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B’Heights Greek Revival
Columned townhouse asking $7.995M
COURIER L 18 IFE, FEB. 15–21, 2019 DT
The sprawling Greek Revival home features columns, fi replaces, molding,
and other classic details. Brown Harris Stevens
BY STEPHEN ZACKS
Opa!
This elaborate 25-foot-wide
circa 1848 Greek Revival townhouse
in Brooklyn Heights is
quite a Balkan celebration,
with its fi ve stories, columned
parlor level supporting an open
16-foot span, two French doors
with muntins and transoms
leading to a brick terrace, dentil
crown moldings, and doors
and windows framed with ear
moldings.
It has fi ve wood-burning
fi replaces (that’s a lot!) and central
air.
The fl oors are parquet
with a variety of inlaid wood
decorative borders. The fi fth
story is set back, with a rosecovered
brick terrace facing
Manhattan. The address is 270
Henry St. in coveted Brooklyn
Heights, where it is part of the
historic district.
It’s got a cornice ornamented
by foliate brackets,
projecting stone lintels bracketed
on the parlor level, and
expressive stoop railings with
cast iron spiral twist balusters
topped with scrolls. In “Old
Brooklyn Heights: New York’s
First Suburb,” Clay Lancaster
mentions the front entry’s
handsome surround with its
Greek ear detail, fashioned out
of brownstone. It’s a bit hard
to see in the listing photos and
Google Street View, but shows
up in the PropertyShark images
and the 1940s tax photo.
The setup is a seven-bedroom
quadraplex over a onebedroom
garden rental. It’s got
5 and a half bathrooms that are
not shown in the photos.
The kitchen is nicely renovated
with custom white cabinets
and stainless-steel appliances.
The unit has bathrooms
on every fl oor, a laundry on
the fourth fl oor, and an abundance
of walk-in closets. The
top fl oor, the one with the terrace
with views, has a study or
family room plus guest quarters,
according to the listing,
from Phyllis D. Norton Towers
of Brown Harris Stevens.
The garden is a bit wild, a
nice feature if you like to be
surrounded by foliage. It has
a brick patio and brick wall instead
of the usual fence, with
decorative arches and a lion’s
head bas relief.
Like a sprawling Prospect
Park South listing from last
week, the quadraplex seems
like a lot of house to put to work
for one family, but again, that’s
none of our business.
The garden-fl oor rental
is souped up with one of the
wood-burning fi replaces, two
bathrooms, its own entrance,
laundry, and an additional
room in an extension.
Given the condition, location
and $7.995 million ask,
do you think it will move
quickly?
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