Brooklyn’s industrial past transformed: this week's Brooklyn real estate roundup

Plus: This week's Top Property Sales around the neighborhood (Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, Gowanus)

Jun 27, 2025

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Whether you’re planning your open house weekend, or just want to keep a pulse on the local real estate market, we’ve got you covered! Our real estate listings for this week are focused on property sales 2-3 bedroom apartments.

Top Real Estate News

Here’s a quick roundup on real estate news happening around this part of Brooklyn:

Alloy Development has transformed a 19th‑century Dumbo factory into a luxe $2.8 million, 2‑bed, 2‑bath townhouse in the Brick & Timber building at 168 Plymouth Street, featuring soaring archways, a custom Italian kitchen, dual entrances, and a private roof deck. [Dwell]

Following the June 11 enactment of NYC’s new broker-fee law under the FARE Act, tenants report that some agents are charging alternative fees labeled as “management” or “technology” fees. This has raised concerns about potential loopholes and prompted nearly 300 complaints to city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (the agency responsible for enforcing the FARE Act). [New York Post]

Stoop of the Week

Each week, I spotlight a property with serious curb appeal.

Originally built in 1891 as part of the ‘Masury & Sons Paint Works’, the red-brick warehouse at 168 Plymouth Street is a rare surviving example of DUMBO’s industrial past. Known for its heavy timber beams, arched brick openings, and utilitarian design, the building served as a paint grinding and shipping facility during Brooklyn’s manufacturing boom.

“Founder John Masury… patented ready‑made paints and the paint can, with a flat metal top that could be easily removed.
The first floor of the brick and timber building is where packages would come in and out… the arched entryways… were loading docks, and you can still see metal remnants of their doors.” - Untapped

In 1921, a neighboring ‘Concrete Daylight Factory’ was added at 42 Jay Street, designed to maximize natural light through expansive windows and reinforced concrete construction (hallmarks of early 20th-century industrial architecture).

Together, the two buildings reflect over a century of Brooklyn’s transformation, from industrial hub to residential neighborhood. Now landmarked, they have been preserved and adapted for modern living, maintaining their historic brickwork, exposed beams, and factory-scale windows.

Sources: Dwell, Alloy, Untapped

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This Week’s Must-See Property Sales

Whether you’re planning your open house weekend, or just want to keep a pulse on (or take a peek at) what the real estate market looks like, here are our real estate listings for this week focusing on property sales of 2-3 bedroom apartments.

I use StreetEasy as the listing source to recommend properties that I would live in myself, and have searched within the boundaries of Park Slope and surrounding neighborhoods (Gowanus, Windsor Terrace, Prospect Heights). All prices are per month, and only listings in the last 14 days are shown unless there is a significant price drop. All sales jargon has been magically removed.

Photo credits: Streeteasy listings