Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Clinton Hill, Bay Ridge, Crown Heights, and East Flatbush.

Joyce Carol Oates, Việt Thanh Nguyễn, Karen Russell, Sigrid Nunez, and Alexis Wright are among the prize-winning authors who will speak at the September event.

The diminutive dwelling has picturesque charm and is now part of a co-operative community in Ossining, New York.