In Bushwick, an astonishingly well preserved early 20th century apartment has all the bells and whistles of its era. It’s on the first floor of an original two-family at 1522 Putnam Avenue — just south of the Myrtle-Wyckoff L/M stop — and old maps show it was built sometime between 1906 and 1916.
The five-room floor-through has a flexible layout that includes a double parlor, interior bedroom and dining room. Straddling the Arts and Crafts and the Beaux-Arts, the unit’s many Edwardian features include six-panel doors, high ceilings, moldings, parquet and fretwork.
The dining room — referred to as a Dutch dining room in an early ad — is notable for its ponderous built-in buffet with carved fruit, coffered ceiling and plate rail.
An interior bedroom has a built-in wardrobe with drawers and mirrors, as well as an interior stained glass window to admit light from adjacent rooms.
Updates have preserved the original character of the wet rooms. The kitchen has its original subway tile walls, built-in dish cupboard and, under the stove, black and white mosaic-tile hearth. In the bathroom is a clawfoot tub with shower riser, vintage corner sink and old-fashioned recessed medicine cabinet. Altogether, the apartment has five closets, including a walk-in.
Back in 1914 when the upper unit was advertised for rent, its six rooms were going for $25 a month. Now you can rent this one, without paying a broker fee to listing agent Gabriel Greenberg of Compass, for $2,900. Decent deals?
[Listing: 1522 Putnam Avenue #1 | Broker: Compass] GMAP
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