17-18 Decatur Street
$1,300,000
MLS# RLS20048953 · Ridgewood
Listed September 17, 2025 · 419 days on the market
6 Beds 3 Baths 2,000 Sq.Ft.
About This Property
Welcome to 1718 Decatur Street, a versatile 2-family home set on an oversized lot with endless potential. The first-floor unit spans a generous layout with 4 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms, offering ample space for comfortable living. Upstairs, the second unit features 2 bedrooms and a well-proportioned design, making it ideal for rental income. Both apartments offer access to a spacious backyard, ideal for entertaining, gardening, or simply relaxing outdoors.
The property also features a full basement, which can be converted into a duplex with the first-floor apartment to create additional living space or reimagined as a home office, recreation area, or storage space. Whether you’re looking to live in one unit and rent out the other, or fully renovate to suit your vision, this property provides the square footage and flexibility rarely found in the area.
**For Investors & Developers**
The current owners have received approval from City Planning to build a new, 3-story multi-family property. Approval documentation and proposed building plans are available upon request. Buyers are strongly encouraged to confirm all details with their own architect(s) and zoning attorney(s).
Curtis Bain
Brown Harris Stevens
Property Features
Home features
- Private outdoor space (over 60 sq ft)
- Porch
Estimate
Monthly Cost & Closing Costs
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$7,064 / month
- Principal and interest$6,574
- Property taxes$490
Due at closing
- Down payment (20%)$260,000
- NYS “mansion tax” (1%)$13,000
- Mortgage recording tax (1.925%)$20,020
Not included: attorney, title insurance, lender and appraisal fees, board application and move-in fees, flip tax and prepaid items. Estimates only, based on the published New York State rates. Your attorney and lender will confirm the real figures.
About the Building
17-18 Decatur Street is a 2-story two-family dwelling in Ridgewood, completed in 1915 and home to 2 residential units.
The closest subway is Halsey St (L), about a 4-minute walk. Evergreen Park is roughly 6 minutes away on foot.
Compiled from NYC public records and open data.
- Year Built
- 1915
- Stories
- 2
- Units
- 2
- Building Type
- Two-Family Dwelling
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Location & Nearby
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17-18 Decatur Street
Subway
- LHalsey StAbout 4 min walk
- LWilson AvAbout 12 min walk
Parks
- Evergreen ParkAbout 6 min walk
- Irving Square ParkAbout 11 min walk
Public schools · Elementary schools
- P.S. 68 CambridgeAbout 6 min walk
- P.S. 239About 9 min walk
- P.S. 151 Lyndon B. JohnsonAbout 10 min walk
Middle schools
- Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77About 7 min walk
- Evergreen Middle School for Urban ExplorationAbout 17 min walk
High schools
- Queens International Secondary SchoolAbout 7 min walk
- Academy for Excellence in LeadershipAbout 15 min walk
Walking times are estimates. Schools shown are the nearest public and charter schools and are not zone assignments; a nearby school is not necessarily the one an address is zoned for. Confirm zoning with the NYC Department of Education. Sources: MTA, NYC Parks and NYC Department of City Planning open data.
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