136 State Street #2, Brooklyn, NY 11201

There are apartments, and then there is 136 State Street #2: A parlour-and-third-floor duplex with 2.5 Bedrooms and 2 Baths within a 25-foot-wide landmarked brownstone, entered directly off the stoop, with ceilings over ten feet on both levels and a south-facing garden of over 1,000 square feet shaded by mature trees. It lives nothing like an apartment. The parlour level is extraordinary in its volume and proportion. Living and dining areas flow generously across the full width of the building, anchored by three oversized south-facing windows overlooking the garden. The kitchen is appointed with a Miele, Wolf, and Sub-Zero appliance package and custom storage throughout. A full bath completes the floor. Upstairs, 10' ceilings continue the sense of scale — remarkable in a co-op, where height above the parlour level is almost never preserved. Two proper bedrooms are joined by a generous office or nursery and a den, offering genuine flexibility for how life actually unfolds. A second...