This $2.6M Brooklyn townhouse puts a designer’s touch into a compact historic frame

This four-bedroom home on a landmarked block in Brooklyn’s Prospect Lefferts Gardens has the curb appeal and interior good looks that characterize the borough’s sought-after townhouses. Over three floors, two units offer plenty of living space and a backyard for outdoor living. Asking $2,649,000, the home at 250 Lefferts Avenue has been renovated from the lower-level flat to the solar panels on the roof with modern comforts and high-end fixtures and finishes.

Open rooms maximize light, framed by ceilings nearly 10 feet high, custom millwork, and wide-plank floors. Interior design by Andrew Cosbie features a stunning custom kitchen with fixtures and fittings by Ann Sacks, Waterworks, and Rejuvenation.

Preserved architectural details include leaded-glass transoms and a decorative staircase. Behind the scenes, central heat and air and solar panels assure 21st-century comfort and efficiency.

The open parlor floor offers a suitably grand entertaining and living space from the living room in front through the formal dining room to the kitchen at the rear. Well-preserved historic highlights include leaded-glass transoms and original stair balusters.

A pretty, purposeful kitchen is framed in subtle color and natural materials, anchored by a large dining bar. Open shelving and butcher-block worktops surround soapstone counters and a handmade Zellige tile backsplash. Quietly capable appliances include a Miele dishwasher, Fisher & Paykel refrigerator, and Fulgor Milano range.

The extra-deep backyard (a neighborhood bragging point) features landscape design by Hunter Green. A bluestone patio leads to open lawn space and cedar decking made private by a cedar fence.

Upstairs, the primary suite gets a large walk-in closet. A skylit ensuite bath has a deep soaking tub and glass-enclosed stall shower.

There are two more bedrooms on this floor, plus a full bath reimagined with the same designer’s eye. A vented washer/dryer adds convenience.

On the home’s garden level is a separate apartment, ready for use as a rental or for friends and family, with the option of creating a single-family house with even more space. A charming renovated kitchen features stainless steel appliances, open shelving, and butcher-block countertops.

Fronted by a landscaped garden, the barrel-vaulted 1905 home is within the Prospect Lefferts Garden Historic District. Surrounded by the neighborhood’s graceful prewar architecture, the block is within steps of the 2/5 express subway.

[Listing details: 250 Lefferts Avenue by Kristina Leonetti of Compass]

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