Spotlight On: St. Marks Between New York and Kingston

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The homes across from the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights are a spectacular mix of styles, starting with the villa-like corner mansion at #839. Known as the Dean Sage House, we’ve covered it here before. Montrose Morris is represented at #855-877, the Romanesque Revival twin-mansion. The rest is a mix of Queen Anne, Renaissance Revival, and Beaux Arts style, all ornate and impressive. Read all about the history of St. Marks Avenue in this Walkabout installment. And, of course, the Children’s Museum is across the street, looking something like a yellow submarine. The building took the place of two old Victorian mansions when it was built in 1976-77. This entire block was part of Phase 1 of Crown Heights landmarking.