71 Greene Ave

The Fort Greene Townhouses on Clermont and Greene are a collection of four stately homes with all of the beauty and grandeur of the neighboring landmarked properties in addition to possessing every modern convenience you can imagine. We have saved the best for last! 71 Greene is a 20 wide one-family home with 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a great room with a double height ceiling, a balcony, garden, finished roofdeck with Manhattan views, and fully renovated cellar. This dramatic home is flooded with light all day long through a dramatic 22 high curtain wall of glass that overlooks a stunning garden. Offering a seamless integration of indoors and out, this modern take on the traditional brownstone offers a loft-like feeling unrivaled by the neighboring older homes.A unique combination of traditional materials re-envisioned in a modern way includes a stunning traditional brick faade with oversized steel casement windows, distinctive doors and hardware, landscaped and irrigated garden, state-of-the-art multi-zoned heating and cooling system, and Smart-Home Technology that even brings Virtual Doorman to a townhouse, allowing for 24 hour secure package delivery and pickup.Enter this home on the garden level through a convenient mud room area that opens up to a large central kitchen with dining on one side and a casual living room off the garden that enjoys a two-story height window for guaranteed light all day long. The oversized chefs kitchen includes custom gray teak cabinetry by Scavolini, in addition to a suite of only the best appliances, including a Sub Zero fridge and wine cooler, vented Bertazonni Range and Microwave, and Miele dishwasher.Head upstairs to a lofty and sun-filled living room that overlooks the kitchen area and allows for easy communication between floors. One floor above this offers a master suite of grand proportions including a large master bedroom in the back, dressing room and luxury master bath in the middle, and a home office or 5th bedroom in the front. Take the entire floor for yourself or use the 5th bedroom as a nursery, windowed walk-in closet or home office. Spa-like bathrooms are a luxurious combination of honed marbles, Kohler fixtures, deep soaking tub and a glass-enclosed shower The top floor offers three additional bedrooms, two of which both enjoy designer ensuite bathrooms of their own, a rare luxury in townhouse living.One more flight up takes you to an unrivaled roofdeck that has been finished with pavers and offers sweeping panoramic views of the Manhattan and Brooklyn skylines. A skylit pop-up penthouse area offers a kitchenette and extra storage for all of your outdoor toys. And don't miss a fully finished basement with running water that makes the perfect home gym or screening room.Stunning interiors have been imagined by Hustvedt Cutler Architects, a firm with a specialty in high-end townhouse residences that seek a timeless quality through the implementation of rich materials and only the best appliances and fixtures. The faade and layouts were envisioned by GF55 Architects, working in tandem with the Landmarks Preservation Commission, to ensure that these homes were seamlessly combined with the neighboring architecture while also elevating their utility far above what buyers have come to expect from townhouse living. Developed by Douglaston Development, a world-class builder established in 1973 with experience building, renovating and rehabilitating thousands of residential units and millions of square feet of commercial, hotel, office, retails and educational facilities. You can be reassured knowing that these homes have been crafted with only the greatest care by a well-established builder with a long track-record of building some of New York Citys most exciting housing projects. All four townhouses have stunning tree-lined views that look out on to some of the oldest iconic architecture in Brooklyn from the front, and pastoral garden and city views from the back. You will be surrounded by some of the most prestigious addresses in Brooklyn, including Eastlake-style homes built and preserved by the Pratts, the Vanderbilts, and the Underwoods, just around the corner. Conveniently situated between Lafayette and Greene Avenues, on a treasured and quiet Landmark block, with world-class dining in every direction at Romans, Aita, Olea, Emily, Walters, and the Finch, to name a few. The world famous Olmstead designed Fort Green park offers tennis, walking trails, a weekly Greenmarket, and off-leash dog hours just a few blocks away, and of course you will never be far from culture and convenience at BAM and Barclays center and every single subway line at Atlantic Center.