232 Decatur Street

Situated on one of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District's most beautiful blocks, between Lewis & Stuyvesant Avenues, this grand 20-foot wide four family home captures the history of a Victorian past, remarkably preserved for the present. Built between 1894 and 1897, 232 Decatur Street is part of a row of 25 exceptionally handsome houses designed in the Romanesque & Renaissance Revival styles by Magnus Dahlander & Associates, one of Brooklyn's finest and most prominent architectural firms of that time. You'll fall in love with every square foot of Old World grace, as this brownstone is dripping with original details including gorgeous inlaid floors, multiple fireplaces, and almost all the woodwork original to the house.

Enter up a dog-leg stoop through original double doors into an extravagant foyer replete with beautiful carved wood detail, stairway bench, and a beveled wall mirror with decorative hat hooks. Wainscoting lined halls lead to each floor, which all still retain impressive fireplace mantles, original doors and hardware, ornate crown molding and pressed-tin ceilings, dressing areas with built-in closets, dresser drawers and delicate carved wood detailing, all amidst the drama of high ceilings. Polygonal bay windows with banquette seating provide a comfortable repose from which to view the tree-lined street. With its sunny, south-facing exposure, the fenced-in garden is fully landscaped with lush bushes and perennials conveying a feeling of country elegance. The high-ceilinged cellar with handsome archways is extremely spacious and useable.

Delivered vacant as a legal four family, this house offers an array of possibilities; with most of the original layout still in place, this can easily convert back to a single family, three units, two units or keep the four...no matter what your needs, this is a prudent investment on one of the finest, most desirable blocks in Stuyvesant Heights. The home is right around the corner from neighborhood hot spots such as Peaches, Saraghina, Therapy Wine Bar. Less than three blocks from the A & C train entrance, by way of a lovely shortcut through Fulton Park.