This stunningly and fully renovated home affords the luxury of coveted expansive space and thoughtful detail rarely seen in the market. With its abundantly roomy footprint, the home is an ideal townhouse alternative that provides the ease of low maintenance living. (Please note, some photos are virtually staged.)
The home occupies a private corner wing of the 6th floor with four exposures from 13 windows throughout and receives abundant light with year-round views of the harbor and Verrazano bridge. Especially notable is its storage space with 10 closets, including three walk-in storage closets.
The gracious layout features French doors that open to a huge 28-ft long living room and lead to a separate very large formal dining room with built-in shelving. The private bedrooms are light, airy and comfortably sized.
The new kitchen is beautifully outfitted with stainless steel appliances (including dishwasher), great storage and working counter space, granite countertops, porcelain floors and backsplash, and adjacent large pantry closet. Both ceramic-tiled bathrooms have been completely renovated as well with built-in vanity closets and windows.
The rich oak hardwood floors are in excellent condition and other appointments include: new panel doors throughout the apartment; new crown moldings and six-inch floor moldings: all walls and ceilings have been skim-coated; four air conditioning units; six ceiling fans; and two updated electrical boxes.
Amenities at this financially sound and well-maintained postwar luxury building include: a live in super and part-time doorman seven days a week; fob entry system; two new elevators; new air-conditioned/heated modern lobby and front entrance; new laundry room on lobby floor; landscaped gardens; new roof; new carpets and lighting on all residential floors; rental storage space in basement; rental bike storage in garage; heated garage (waitlist); and package room. Pet friendly, too.
Located in the heart of Bay Ridge's waterfront greenway with abundant popular recreational areas: contiguous parks, playgrounds, walking/biking paths, and tennis courts.
Near multiple transportation options, including express buses (X27/37 stop in front of building); R train at 95th St.; East River ferry; easy access to Belt Parkway and BQE. Only minutes to a wealth of the neighborhood's local shops, restaurants and cafes.
Quick Profile
Fort Hamilton has the unique distinction of being both a military base and a neighborhood in Brooklyn. Well, technically it’s a sub-neighborhood of Bay Ridge.
Named after founding father Alexander Hamilton, the neighborhood sits in the southwestern corner of Brooklyn and it’s about a square mile in size (give or take). Its boundaries are 86th Street to the north, Belt Parkway and Fort Hamilton military installation to the south, 7th Avenue to the east, and Shore Road to the west.
The area was originally inhabited by the Canarsie Indians and later settled by the Dutch in 1620. A few decades later, thanks to land grants from Governor Peter Stuyvesant, Cornelius Van Werckhoven from the Netherlands purchased what is now Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton for a very small amount of money.
The area remained an isolated stretch of rural land until the electric trolley line was introduced to Brooklyn in 1892. The trolley connected various points of Brooklyn and Fort Hamilton soon flourished. .
Fort Hamilton and Bay Ridge experienced waves of immigration and just like other areas of New York City it became a true melting pot. Irish and Italians immigrants made their way to the neighborhood in the early part of the 20th century followed by Syrian and Lebanese immigrants in the 1950s. More recently, Asian and Arab-Americans call Fort Hamilton home.
Modern-day Fort Hamilton may not have the cool factor that other Brooklyn neighborhoods flaunt but there are many trade-offs. It offers tree-lined streets and friendly neighbors. Most residents will tell you it has a small-town feel with the added perk of affordable housing. Fort Hamilton’s proximity to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and access to Manhattan-bound trains make it a very commutable neighborhood.