FIRST TIME in 30+ Years, Washington Square 2-FAMILY, 5,749 SF Gross Square Feet! "Opportunity" to turn this into your future Trophy Brookline Residence. Beautiful hillside VIEWS towards Back Bay & downtown Boston! Unit #2 is a Top Floor 3 Bedroom Duplex & Unit #1 is a large single-level floor through 2 BR+ Office / 1BA. Close to both Driscoll School and Runkle School and only a few blocks to Brookline High School. Top notch Brookline location, walking distance to Washington Square & Brookline Village. Each with bustling Cafes & Restaurants. Walk up the path to Schick Park: Grassy ball field, basketball court & playground.
Multifamily home adjacent to Winthrop Path. Close to Schick Park, C line, and Brookline High School. Room for expansion & improvement, could be a great project with a beautiful end result.
Aspinwall Hill, located between Washington Square and Cleveland Circle, is a residential and hillside Brookline neighborhood with prewar brick apartments and leafy side streets. The neighborhood’s character concentrates around Beacon Street at Cleveland Circle, where corner cafés, small grocers, and longtime eateries meet the Green Line’s steady rhythm. Coolidge Corner Theatre and Brookline Booksmith act as cultural anchors a short walk downhill. The skyline shifts from triple-deckers to stately Tudor and Colonial Revival homes along quiet lanes. Griggs Park adds an open green pause near the village streetscape. Commuter energy and porch-lit calm share the same blocks.
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Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living
Interior features
Full basement
Total of 16 rooms
Wood flooring throughout
Two fireplaces
Bathrooms
Two full bathrooms
Flooring
Wood floors
Exterior features
Gentle sloping lot
Nearby amenities include public transportation, shopping, pool, tennis courts, parks, walk/jog trails, medical facility, laundromat, bike path, highway access, house of worship, private and public schools, T-Station, and university
Home design
Multi-family property
Four stories
Parking
Two covered garage spaces (2-car garage total)
No open parking spaces
Construction
Concrete perimeter foundation
Built (year per public records)
Utilities
Public water
Public sewer
Gas available for range
Other
Building area approximately 3,161
Lot about 0.14 acres
Located off Beacon Street in the Washington Square area (79 Winthrop Rd, Brookline, MA)
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Local insights from Redfin agents
Brookline will continue to be a Seller's market for the foreseeable future, driven by restrictive zoning laws that have limited increases in housing production and a stable population with relatively low turnover. This has resulted in a massive...
supply/demand imbalance that is unlikely to change.
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
1/10 Fire Factor
Unlikely to be in a wildfire in next 30 years
5/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 96° expected this year, 14 days in 30 years
6/10 Wind Factor
59% chance of strong winds in next 30 years
3/10 Air Factor
3 unhealthy days expected this year, 3 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
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Sun exposure
81/ 100
Very good sunlight
Sunscore
This home ranks in the top 28% for direct sun exposure in Brookline. There appears to be minimal shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
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Redfin Estimate for 79 Winthrop Rd
$2,158,068
$141K under list price of $2.30M
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The Redfin Estimate uses 6 recent nearby sales, priced between $1.8M to $2.9M.