A true interior staircase connects the home's two levels, creating excellent separation of space and a versatile layout for everyday living, entertaining, and working from home. The upper level features a bright, open living and dining area, galley kitchen, windowed home office, and full bath. Downstairs, a spacious den or playroom provides additional flexibility alongside the sleeping quarters and second full bath. Generously proportioned rooms, hardwood floors, excellent natural light, and multiple options for home office, guest, or recreation space make this an exceptionally adaptable residence.
185 Prospect Park Southwest is a well-maintained post-war elevator co-op offering a live-in superintendent, lobby-level laundry room, bicycle storage, private storage, a shared landscaped backyard, and on-site parking available by waitlist for an additional fee. The building is pet friendly.
Perfectly positioned in the heart of Windsor Terrace directly across from Prospect Park, residents enjoy immediate access to the park's lake, playgrounds, dog run, tennis courts, and year-round recreation. Neighborhood favorites, including The Elk, Le Paddock, Krupa Grocery, Ladybird Bakery, the Bartel-Pritchard Square Greenmarket, and Nitehawk Cinema, are all nearby, along with the shops and restaurants of Windsor Terrace and Park Slope. The F and G trains at Fort Hamilton Parkway and the B68 bus provide convenient transportation throughout Brooklyn and into Manhattan.
A rare opportunity to own a truly unique duplex offering the scale, flexibility, and feel of a private home in one of Brooklyn's most beloved neighborhoods.
Quick Profile
The tiny, comma-shaped neighborhood of Windsor Terrace is bookended between two of Brooklyn’s largest green spaces, Prospect Park and the massive Green-Wood cemetery. Aside from the presence of the Prospect Park Expressway, which dissects the neighborhood in two, this residential community offers a suburban sensibility with its tree-lined streets, low volume traffic and the low height character of its streetscape.
Many homes in the area are low to the ground, lending a suburban feel to the neighborhood, and the area has been down-zoned to maintain its low-rise appeal and character. There are plentiful brick row houses that have very low turnover. If you are lucky enough to buy or rent one, you tend to hold on to it. There are also small apartment buildings, private homes, condos and multi-family homes in a wide price range
There is commercial development along Prospect Park West, Fort Hamilton Parkway and Prospect Avenue, but even these new stores and restaurants are mostly family-owned and operated, maintaining the small-town charm. The pace of life is slower. The schools are good, which is a big draw for families with young children. The people are friendly, which gives a real sense of neighborhood and community to Windsor Terrace.