BKLYN’s fascinating fixer-uppers: Old-fashioned houses in Homecrest and Lefferts Manor
Eye On Real Estate
In manicured, marvelous Brooklyn, fixer-upper buildings really stand out.
Some are splendid despite their disrepair. The messiness adds to their allure. Some are just a mess.
The Coignet Building, a sweet little landmark surrounded by a big Gowanus Whole Foods, is the most famous of the fixer-uppers we’ve been obsessing about lately. Here are two fixer-upper houses we can’t take our Eye off of: