Live across the street from the park in this perfect two family brownstone with approximately 4,000 square feet and TWO jumbo duplexes. Perfect for friends or families buying together, or live in one and collect high income from the other.
Located across the street from the block-long Brower Park which includes walking paths, grass lawns, park benches and dog runs. Brower Park is ringed by some of the most beautiful turn-of-the-century mansions anywhere in Brooklyn which would fit right in on Central Park West. And just like the UWS, transportation on both A/C and 2/3 (and 4) trains are minutes away. The far side of the park is home to the magnificent Brooklyn Children's Museum.
The First Duplex: This approximately 2,000 square foot duplex features two bedrooms, 2.5 baths, optional yard access and a stunning rec room level. From the front court yard, you enter this impressive duplex through a bright, immaculate private entrance with custom ironwork. The living room and custom kitchen are almost 35 feet long and feature a gorgeous bay window, high ceilings, decorative fireplace, a lovely powder room, and a show-stopping custom kitchen with full Bosch appliances. Two large bedrooms face the rear and connect en-suite to an artful full bathroom. The primary bedroom leads to a courtyard with optional access to the garden. Downstairs, the rec room level has airy, high ceilings and is inviting for endless uses. This is a warm and welcoming space with a full bathroom, climate control and rear window.
The Upper Duplex: This approximately 2,000 square foot duplex features 3 to 4 bedrooms plus sky-lit office, 3 full bathrooms, a massive rear deck and stairs to the yard. From the classic brownstone stoop, you enter through a magnificently restored vestibule with french doors, imaginative wall paper and honed stone, into the parlor floor with 10 foot ceilings, stained glass, restored staircase and solid oak herring bone floors stained to a blonde lacquer finish. The central kitchen is a pleasure to use and enjoy with ample storage in custom solid wood cabinetry, honed calacutta quartz counters, and high-end bosch appliances, dual oven, and a 36 inch range top with powerful external-venting, restaurant quality range hood. A custom glass and steel wall divides the kitchen from a rear dining, office, den or play room. It's the perfect work-from-home luxury with a bay window and door to the rear deck. Up the gorgeous, restored staircase are three bedrooms, a sky-lit den, and two full bathroom, including a primary suite with fully equipped walk-in closet, and spa-like bathroom with soaking tub, rain head shower, and double vanity.
This home has been expertly restored by master craftsmen and a skilled design/build team. All new mechanicals, plumbing and electric plus individually metered utilities, central air and heat and high efficiency hot water. This home is a must see today.
Quick Profile
Originally known as Crown Hill by the Lenape Indians that lived there, Crown Heights has evolved into a diverse neighborhood, occupied primarily by Hasidic Jews and one of the largest Caribbean populations to be found anywhere outside of the West Indies.
Head over to Nostrand Avenue, one of the main West Indian commercial areas in the neighborhood, which is lined with stores that have been in those exact same places for generations, providing their goods and services to area residents. Kingston Avenue has similar commercial activities that support the Jewish community, and Franklin Avenue shows the most signs of change and gentrification, with an ever-expanding mix of yoga studios, coffee shops, and organic grocery stores that serve the influx of young professionals. No matter which of these areas you visit, you will find an interesting mix of businesses that you wouldn’t normally picture as existing side-by-side. It is all part of the cultural diversity of Crown Heights.
The neighborhood is bisected, from east to west, by Eastern Parkway, which is a beautiful, 3-mile-long boulevard lined with mature trees. This leafy oasis was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, famed designer of Central Park, the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, and the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D. C.
You will find a mix of low-rise apartment buildings, large middle-class elevator buildings, brownstones, and some luxury buildings. Century-old architecture stands next to modern residential developments in a visually interesting mix of styles, much as the diversity of the residents exists. People who would not normally meet and mix are forging new pathways to cultural understanding by working, living, and playing together in the same neighborhood.