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Brooklyn Heights Carriage House on Picturesque College Place Asks $5.795 Million

Set on a scenic cul-de-sac, this petite home has a garage on the main level and living space above.

Photo via Compass

by Susan De Vries

04/27/2026 0

It appears picture perfect on the exterior, with all the charm expected from a brick carriage house in Brooklyn Heights. On one of the scenic cul-de-sacs of Brooklyn Heights, 28 College Place is a petite home that still has room for horsepower, with a garage on the main level and the living space above.

While it’s a calm, picturesque street today, in the mid 19th century it was filled with smells and sounds of a different type. Labeled an “equine street” by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1874, College Place was lined with the private stables of local notables living on the surrounding streets.

First laid out around 1842 and named for a nearby academy for young ladies that became the Mansion House hotel, historic maps show buildings on the street by at least 1850. From a map of 1887, almost all the buildings are identified as brick stables, including No. 28. In the early 20th century, the stables of College Place, and many throughout Brooklyn, were converted to service “mechanical horses,” functioning as garages until being converted into bohemian single-family homes. The circa 1940 tax photo for No. 28 shows the neighboring building still operating as a garage.

The main level has plenty of space for vehicles, storage, a workshop, or studio, alongside a half bath. Windows at the rear provide some light. Upstairs, the living, dining, and kitchen spaces are at the front of the unit. Three bedrooms and a large, windowed walk-in closet are at the rear. There is one full bath.

Renovations left tin walls and ceilings intact in some of the rooms, with neutral finishes throughout. This includes the kitchen, with white cabinets and appliances combined with butcherblock countertops and a terra cotta tile floor. A passthrough provides a view into the windowed living room.

Bedrooms are all off a rear hall adorned with some impressive tinwork. Only one of the bedrooms and the large closet have exterior windows. The bedroom also has access to the windowed closet as well as a door to a rear deck. The floor plan shows that all rooms set up as bedrooms have interior windows between them to get some light in.

The full bath has a skylight, a blue tile floor, and white fixtures. The floor plan doesn’t indicate laundry, but the listing does note that there is that amenity in the unit.

There is a bit of outdoor space. A door at the rear of the garage leads out to a patio. A spiral staircase provides access up that rear deck off the bedroom.

The property last sold in 2005 for $2.575 million to a motorcycle racing enthusiast and preservationist. Jack Elliot Heard of Compass has the current listing and the carriage house is priced at $5.795 million. What do you think?

[Listing: 28 College Place | Broker: Compass] GMAP