Brooklyn Heights Brownstone With Wood-Burning Fireplaces, Pier Mirror Asks $4.25 Million

It’s got a prime location in Brooklyn Heights and this circa 1850s brownstone, in the same hands for decades, appears to be in fine shape, with an interesting mix of original details and a practical layout. The 20-foot-wide row house is located at 37 Schermerhorn Street, within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

According to the info on the LPC landmarks map, the “eclectic” house was originally built circa 1852. The “eclectic” label is likely because the house has had some exterior remodeling over the years, leaving it with hints of Greek Revival and Italianate on the exterior and interior. It’s got a brownstone facade, a high stoop, tall parlor windows with decorative iron balconies, simple lintels and a bracketed cornice.

Digging through historic newspapers shows that by at least the late 1870s and through the 1940s, it was a boarding house. Ads in the 1890s boast of the “fine table” (meals) provided, the modern improvements and elegant house.

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It’s now a two-family, set up as a double duplex. The listing photos seem to focus primarily on the lower unit, which encompasses the parlor and garden floors. Inside the parlor, there’s a pier mirror, a bit of crown molding and a wood-burning fireplace with an Italianate marble mantel with more modern hearth tiles. At the rear of the floor is the dining room, with modern built-in bookshelves and storage underneath.

A U-shaped kitchen is adjacent, with tile floors, white slab-fronted cabinets and stainless steel appliances. There’s also a full bath on this level.

Below, on the garden level, are two bedrooms, a full bath and a small windowed sitting room that opens to the rear yard. The listing photos show the front bedroom set up as a living room and it’s got a rather nice dark marble mantel with iron insert.

The floor plans show the upper level with a reversed layout. The kitchen and dining are in the front of the house and the living room in the rear along with a full bath. There’s a bit more of an open floor plan here with just a wall of built-in storage in between. There are two more mantels, including another of dark marble. According to the listing, one of the two fireplaces is wood burning.

Upstairs are three bedrooms, a laundry and a full bath.

Out back, the garden is enclosed by neighboring brick walls, softened by climbing vines. There’s a stone patio and some planting beds along the edges.

The property hasn’t changed hands since the 1970s. An ad in the Brooklyn Heights Press in 1962 shows it was on the market then for $31,500. It is asking $4.25 million, listed by Cheryl Nielsen-Saaf, Cara Sadownick and Zoe N. Saaf of Corcoran. What’s your take?

[Listing: 37 Schermerhorn Street | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP

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