166 Montague Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 166 Montague Street by Carter Horsley

This stately and very handsome, Romanesque Revival-style, 10-story building at 166 Montague Street at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights was erected in 1892 and was designed by George L. Morris for the Franklin Trust.

It was converted to 23 condominium apartments in 2016 by United Management. 

The conversion was designed by RKTB Architects and involved the creation of a rooftop terrace, a skylit health club, balconies on its west façade and a one-story glass addition on Clinton Street for the developer.

It was described as “the first skyscraper in Brooklyn Heights” in the 2015 book, “Brooklyn Heights, The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America’s First Suburb,” by Robert Furman, the president of the Brooklyn Preservation Council Foundation.

The building is convenient to public transportation.

Bottom Line

A sumptuous, Romanesque Revival-style, wedding-cake, mid-rise commercial building that was erected in 1892 as purportedly the first skyscraper in Brooklyn Heights and then converted into 23 condominium apartments in 2016.

Description

The ground floor is heavily rusticated limestone with an elaborately decorated entrance surround with clusters of columns and rising swirls.  The second-floor windows have three panes and the third-floor windows have three panels, one of which is a large arch.

The fourth and fifth floors have two-story window surrounds with thin columns and the 6^th through the 8^th floors have three-story window surrounds with thin columns and arched on the 8^th floor.

There are bandcourse above the third, fifth, eighth and nine floors.

The 10^th floor has dormer windows and a red tile mansard roof.

Amenities

The building has a part-time doorman, a fitness center, a roof deck and storage.

Apartments

Apartments have high ceilings, washers and dryers, Viking kitchen appliances, a Sub-Zero wine cooler, and a Carrera marble kitchen countertop.  Bathrooms have heated towel racks.

Apartment 7B is a three-bedroom unit with a 16-foot-long, living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island and a balcony.

Apartment 2C is a two-bedroom duplex with an entry foyer next to an open kitchen with an island and a 15-foot-long, double-height living room with a staircase to a 14-foot-wide loft on the upper level.

Apartment 9A is a two-bedroom unit with an entrance gallery, a 19-foot-long living/dining room with an open kitchen with a breakfast bar.

Apartment 6C is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to an 18-foot-long living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island and a 14-foot-wide balcony.