Brooklyn Heights Mansion Asks $40 Million

A Brooklyn Heights mansion with a storied past at 3 Pierrepont Place has just hit the market for $40,000,000 — making it Brooklyn’s most expensive townhouse listing, probably ever. Corcoran’s Vicki Negron has the listing, which The Wall Street Journal was the first to write about, this afternoon.

The semi-attached Italianate brownstone, built in 1857, was famously home to Seth Low II, who served as mayor of Brooklyn in the 1880s, and later, mayor of New York. Perched on a cliff, it overlooks the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park, with views of the East River, Statue of Liberty and Manhattan.

Owner Jeff Keil bought the house for $2,300,000 in 1991, according to the Journal. He and his partner live in a five-bedroom duplex in the building. The 17,500-square-foot home has eight apartments. The current tenants are on short-term leases, and the house can be sold vacant, Keil told WSJ. Architect Frederick A. Petersen designed the house, which features a staggering level of ornate detail on a 9,000-square-foot lot. Click through for more photos of the interior.

The current record for the most expensive townhouse sale in the borough is, of course, the Greek Revival mansion at 70 Willow Street, which sold for $12,500,000 in 2012. Do you think the seller will get ask?

3 Pierrepont Place Listing [Corcoran]
Brooklyn’s Most Expensive Listing: $40 Million Brownstone [WSJ]
Building of the Day: 2 and 3 Pierrepont Place [Brownstoner]
Photos by Corcoran