PLG House & Garden Tour – 2024

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Site Publisher

After a five-year hiatus, the Prospect Lefferts Gardens House & Garden Tour is BACK!
It will be on Sunday, June 2nd noon-5pm. This is its usual “first Sunday of June” slot. The weather is usually excellent on this day. Regardless, the event is RAIN or SHINE.

It will be PLG’s 50th house tour and we expect it to be a “golden” experience for all. We are very pleased that five of the houses slated for the ill-fated 2020 tour, as well as the host for refreshments, once again agreed to participate. Three other sets of homeowners stepped up to the plate to round out the roster.

As the presence of house tours diminish around Brooklyn, PLG’s is still going strong. This is a testament to the community-minded character of our neighborhood.

AND visit the lush backyard refreshment stop to enjoy what “The Lefferts Lounge” has to offer: live music*, wine tastings and cocktail demonstrations. Something for everyone!

We encourage our neighbors to come out and support this event. It’s fun running into people you know walking down the sidewalks, or chatting with homeowners as you stroll through their fabulous homes. We hear from many outsiders that our tour is the friendliest. Of course, we already know this!

(Note: No children under 12 except infants in front packs only)

*Our jazz duo is Grant Richards, an award-winning jazz pianist and Simón Willson, a Chilean-born, bassist, composer and improviser.

TICKETS/ $30 IN ADVANCE

  • Ix Restaurant – 43 Lincoln Rd
  • Awesome Home – 653 Flatbush Avenue
  • DRINK – 492 Flatbush Avenue
  • Trixie’s Pet Food Supplies & Accessories – 575 Flatbush Avenue
  • Little Mo Wine & Spirits – 1125 Nostrand Avenue

TICKETS/ $33.85 ONLINE
Go to Eventbrite.com by clicking this link
Or visit the Eventbrite.com home page, search for just “PLG House” and you’ll find it.

TICKETS/ $35 ON TOUR DAY
Look for the check-in/ ticket table at Ix Restaurant – 43 Lincoln Rd

The tour is hosted by the LEFFERTS MANOR ASSOCIATION.

Questions? Email us at: LeffertsManorAssoc@gmail.com

ABOUT THE TOUR ITSELF
This year’s tour has a compact footprint so there’ll be plenty of time to see everything and enjoy the street views in between. It extends from Lincoln Road to Rutland Road and from Flatbush to Rogers Avenues.

  • A 1901 three-story brownstone by architect Axel Hedman hosts tons of intricate wood detailing on the parlor level integrated with a new modern kitchen and a new deck off the back. It also includes a charming ground floor apartment that also has stunning original features.
  • A large freestanding frame house designed in 1924 by Bly & Hamans that features an amazing leaded-glass sunroom and stained-glass windows throughout. This home has been completely renovated. The 3rd floor studio space with exposed beams and the fun basement with glass fronted sauna are to be envied. This year is its 100th birthday!
  • A limestone rowhouse that is one of many in a row designed in 1909 by Axel Hedman. Inside, the soft color scheme and intriguing art collection make you sigh, and the huge kitchen window frames a view of the backyard crab apple tree. Don’t miss seeing the radiators in this house!
  • A 1899 brick & stone rowhouse design by George Lawton is decked out with surprises. The dining room with windows on 3 sides is wonderfully sunny. The wallcoverings on the ground floor are noteworthy as is the large “rustic” family room that opens to the backyard. You might also see a surfboard or two!
  • A Benjamin Driesler designed brownstone from 1909 that features an entrance with beautiful double, wooden & glass doors with decorative iron grilles. Tall dining room windows look out to an interesting view of the houses behind.
  • A semi-detached house of pale-yellow brick & limestone was designed by Axel Hedman in 1904 has been carefully renovated to create a modern home that keeps its period detail. The basement is an entertainer’s dream with a glass-fronted wine cellar & bar, and the multi-zoned side & back yards are an extension of this.
  • A Romanesque revival brownstone designed in 1898 by Robert Dixon looks like it stepped off the pages of a British design magazine. The interiors are full of quirky “stuff” that is immaculately composed. Check out the black and white, geometric wallpaper and the vivid red flooring of the lower entry.
  • Two side-by-side neo-Renaissance brownstones designed in 1910 by Brooklyn architect Benjamin Driesler are on display so you can compare & contrast.
    Though they started out with the same layout and original detailing, it’s interesting to see how houses evolved differently over the years. Both recently renovated their kitchens. One sports a palate of grays with vibrant red appliances with, the other has soft yellows and appliances the color of the Mediterranean. It’s been playfully coined “the Battle of the Kitchens”.
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