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40 Remsen Street is a pre-war co-op building in Brooklyn Heights, built in 1900 and converted in 1980. The 5-story walk-up building contains 10 units and features an intercom system. Currently, 1 apartment is for sale.
40 Remsen Street is a landmarked, five story pre war co op housed in a 25 foot wide Victorian mansion in Brooklyn Heights. Completed in 1900 and converted in 1980, the building was once home to Alfred Tredway White, the Brooklyn philanthropist and social reformer associated with early model housing developments. It sits on a quiet cul de sac and contains 10 apartments, with an intimate scale unusual for a grand townhouse of this size.
The building retains the architectural vocabulary of its period, including paneled public interiors, stained glass, pocket doors, wood burning fireplaces, original wood floors, bay windows, and ceiling heights that often reach 12 to 14 feet. The apartments range from studios and one bedroom homes to larger duplexes, with flexible layouts and occasional private terraces or direct access to the roof deck. A duplex arrangement places living spaces on one level and bedrooms on another, while parlor level homes emphasize the mansion's tall ceilings and formal proportions.
A shared roof deck has views toward the East River, Manhattan, the harbor, and the Verrazano Bridge, and each apartment has a private basement storage locker. The building also has an intercom and a walk up configuration. The Brooklyn Heights Promenade is roughly half a block away, Brooklyn Bridge Park is close by, and Montague Street's restaurants and shops are one block from the building. The 2, 3, 4, 5, and R trains are accessible from the surrounding Brooklyn Heights stations, with additional neighborhood access to the A, C, and F lines.
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For some co-ops, instead of price per square foot, we use an estimate of the number of rooms for each sold apartment to chart price changes over time. This is because many co-op listings do not include square footage information, and this makes it challenging to calculate accurate square-foot averages.
By displaying the price per estimated room count, we are able to provide a more reliable and consistent metric for comparing sales in the building. While we hope that this gives you a clearer sense of price trends in the building, all data should be independently verified. All data provided are only estimates and should not be used to make any purchase or sale decision.
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