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976 Sterling Place, Crown Heights
It’s the first time in nearly 50 years that this four-story brownstone has been up for sale. The place boasts fireplaces with original wood mantels, shutters, mahogany wainscoting, and stained glass.
Asking price: $745,000
Broker: Anne Buckley and Theresa Balardi, Fillmore Real Estate

14A Monroe Street, Clinton Hill
This brownstone on the edge of Clinton Hill is slender–14 feet wide with 2584-square-feet of living space—and has been overhauled. Still, some historic flourishes linger, including three marble fireplaces, pocket doors, and an arched entryway. The staircase dates back to the house’s beginnings.
Asking price: $925,000
Brokers: Kara Dusenbury and Bibi Calderaro, The Corcoran Group

564 Henry Street, Carroll Gardens
It’s been 35 years since this brownstone was on the market, and it’s meticulously maintained, says listing broker Alex Calabretta. It’s been divided into two duplexes, plus a garden apartment. The lot on which it stands is bigger than usual, so there’s space for an addition.
Asking price: $2.3 million
Broker: Alex Calabretta, Prudential Douglas Elliman

25 Polhemus Place, Park Slope
This brownstone, situated on a tiny Park Slope street tucked between Carroll and Garfield, measures 16.5-feet wide, but a dramatic, oak, “lectern-style” center staircase allows residents full berth of the front and back. The same family has lived in it for five decades, and there are plenty of period details left intact, including clawfoot tubs and pedestal sinks in the bathrooms; wood-manteled fireplaces and sliding doors on the parlor floor.
Asking price: $2.375 million
Broker: Luis Martinez and Tom Curtis, Warren Lewis

545 3rd Street, Park Slope
Third Street, with its generous width and canopy of trees, is arguably one of the most charming streets in prime Park Slope. This 20-foot-wide four-story has a gated front and an L-shaped stoop, and is a legal two-family currently configured for single-family use. The ceilings reach 14 feet on the parlor level, and 11 and 12 feet in the rest of the house, and the house boasts particulars like mahogany pocket doors; wainscoting and stained and etched glass.
Asking price: $2.575 million
Brokers: John Mazurek and Joshua Liles, Prudential Douglas Elliman

150 Lincoln Place, Park Slope
Brownstones don’t often feel this airy, but the sellers of this house were able to remove some walls on the parlor level to open up the interiors. They also overhauled the HVAC system—no need for cumbersome window airconditioners—and modernized the kitchen. But key features referencing the property’s mid-1800s past have been preserved, including a mahogany center staircase, inlaid flooring, and original beams.
Asking price: $3.195 million
Broker: Kristina Leonetti, The Corcoran Group

154 Hicks Street, Brooklyn Heights
This four-family (plus an office) has plenty of original details, including exposed brick walls, parlor-floor pocket doors, moldings, and 10 woodburning fireplaces (eight work, two need TLC). The units have market-rate renters in them, says broker Eli Ickovic, but one’s open for the new owner.
Asking price: $3.399 million
Broker: Eli Ickovic, Halstead Property

31 Monroe Place, Brooklyn Heights
There’s no iconic stoop fronting this 25-foot-wide brownstone in the heights, but many historic details remain. It’s a charming option as a starter building for a budding landlord; all but three of the rental units are market rate, says broker Nick Nicoletta. The owner’s residence has been renovated, and includes the garden and terrace.
Asking price: $3.6 million
Broker: Nick Nicoletta, The Corcoran Group

Carl Henry Nacht
West Side Highway and 38th Street. After dinner on June 22, 2006, Nacht, a doctor who often cycled to make house calls to his elderly patients, was hit by an NYPD tow truck crossing the Hudson River Park bikeway.

Shamar Porter Linden Boulevard near Williams Avenue, East New York. On August 5, 2006, Porter’s Little League team won its playoff game. He was struck by a minivan after leaving the field.

Reginald Chan
Third Avenue and 17th Street. On September 15, 2006, Chan was hit by a flatbed tow truck while making a delivery of Chinese food.

Brandie Bailey Houston and Essex Streets. On May 8, 2005, Bailey was struck by a private sanitation truck while on her way home to Williamsburg after waitressing at the West Village restaurant Red Bamboo. Bailey was a regular at CBGB, where a memorial was held in her honor.

Craig Murphey
Ten Eyck Street and Union Avenue, Williamsburg. Early in the morning of October 18, 2007, Murphey was biking home from escorting his date to her South Williamsburg apartment. According to police reports, Murphey attempted to outrun a gas truck turning left on Ten Eyck Street. His pelvis shattered on impact, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. In his honor, over 40 friends have since received tattoos that read BE BETTER.

Frank C. Simpson Linden Boulevard near 175th Street, St. Albans. Simpson, a janitor returning from the evening shift at a Con Edison facility, was hit by a Dodge Stratus on November 9, 2006.

Jose Mora
North Conduit and McKinley Avenues, Cypress Hills. On September 4, 2006, 11-year-old Mora was on his way to the barber for a back-to-school haircut; that week, he was to start the sixth grade at nearby Junior High School 302. He was struck by a Honda while walking his bike across an intersection.

Jonathan Neese South 4th Street and Roebling Street, Williamsburg. On August 12, 2006, Neese, a bike messenger known as “Bronx Jon,” was struck by a livery cab while cycling from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

Sam Khaled Hindy
Base of the Manhattan Bridge. On November 16, 2007, Hindy was run over after mistakenly entering a Manhattan Bridge lane reserved for cars.

Habian Rodriguez Main Street and Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing. On September 1, 2007, Rodriguez collided with a city bus and died 30 minutes later.

Elizabeth Padilla
Fifth Avenue and Prospect Place, Park Slope. Commuting to the Brooklyn Bar Association on June 9, 2005, Padilla swerved to avoid the open door of a parked P.C. Richard’s truck. She lost control of her bike and fell underneath the wheels of an ice-cream delivery truck.

Juan Luis Solis East Gun Hill Road and Bouck Avenue, the Bronx. Attempting to pass a double-parked car on June 22, 2007, Solis was struck by a box truck and died of severe head trauma. The truck did not stop.

Jeffrey Moore
Chauncey Street and Rockaway Avenue, Bed-Stuy. According to witnesses, on May 29, 2007, Moore was run over (twice) by his girlfriend Jeanine Harrington. She was indicted on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon (her Nissan Pathfinder).

Derek Lake Houston Street and La Guardia Place. On June 26, 2006, Lake reportedly skidded on a steel construction plate and was crushed underneath the wheels of a passing truck.

Elijah Armand Wrancher
Springfield Boulevard and 130th Avenue, Springfield Gardens. On August 28, 2007, 12-year-old Wrancher attempted to ride his bicycle while holding onto a moving truck. He lost his grip and fell under the truck’s rear wheel.

David Smith Sixth Avenue and 36th Street. On December 5, 2007, Smith was biking up Sixth Avenue when the passenger-side door of a parked pickup truck opened unexpectedly. He was knocked into the path of an oncoming truck.

Anthony Delgado
Palmetto Street and Central Avenue, Bushwick. Shortly after midnight on April 29, 2007, 13-year-old Delgado borrowed a bike to head home from his friend’s baptism party. As he crossed the intersection, he was struck by an SUV.

Carolina Hernandez 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard, Elmhurst. On August 16, 2007, Hernandez was riding to a mall when she was struck and killed by a Chevy truck. The driver pled guilty to driving with a suspended license.

Anthony Delgado
Palmetto Street and Central Avenue, Bushwick. Shortly after midnight on April 29, 2007, 13-year-old Delgado borrowed a bike to head home from his friend’s baptism party. As he crossed the intersection, he was struck by an SUV.

Carolina Hernandez 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard, Elmhurst. On August 16, 2007, Hernandez was riding to a mall when she was struck and killed by a Chevy truck. The driver pled guilty to driving with a suspended license.

Anthony Delgado
Palmetto Street and Central Avenue, Bushwick. Shortly after midnight on April 29, 2007, 13-year-old Delgado borrowed a bike to head home from his friend’s baptism party. As he crossed the intersection, he was struck by an SUV.

Carolina Hernandez 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard, Elmhurst. On August 16, 2007, Hernandez was riding to a mall when she was struck and killed by a Chevy truck. The driver pled guilty to driving with a suspended license.

Anthony Delgado
Palmetto Street and Central Avenue, Bushwick. Shortly after midnight on April 29, 2007, 13-year-old Delgado borrowed a bike to head home from his friend’s baptism party. As he crossed the intersection, he was struck by an SUV.

Carolina Hernandez 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard, Elmhurst. On August 16, 2007, Hernandez was riding to a mall when she was struck and killed by a Chevy truck. The driver pled guilty to driving with a suspended license.

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