Stuy Heights' Oldest Historic District Home Hits Market At $1.6M

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Stuyvesant Heights' oldest Victorian row house has hit the housing market with a $1,599,000 asking price, a Realtor.com listing shows.

The landmarked, single-family house at 47 Chauncey St., just off Lewis Avenue, dates back to 1867, which makes it one of the oldest in Bed-Stuy's historic district, city records show.

The two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath triplex features a front porch, a parlor with its own gas fireplace, a chefs kitchen that looks out onto the backyard and a master bedroom with its own terrace, the listing shows.

While the outside maintains its more historic aspects, the inside has gone modern. Bluetooth speakers, central air conditioning and video surveillance in the "smart home" can all be controlled via iPad, the listing shows.

An open house is slated to take place on Sunday.

The house is one of about 430 preserved in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, which earned its landmark designation in 1971, according to its designation report.

"Its pleasant tree-shaded streets and broad avenues are lined with a variety of dwellings," researchers wrote.

"The majority of streets offer an interesting mixture of architectural styles, while within each style there is a delightful variety of design.

The report, which gives a thorough history of the district that dates back to when the land was Dutch, also details how row houses at 41-47 Chauncey St. were developed by a Manhattan attorney named Charles C. Larned.

Larned sold the houses Brooklyn resident to James Campbell in 1870, who in turn sold them to Thomas Prosser, a large property owner in the district, according to the report.

At the time of publication, number 47 still had its original doors.