The Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church, along with the Flatbush Reformed Church and the Old First Reformed Church in Park Slope, was established in 1654 by the order of Peter Stuyvesant. It's a remnant from the area’s early Dutch colonial history.
Once complete, the building will stand at 12-stories high and will be composed of 44 luxury apartments, with just one- and two-bedroom unit offerings, each with their own terrace.
The couple now have all the space they need for their home brewing and cooking equipment while the extra income helps with the mansion tax that comes along with their $1.165 million two-family Kensington rowhouse.
This century-old Colonial Revival house is still endowed with tons of original details, from inlaid floors to a winding banister, but its kitchen and bathrooms didn't age with the same elegance.
Developer Astral Weeks has been keeping busy in Brooklyn, planning small apartment buildings in some of the more out-of-the-way neighborhoods. Add its latest development, a 10-unit complex in East Flatbush, to that list.