House of the Day Brooklyn Heights

Wood Frame With Evocatively Worn Interior Asks $4.9 Million in Brooklyn Heights

For those who know the neighborhood, the shingle-covered dwelling with its twin dormers is a familiar site.

Photo via Brown Harris Stevens

by Susan De Vries

04/20/2026 2

The picturesque exterior of this Brooklyn Heights wood frame yields to an evocative interior with wide planked floorboards, plaster walls stained with remnants of wall colors of the past, and Federal-era mantels. At 25 Cranberry Street, the early 19th century dwelling sits within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

For those who know the neighborhood, the shingle-covered dwelling with its twin dormers is a familiar site as its location next door to a long-empty lot at 27 Cranberry Street. The lot is empty no more; construction on a Landmarks-approved modern dwelling is currently underway.

No. 25 got its artful interior restoration after it last sold in the 1990s. The artistic new owners removed later flooring to reveal the original floorboards, according to a December 2005 article in The World of Interiors, and scraped off layers of wallpaper and paint, leaving the stained plaster in place. The aesthetic is a live-in, layered look, rather than a sparkly gut rehab.

Set up as a single-family dwelling, the just over 27-foot-wide house has a kitchen and dining room on the garden level, the parlor space above, and two floors of bedroom space. There are a total of 1.5 baths.

The entry is particularly striking, with ochre stained walls, wide floorboards, and the original stairs with patches of white paint left on the risers.

In the front parlor the walls are white with patches of color, and a few noticeable cracks. There is a wood mantel around the fireplace, one of the three wood burning fireplaces in the house.

The rear parlor was kitted out with modern built-ins with room for books and art. It’s painted a mellow shade to match the interior aesthetic.

The finishes were stripped back in the kitchen with exposed rafters and stone walls combined with open shelving and stainless steel appliances. The look continues in the dining room with exposed lathe and brick.

The second floor is set up as a full-floor suite. A rear-facing bedroom has the only access into the street-facing sitting room. There is also a dressing room and the only full bath in the house, with a 20th century baby blue tub and sink.

The dormered attic floor has two bedrooms and some storage. The largest of the two bedrooms has paneled walls painted white, a skylight, and a window into the adjoining, smaller bedroom. The smaller room is set up as an office that shows off some pattern and an indigo blue botanical wallpaper.

Not much of the rear yard is shown, just a glimpse visible in the view of the rear porch.

Joan Goldberg of Brown Harris Stevens has the listing and the house is priced at $4.9 million. Worth the ask?

[Listing: 25 Cranberry Street | Broker: Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP