Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Oscar Winner Matt Damon Mulls Move to Brooklyn

Hollywood Hills to Brooklyn Heights? Matt Damon Checks Out $40 Million Pierrepont Place Mansion

Academy Award winning actor Matt Damon is looking to fly from the sunny hills of Southern California to the tree-lined streets of Brooklyn Heights. Damon was recently spotted checking out 3 Pierrepont Place, according to the New York Post. The brownstone mansion, which has been on the market for a cool $40 million for over a year, is the priciest townhouse in Brooklyn. Earlier this year, he and his wife, Luciana Barroso, tried enrolling their children in nearby Saint Ann’s School.

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Game-Changing Brooklyn Shopping Hub Prepping to Open as Early as Thursday With Century 21

It’s been a long time coming, but the City Point shopping hub in Downtown Brooklyn is getting ready to open in early October, debuting with discount fashion mecca Century 21 Department Store, Target and dinner-with-a-movie chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Once foodie destinations Trader Joe’s and DeKalb Market Food Hall open next year, the combined force of their draw will be a game-changer for Brooklyn, especially Downtown.

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The Insider: Architect-Fashion Editor Couple Creates Stylish Perch Atop Heights House

It was the three huge skylights that first sold architect Kevin Baxter of Baxter Projects on the 800-square-foot condo on the top floor of an old brick row house near the East River. Baxter, who went on his own in 2014 after working for I.M. Pei and other high-profile firms, renovated the space as a home for himself and his wife, Christene Barberich, cofounder of the lifestyle website Refinery29. His goals included bringing in more light, leveling the terribly uneven floors, sneaking in lots of hidden storage, thoroughly revamping the kitchen and bath, and generally making the place fresh and livable.

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Condo With Deck, Office, Bay Windows Overlooking Prospect Park Asks $989K

This 1.5-bedroom condo has a fair amount to recommend it, including a berth right across the street from Prospect Park, a large and fetching living room with bay windows overlooking the park, and a big deck off the bedroom in the rear. It’s on the third floor of a four-story townhouse at 108 Prospect Park West, at the corner of 6th Street.

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One of Brooklyn’s Oldest Houses, a Clapboard Federal on Middagh Street, Asks $7 Million

Brooklyn houses don’t get any more venerable than this wood-framed Federal at 24 Middagh Street. Most commonly dated to 1824, it’s often cited as the oldest house in the borough; we can’t confirm that, but it’s certainly one of them, gawked at by many a historical walking tour.

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