2 Virginia Place

Presenting 2 Virginia Place, a recently Landmarked 4-Story, 3-Unit Townhouse in mint condition. The property can be delivered vacant.

Featuring a highly-efficient floorplan with a 3BR / 2BA Duplex on the 1st and 2nd floors, and two additional 2BR / 1BA units on the 3rd and 4th floors. All units are in excellent repair. The basement is semi-finished and very clean. Parking is permitted on the street in front of the house.

The duplex apt. was made for luxury living and includes a working fireplace, wide-plank oak flooring, stained-glass transoms, and custom paneling and moulding. It has a ~600 SF backyard, private patio deck, and storage room. The bathrooms are new: one has a glass shower, the other a full-size tub.

The upstairs 2 bedroom apts feature exposed brick, chef’s kitchens, and subway tiled windowed bathrooms.

The house is famous for taking over 3 years to build in 1899-1902. A very exclusive block due to it’s unique “three places” city planning, the houses of Virginia Place were built in the Colonial Revival style (possibly based on the name Virginia).

House No. 2 at Virginia Place stands tall one in from the corner, built that way to grandly frame the development from surrounding streets. The two-tone house is adorned with fanlights, segmentally-arched windows, and molded stone sills at each level. The flemish-bond brick facade is beautifully parged from ground to roofline.

Previously farm land in the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, Crown Heights began to draw wealthy New Yorkers in 1883 following the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. By 1888, the area became known as the “fashionable,” “select,” and “beautiful” St. Mark’s District, named after St. Mark’s Ave., next to Virginia Place, where some of the largest historic mansions still exist today.

The Brooklyn Eagle said of Virginia Place in 1902, “These houses, built on a street one block long, make a very exclusive neighborhood, and their architectural style adds to the beauty of the locality.” The novelist Richard Wright lived a block away at the height of his fame in the 1940s. Matisyahu, Norman Mailer, and Nas are some of the other artists that have called Crown Heights home over the years.

2 Virginia Place is three blocks from Eastern parkway and convenient walking distance to all buses and subways. Brower Park, St. John’s Park, and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum are all within a 5 minute walk. The Brooklyn Museum nearby, planned and built to be the largest art assortment in the world in 1895, is well known for its legendary collections of African, Egyptian, and American art.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a brisk 22 minutes walk from the house, features one of the largest collections of cherry trees in the world. Its Cranford garden has over 1,400 different types of rose bushes. In the Japanese garden there is a stone lantern plaque which reads ‘’This Japanese lantern was presented to the city of New York by Mr. Bunj Sakuma a controller of Taito Ward Tokyo, in October 1980, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the New York-Tokyo sister city affiliation.’’

Nearby dining includes the Mayfield, Cafe Rue Dix, Barboncino Pizza Bar, and Glady’s. Same-day grocery delivery is available from Whole Foods, Amazon, Max Delivery, FoodKick, Costco, Instacart, Jet City, and Target.

_____Building Details_____

- Gut renovated 3-Family Residential Building, total of approx. 3,240 SF.
- Property Lot size of approx. 18 ft. x 85 ft. ( +/- 1,530 SF). R6 Zoning.
- Building is built 18 ft. x 45 ft. ( +/- 810 SF per floor). Under construction for 3 years, 1899-1902.
- 4 Floors including garden level. Separate basement floor usable for storage.
- Current configuration is three FM units.
- Garden & Parlor Floors: One (1) 3-Bedroom/2-Bathroom Duplex Apt. Unit w/ private garden and deck.
- Upper Floors: Two (2) 2-Bedroom/1-Bathroom Floor-through Apts.
- Oak plank flooring, custom granite kitchens, subway tiled bathrooms.
- Working fireplace, large windows, exposed brick, and beautifully restored original historic design details.
- All units in excellent condition. Utilities separately metered. Gas heating.
- Value add options include conversion to single-family mansion, finish basement, further luxury upgrades, and utilization of the air rights for penthouse construction ( +/- 500 SF), and greenhouse construction ( +/- 500 SF), rooftop hot tub, and vegetable garden.

House Address: 2 Virginia Place, Brooklyn, NY 11213.