brooklyn’s interior design and renovation front," gave us a nice peek into the home.

Architect Tim Rasic purchased the digs in 2005 and transformed it both inside and out to a place he could call home with his wife and two future children. 

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