Brickline has handled 247 brownstone, limestone and townhouse closings across six Brooklyn neighborhoods since 2013. We know which house had a fire in 1974.
A 3,840-sqft garden duplex with a parlor-floor rental on Strong Place, 1.5 blocks from the Promenade. Original mantels intact.
A 4-floor, single-family pre-war brownstone with original parlor mouldings, a 22ft garden, and a finished cellar level set up as a media room.
Three things we do that other Brooklyn brokerages do not.
We pull DOB and Landmarks records on every house and walk through the alterations chronologically. Most of our buyers cite this as the moment they decided to make an offer.
Inés Lourenço shoots the stoop at 8am, the parlor at noon, the garden at golden hour. We do not stitch it into a virtual tour. We let buyers feel the light.
Before the for-sale sign goes up, we tuck-point any open mortar joints, repaint the stoop, and clean the bluestone. It pays back tenfold at first impression.
Brownstones are 60% house and 40% block. Most listings get the math wrong.
Inés pulled the 1903 permit and showed our buyers exactly which interior wall was load-bearing and which was added in the 1970s. They removed it the week after closing.
"We have sold 247 brownstones since 2013. We have walked twice that number we never listed. The block matters more than the building. The mortar matters more than the marble."
Commission and inclusions, plainly. Permits and the stoop audit are always included.
For brownstones and townhouses ready to list, under $3M.
Our most-requested package for parlor-floor and full-houses.
Trophy townhouses on the heritage blocks: Willow Place, Strong, Garden Place.
If yours is not here, write to Inés — answers within a day.
ines@brickline.realtyWe take 13 listing calls a month. Tell us the block, the floor, the parlor situation — and Inés or Adelaida will meet you on the stoop.