This 120-year-old row house at 1237 Union St in Crown Heights reveals Brooklyn's transformation from farmland and dirt roads to a thriving metropolis with street lamps, fire hydrants, and underground subways.
Why even its accommodations suggested that Architects of the era knew families needed more practical-sized bedrooms and closets to satisfy the borough's fast-growing middle class.
With its 1,520 sq ft duplex providing a spacious living room, impressive dining room, eat-in kitchen, and 3 roomy bedrooms on its top floor, you'd think families in that era would have had their expectations met.
But this home boasts a fully above-grade English basement with separate entrances from its front and back yards, delivering an additional 750 sq ft of living space for homeowners that want a place for relatives or guests to stay in (especially since it is equipped with its own kitchen and bathroom).
