De Blasio on the Move: Comparing 2 Houses

Living space:

PARK SLOPE 1,200 square feet

GRACIE MANSION 20,000 square feet

Number of bathrooms:

PARK SLOPE One

GRACIE Eight

The look:

PARK SLOPE Shabby chic

GRACIE 18th-century Federal-style opulence

On the walls:

PARK SLOPE Framed anti-apartheid poster

GRACIE “Summer’s Day,” an early 1900s painting by Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Neighborhood stereotype:

PARK SLOPE Bike-riding, townhouse-renovating organic food connoisseurs

GRACIE Cab-taking, co-op-owning fine wine collectors

For sale in the area:

PARK SLOPE Two-bedroom for $ 819,000

GRACIE Two-bedroom for $ 3.4 million

Food scene:

PARK SLOPE Vibrant boutique restaurants run by young chefs

GRACIE Slim pickings

Trek to the subway:

PARK SLOPE Around the corner

GRACIE Urban eternity: nearly a mile

Backyard view:

PARK SLOPE Overgrown vegetable garden; a fence

GRACIE Towering hawthorn and magnolia trees; the shimmering waters of the East River

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