120 Prospect Park West, 2

TOWNHOUSE ALTERNATIVE! Rarely available - approx. 2,000 sf - two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath duplex apartment on Prospect Park. Converted from a single-family mansion, the four-unit self-managed co-op is gracious, stately and filled with glorious original detail. Enter the building up the stoop and through a palatial foyer, beyond which this apartment begins. Apartment Two boasts grand ceiling heights, lovely flow from room to room, and copious amounts of 19th-century craftsmanship. A formal dining room greets you and features a decorative fireplace and mantel and a wall of floor-to-ceiling sliding-glass bookcases. The center living room has another monumental fireplace and mantel flanked by leaded glass cabinets. Parquet floors with decorative borders enhance the elegance of these two rooms. The rear windowed kitchen has ceiling-high maple cabinets and an efficient design. A powder room is conveniently tucked away on this level, as well, making this floor well suited for lounging and/or elegant dinner parties. Up the spiral stair, you'll discover on a massive galley that could serve as home office or playroom and creates a graceful transition between two wings of bedrooms and baths. (A clever renovation on this level can easily achieve a third bedroom.) The east side of this floor has an extra-large primary bedroom approached through two walls of closets with a sunny windowed bay for quiet reflection, as well as three additional closets with stunning bird's-eye maple doors. The bathroom on this side is roomy enough for ablutions and its full-sized washer and dryer. It features an original stained-glass double-hung window, another vestige of the building's Victorian heritage. The other side of the floor accommodates another spacious bathroom and rear-facing bedroom, through which a sweet terrace - large enough for a table and chairs or chaise lounge and potted annuals - is accessed. 120 Prospect Park West is beautifully located only a few blocks from the F/G line and the newly expanded cluster of fine food at Ladybird Bakery, Pasta Louise, Zatar, Provini, Flora and more. With Prospect Park at your front door, this picture is complete.