Handsome home on Albemarle Terrace asks $1.75M
Nestled in a corner of Flatbush, Brooklyn stands a rare listing that could be mistaken for the suburbs.
The $1.75 million townhouse is on Albemarle Terrace, a serene street near Prospect Park.
With its neighbor, Kenmore Terrace, the landmarked cul-de-sac makes up the little-known Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District.
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10 The listed townhome (center) is among those praised for its quintessential neo-Federal facade.
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10 Albemarle Terrace viewed from East 21st Street.
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10 The four-bedroom home's interiors include hardwood floors and crown moldings.
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The district's 32 red brick townhomes date back to 1916.
The quiet community, accessed from East 21st Street, is shaded under a canopy of mature Pine Oak Trees. Listings there are understandably rare.
The picturesque four-bed, two-bath residence on offer is of particular note, as it is among the 'smaller, gabled houses with dormers,' praised by architecture historians and preservationists in the book 'Bricks & Brownstone: The New York Row House.'
The authors dubbed Albemarle Terrace as having 'the most fully realized Neo-Federal houses in the city,' and hailed the shorter townhouses as representing 'perfect bookends of New York's row house building history.'
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10 The living room, virtually staged with furniture, includes a large bay window and a woodburning fireplace.
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10 The black-and-white checkered kitchen.
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10 The primary bedroom connects to the sunroom.
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10 The large sunroom features two walls of windows.
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10 The home's intricate hardwood floors extend into the bedrooms.
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10 A bathroom includes a free-standing tub.
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This $1.75 million home spans three floors. Its interiors feature hardwood floors, a woodburning fireplace and a light-filled corner sunroom. A large basement includes a laundry room and access to the backyard.
Albemarle Terrace was built by the popular Brooklyn-based firm Slee & Bryson between 1916 and 1917 — red bricks, burned bricks, splayed stone lintels, slate roofs and dormers among their defining features.
The pace of life at Albemarle Terrace has changed little over the last 100 years. A 1978 report by the Landmarks Preservation Commission described the community's 'tranquil ambience,' offering a 'refreshing contrast to the crowds, traffic and noise at the nearby intersection of Church and Flatbush Avenues.'
Nearly 50 years later, that reputation of tucked-away tranquility still holds true.
Listing agent Gabe Leibowitz of Douglas Elliman described Albemarle Terrace as an idyllic community, with neighbors often sitting outside and children running about.
'Every time I've been there, I've seen kids playing on the street,' Leibowitz told The Post, describing the seclusion of the little block as 'a very suburban perk.'
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10 The leafy backyard includes a stone terrace.
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Listings along Albemarle Terrace are particularly rare, Leibowitz said. He noted only a handful of sales over the last 15 years.
The area has appeared as a regular shooting location for HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire' and served as a Georgetown stand-in in FX's 'The Americans,' according to StreetEasy.
Two other million-dollar listings in the historic district, both five-bedrooms, are pending sales.
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