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New Williamsburg Townhouse With Floors From Domino Sugar Factory Asks $7.495 Million

This newly built townhouse in Williamsburg offers top-end finishes, modern design and an expansive single-family living space.

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Williamsburg at 138 N. 1st Street

by Chris Erikson

05/22/2017 3 minute 0

This newly built townhouse in Williamsburg offers top-end finishes, modern design and an expansive single-family living space, for the kind of big-ticket buyer that would have been a stranger to this nabe not long ago. It’s at 138 North 1st Street, off of Bedford Avenue.

It’s got 4,800 square feet spread over five levels, spanned by an iron-railed staircase with a skylight at the top.

There’s an open plan living space with herringbone floors crafted out of wood beams salvaged from the Domino Sugar factory, and giant glass doors in the rear leading to an ipe-walled patio with a built-in gas grill and a built-in speaker system. There’s a big kitchen with dual sinks, a wine fridge (but of course), a countertop range and acres of beauteous custom walnut cabinetry from Henrybuilt.

That lovely walnut is mirrored in a massive walk-through dressing room in the fourth-floor master suite and a wet bar in the finished basement, here called the “lower garden” level, due to a sunken garden in the rear.

The master suite’s got a spa-style bath with dual walnut vanities, a large picture window, and an expansive marble steam shower with a bench.

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The floor below holds three bedrooms and two baths; above is a sun-room-ish space that could be used for an office or something else, with roof decks on either side.

It’s tricked out with a smart home system that controls lighting, sound, zoned heating and cooling, an alarm system and video entry. There’s a full laundry room on the bottom level, as well as some closeted machines on the third floor.

So, there’s a lot here, and a big price to match. It hit the market last summer, with a whopping $10 million price tag. That proved ambitious, and a series of price drops followed.

Listed by Corcoran brokers Bruce Henderson, Michelle Maryk and Jeremy Arwas, it’s now asking $7.495 million, a full $2.5 million off the initial ask. Think someone will bite at that price? Like the house?

[Listing: 138 North 1st Street | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP