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Photo by Emily Gilbert for Arlington Place Bed and Breakfast

Along with the Nets, fixies, Patrick Stewart, and hydroponic kale, Brooklyn has fireplaces. Amazing fireplaces. The kind of mantels that could inspire a move — if you don’t live here already. Here are 15 we can’t stop dreaming about.

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Photo by Fig Design

Mixed metallics and jewel tones set off a pale stone fireplace in an 1890s Park Slope home by Fig Design.

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Photo by Compass

Green Minton-style tile with creatures and foliage animates a carved wooden mantel in a magnificent Park Slope brownstone.

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Photo by Corcoran

Modern furniture and chinoiserie contrast with a carved stone Neo-Grec mantel in an 1875 Second Empire brick home in Carroll Gardens.

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Photo by Corcoran

This cozy living room features a carved wooden fireplace in the Renaissance Revival style. Its mottled glaze tiles in baby chick yellow are typical of the period.

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Photo by Brandi Harper via Design Sponge

A colorful slate mantel, plants and travel souvenirs create a cheerful focal point in this Bed Stuy parlor.

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Photo by Ensemble Architecture

A typical Italianate carved marble mantel with an arched firebox graces a former workingman’s cottage in Warren Place Mews in Cobble Hill. The tiny house, built by philanthropist Alfred Tredway White in 1878, was renovated by Elizabeth Roberts and Josh Lekwa of Ensemble Architecture.

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Photo by onefinestay

A bold Neo-Grec mantel contrasts with modern furnishings and a colorful rug — and, surprisingly, a trapeze — in this Park Slope house.

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Photo by Brown Harris Stevens

A painted navy blue mantel and purple couch bring a bohemian touch to this whimsically decorated Prospect Heights brownstone. The fireplace surround is onyx.

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Photo by jon’s restorations via flickr

A circa-1900 neo-Classical fireplace in a Bedford Stuyvesant home sports a swag and checkerboard tile. Its owner stripped and restored the mantel.

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Photo by onefinestay

A strong-shouldered Neo-Grec mantel unites modern furnishings and figurative art work in a Park Slope home.

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Photo by Suzanne Spellen

Bas-relief Minton-style tile with drippy glaze creates a colorful hearth in a Bed Stuy brownstone designed by noted 19th century Brooklyn architect Amzi Hill.

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Photo by CWB Architects

A modern fireplace makes a strong statement in a Brooklyn Heights home designed by CWB Architects.

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Photo by Ensemble Architecture

A fireplace and grill warm up a Cobble Hill dining room designed by Elizabeth Roberts and Josh Lekwa of Ensemble Architecture.

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Photo by Nasozi Kakembo for Apartment Therapy

The colors pop on this well-preserved carved wood and tile fireplace in a Bed Stuy home belonging to entrepreneur Kai Avent-deLeon, owner of the neighborhood’s very cool clothing boutique Sincerely Tommy.

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