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This $2.85M Crown Heights townhouse is an unspoiled historic beauty on an extra-long lot

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November 26, 2025

This $2.85M Crown Heights townhouse is an unspoiled historic beauty on an extra-long lot

By Michelle Cohen

The ornate two-family townhouse at 882 Park Place possesses an impressive collection of the covetable details this historic neighborhood's homes are known for, in addition to being blessed with one of its deep 135-foot lots, giving it a park-sized backyard. The four-story Renaissance Revival limestone residence is a spacious blank canvas of original details, including four fireplaces. Asking $2,850,000, the home consists of a garden-level apartment with a triplex above.
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Park Slope ‘pink house,’ now in a more muted hue, asks $5M

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November 24, 2025

Park Slope ‘pink house,’ now in a more muted hue, asks $5M

By Michelle Cohen

For decades, the first thing passersby would notice about the otherwise stately townhouse at 233 Garfield Place was its facade, painted a shade referred to as "bright magenta" in a 2006 New York Times article. The bubblegum-hued exterior was updated in 2012 with one more in keeping with its historic brownstone neighbors. The four-story Park Slope home, configured as a triplex above a two-bedroom garden flat, is now on the market for $4,995,000.
no longer pink, but still pretty

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A long-neglected Clinton Hill townhouse gets a total glow-up and a $5.5M ask

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November 14, 2025

A long-neglected Clinton Hill townhouse gets a total glow-up and a $5.5M ask

By Michelle Cohen

Built in 1899, the pale green wood-frame townhouse at 175 St. James Place has, for years, stood in a neglected state, leaving passersby to wonder what its fate would be. After a lengthy top-to-toe renovation, the three-story, single-family townhouse is dressed and ready for its 21st-century debut, asking $5,500,000. The 22-foot-wide home spans 4,500 square feet, along with a large private backyard.
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Famous skinny house in the Village is back on the market for $4.2M

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November 4, 2025

Famous skinny house in the Village is back on the market for $4.2M

By Michelle Cohen

At just nine-and-a-half feet wide, New York City’s narrowest townhouse at 75½ Bedford Street is once again for sale, asking $4,195,000. The historic 1873 townhouse is known as much for its famous past residents as for its narrow size. Known as Millay House, it has been home to poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, anthropologist Margaret Mead, and cartoonist William Steig, as well as screen luminaries Cary Grant and John Barrymore. The townhouse has since been renovated for modern living, making the most of its slender proportions.
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For $5M, be the first new owner of this historic Cobble Hill wood-frame home in 40 years

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October 29, 2025

For $5M, be the first new owner of this historic Cobble Hill wood-frame home in 40 years

By Michelle Cohen

There aren't many well-preserved wood-frame townhouses left in the city, and this circa 1842 home at 34 Bergen Street is a fine example. The two-family home hasn't changed hands in 40 years, though it has been lovingly updated by the current owners while retaining its original details. Asking $4,995,000, the four-story home in the heart of Cobble Hill offers outdoor space in the form of terraces and a backyard, and plenty of options for one- or two-family living.
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Lily Allen’s Brooklyn townhouse is for sale for $8M

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October 28, 2025

Lily Allen’s Brooklyn townhouse is for sale for $8M

By Michelle Cohen

The celebrity news cycle is abuzz with the drama surrounding the breakup of singer Lily Allen and actor David Harbour (Hopper on "Stranger Things") after four years of marriage. Her just-released album gives voice to the star-crossed pairing and its demise–the New York Post calls it a "revenge album"–with the Carroll Gardens home at 381 Union Street symbolizing the blissful early days of the couple's brief union. Asking $7,995,000, the 22-foot-wide brownstone got a top-to-toe renovation by architect Ben Bischoff of MADE–and a not-for-everyone makeover by AD100 designer Billy Cotton.
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Turn this $6.9M Brooklyn Heights three-family townhouse into an urban mansion with original details galore

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October 17, 2025

Turn this $6.9M Brooklyn Heights three-family townhouse into an urban mansion with original details galore

By Michelle Cohen

Asking $6,900,000, the graceful five-story Italianate brownstone at 261 Hicks Street on a picturesque Brooklyn Heights block embodies the neighborhood's historic elegance. Converted in 1969 to a three-family residence, the home spans 4,915 square feet of living space on five floors. The current owners occupy the top four levels with a garden-level flat below; optimize the home's rental potential, including a top-floor apartment, or convert the entire townhouse into a private mansion. Unlike many historic properties, the home's grand architectural details have been maintained, providing a dramatic frame for its 12 light-filled rooms.
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Asking $6.35M, this restored 1804 Tribeca townhouse is one of the last remaining homes from the period

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October 15, 2025

Asking $6.35M, this restored 1804 Tribeca townhouse is one of the last remaining homes from the period

By Michelle Cohen

If you're strolling past the corner of Harrison and Greenwich Streets in Tribeca, you're likely to notice a row of nine landmarked Federal-style homes with private gardens; the nine homes are a rare group of survivors from the early 1800s. On the market for the first time in 35 years, the row house at 25 Harrison Street, asking $6,350,000, occupies a prime corner spot.
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$22M Cobble Hill brownstone is five floors of architectural perfection, from the wine cellar to the rooftop deck

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October 8, 2025

$22M Cobble Hill brownstone is five floors of architectural perfection, from the wine cellar to the rooftop deck

By Michelle Cohen

Built in the 1850s, the five-floor brownstone at 205 Clinton Street fits right in with its stately neighbors on an elegant, historic Cobble Hill block–but the home's interiors are in a league of their own. Reflecting a two-year renovation helmed by award-winning architect Mike Ingui, the 25-foot-wide townhouse has been completely rebuilt within its carefully-preserved frame, from the basement wine cellar and gym to four levels of outdoor space topped by a rooftop clubhouse and deck. An elevator takes you to all levels with hand-carved stairs and mezzanines in between. There's even full-service concierge parking. As the pricy neighborhood's biggest-ticket listing, if the townhouse sells for its stratospheric $22 million ask, it would be the third-highest sale in Brooklyn.
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For $14.5M, Gilded Age opulence in a designer’s Upper East Side mansion the size of a country estate

Photos courtesy of Travis Mark for Sotheby’s International Realty

September 25, 2025

For $14.5M, Gilded Age opulence in a designer’s Upper East Side mansion the size of a country estate

By Michelle Cohen

The Queen Anne–style townhouse at 134 East 71st Street, just off Park Avenue, has a covetable address; between its 14 rooms over six floors, above-it-all roof deck, elevator, and grand facade, the deluxe address is well-deserved. Gilded Age grandeur continues inside, where Park Avenue style is very much in evidence courtesy of the home's owner, acclaimed interior designer Charlotte Moss.
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For $2.6M, this two-family Crown Heights townhouse is loaded with original details

Photos courtesy of Brad Stein for The Corcoran Group

September 19, 2025

For $2.6M, this two-family Crown Heights townhouse is loaded with original details

By Michelle Cohen

From the street, the stately brick townhouse at 926 Saint Marks Avenue in the Crown Heights Historic District draws the eye to graceful details like top-floor arches and rounded bay windows. Asking $2,625,000, the Romanesque Revival home, built in 1901 by architect Albert E. White, has been thoroughly restored, but an impressive inventory of original details has been maintained.
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A Romanesque Revival home in historic Crown Heights asks $3.5M

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September 16, 2025

A Romanesque Revival home in historic Crown Heights asks $3.5M

By Michelle Cohen

This 1899 Belle Époque townhouse at 1219 Dean Street stands out, even along the blocks of ornate homes in the Crown Heights North Historic District. Within, the original architecture has been preserved to provide a backdrop for modern design-led renovations. Asking $3,500,000, the 5,000-square-foot, four-story townhouse includes a separate garden suite with access to a private backyard.
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This $2.25M Bed-Stuy townhouse has iconic Brooklyn style, well-designed spaces, and rental opportunity

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September 12, 2025

This $2.25M Bed-Stuy townhouse has iconic Brooklyn style, well-designed spaces, and rental opportunity

By Michelle Cohen

This renovated home at 761 Macon Street offers a big dose of iconic Brooklyn charm that extends beyond its pretty face. Asking $2,250,000, this three-story townhouse on a brownstone block in Bed-Stuy may not be the biggest townhouse in Brooklyn, but creative design elements and unfussy, welcoming spaces make it feel like home.
historic home, timeless appeal

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SHOP THE LISTING: A renovation by MADE adds colorful style to a $13M Cobble Hill townhouse

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September 11, 2025

SHOP THE LISTING: A renovation by MADE adds colorful style to a $13M Cobble Hill townhouse

By Michelle Cohen

At 25 feet wide with five stories and a separate garden flat, the 1884 late-Italianate-style townhouse at 234 Clinton Street would be a dream home for just about anyone. But the brick-fronted Brooklyn residence achieves icon status with a stem-to-stern renovation by celebrated architecture firm MADE, which added a vibrant color palette to design-showcase interiors while preserving the home’s history. Last listed for $12,995,000, the property's details, like pale mint green stairs, a modern kitchen clad in emerald tiles, and a top-floor studio, make this one of the neighborhood’s most exciting offerings. If you love the interior design of this home, we’ve sourced a few key pieces that are identical or similar to the items in the listing photos, so you can get the look for your own space.
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There are no dark corners in this $6.5M Park Slope townhouse with a rooftop view of the Statue of Liberty

Photo credit: Yoo Jean Han for Sotheby’s International Realty

September 4, 2025

There are no dark corners in this $6.5M Park Slope townhouse with a rooftop view of the Statue of Liberty

By Michelle Cohen

The 1901 townhouse at 448 6th Street, on a picture-perfect Park Slope block near Prospect Park, is filled with sunlight on four floors. Inside, 3,500 square feet of living space is almost entirely dressed in white for a dazzling overall effect. Asking $6,500,000, the home's history is showcased in its brick and brownstone facade and bay windows topped with leaded glass.
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Ivana Trump’s Lenox Hill townhouse gets another price cut, now asking $17.9M

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September 2, 2025

Ivana Trump’s Lenox Hill townhouse gets another price cut, now asking $17.9M

By Aaron Ginsburg

The five-story Upper East Side townhouse owned by Ivana Trump got another price chop, with the property now nearly one-third cheaper than its initial 2022 asking price. As first reported by CityRealty, the residence at 10 East 64th Street is now listed for $17.9 million, down from its original ask of $26.5 million and following a $4 million reduction in September 2023 after a year on the market. Ivana, who died in 2022, purchased the home in the early 1990s for roughly $2,500,000 following her divorce from Donald Trump, as 6sqft previously reported.
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For $3.4M, this Ditmas Park Victorian with a wraparound porch and a two-car garage brings breathing space to city living

Photos courtesy of Allyson Lubow

August 13, 2025

For $3.4M, this Ditmas Park Victorian with a wraparound porch and a two-car garage brings breathing space to city living

By Michelle Cohen

The first thing you'll notice about the rambling Victorian house at 320 East 18th Street in Ditmas Park will likely be the wide, welcoming front porch. Asking $3,400,000, this Brooklyn home was built in 1899 and has been beautifully preserved and updated for 21st-century living. In addition to the porch, the 4,000-square-foot house has a two-car garage, a finished basement, and large, light-filled rooms on three floors.
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Bob Dylan’s former Striver’s Row townhouse hits the market again for $3M

Images courtesy of Allyson Lubow for Sotheby’s International Realty, unless noted otherwise

August 1, 2025

Bob Dylan’s former Striver’s Row townhouse hits the market again for $3M

By Michelle Cohen

The landmarked early 1893 townhouse at 265 West 139th Street on Harlem’s famed Strivers’ Row historic district has the added distinction of having been Bob Dylan's home from 1996 to 2000. The cultural icon sold the McKim Mead & White-designed townhouse for $560,000, and it was listed again, as 6sqft reports, for $3.7 million in 2017. After 13 decades of cultural and architectural significance, the home, on the street's coveted residents-only alley, has benefitted from upgrades and enhancements that promise to keep it relevant and gracious for 21st-century homeowners. It's currently listed for $3 million.
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For $13.9M, this five-story Upper East Side limestone townhouse has two wine rooms, just to be sure

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July 24, 2025

For $13.9M, this five-story Upper East Side limestone townhouse has two wine rooms, just to be sure

By Michelle Cohen

This turn-of-the-century limestone-clad townhouse at 57 East 74th Street is a fine example of Gilded Age glamor enhanced by glamorous 21st-century design. Asking $13,900,000, the 8,200-square-foot home offers five floors of gracious living, a fully finished cellar, and two private outdoor spaces. As with any respectable Upper East Side townhouse, the home, designed by architects Buchman and Deisler, has a celebrity connection or two. Actress Phoebe Cates and her husband, actor Kevin Kline, once lived here, and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt lived next door from 1959 to 1962.
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For $2.95M, this Bed-Stuy townhouse is all about the Brooklyn brownstone design aesthetic

Photo credit: Allyson Lubow for Sotheby’s International Realty

July 22, 2025

For $2.95M, this Bed-Stuy townhouse is all about the Brooklyn brownstone design aesthetic

By Michelle Cohen

In the heart of Brooklyn's Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, this 20-foot-wide Neo-Grec brownstone at 408 Macon Street has a history as colorful as its updated and on-trend decor. The townhouse was featured in 6sqft in 2019, when Australian expats Jeremy Andrew–the artist Jeremyville–and creative director Megan Mair renovated and listed the home for $2.7 million. Back on the market for $2,950,000, the home's latest incarnation gets lots of color and creative flair from re-do duo Brownstone Boys.
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Layers of texture and moody hues make this $20M Chelsea townhouse a design maximalist’s dream

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July 16, 2025

Layers of texture and moody hues make this $20M Chelsea townhouse a design maximalist’s dream

By Michelle Cohen

When the current owners of this five-story (plus roof terrace) townhouse at 462 West 23rd Street moved in, they turned to friend and interiors expert Amy Kolker of Jane Street Projects to transform the white-box building into a lush urban mansion ready for working, living, and entertaining on a grand scale. The result: A maximalist's dream of layered rugs, plush furniture, dreamy landscaped terraces, and statement marble on unexpected surfaces. Asking $19,950,000, the Chelsea townhouse was featured in Architectural Digest, introducing the world to its dark, dramatic style.
six levels, one elevator, this way

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Behind this $7.9M Upper East Side townhouse is a magical hourglass-shaped private garden

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July 11, 2025

Behind this $7.9M Upper East Side townhouse is a magical hourglass-shaped private garden

By Michelle Cohen

This four-story single-family townhouse at 208 East 62nd Street in the Upper East Side's Treadwell Farm Historic district offers 5,000 square feet of life-ready space, from the cellar to the sun-filled top floor (with a private elevator to take you there). Asking $7,895,000, this iconic uptown home has another stunning surprise in the form of a curvaceous, tree-shaded south-facing garden retreat.
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Modern Fort Greene townhouse designed by David Adjaye for artist Lorna Simpson asks $6.5M

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July 9, 2025

Modern Fort Greene townhouse designed by David Adjaye for artist Lorna Simpson asks $6.5M

By Michelle Cohen

For the two decades since it rose at 208 Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood, this modern townhouse has been recognized as an important architectural addition to the streetscape. Asking $6,500,000, the four-story single-family residence is also home to a working artist's studio, making it a perfect model for creative Brooklyn living. As reported recently in the New York Times, Lorna Simpson, a renowned American photographer and multimedia artist with a current exhibition at the Met, and her husband, artist James Casebere, were looking for a place to live and create; after searching for a suitable space among the borough's historic brownstones, the pair hired British architect David Adjaye to design, from the ground up, a building that transcended the traditional amount of light free wall space.
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This $4M Park Slope brownstone has a backyard big enough for a vegetable garden

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June 26, 2025

This $4M Park Slope brownstone has a backyard big enough for a vegetable garden

By Michelle Cohen

On the market for the first time in over 50 years, this two-family townhouse at 744 Carroll Street may not be sporting a brand-new re-do, but it's more than ready for classic Park Slope brownstone living. Asking $3,995,000, the 3,700-square-foot home currently offers a garden apartment with a triplex above (with capacity to build an additional 1,700 square feet). Interiors have been well-kept, retaining their graceful original architectural details; the home's standout feature, however, may be an extra-long backyard with winding stone paths, secluded gathering spots, and a vegetable garden.
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For $2.9M, this updated Bed-Stuy brownstone has a private rooftop sun deck

June 25, 2025

For $2.9M, this updated Bed-Stuy brownstone has a private rooftop sun deck

By Michelle Cohen

Outdoor space is a rare commodity in the city; a leafy backyard or a roof deck adds a coveted dimension to warm-weather living. This four-story townhouse at 271 Decatur Street in Stuyvesant Heights has both. Asking $2,895,000, the historic townhouse has a two-part stoop and a detailed, ornate facade. Inside, a 21st-century renovation reflects modern design choices.
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