Brooklyn Heights townhouse leads borough’s luxury market upward

Brooklyn’s luxury market continued its climb last week. 

A landmarked townhouse in Brooklyn Heights last asking $8.5 million was the priciest of the 26 contracts signed in Brooklyn from June 19 to June 25, according to Compass’ weekly report on homes asking $2 million or more. The total was up from the previous period, which saw only 21 signed deals.

The five-story home at 35 Remsen Street, owned by a doctor and his family for decades, hit the market last April with a $10 million asking price. At 25 feet wide, the property spans 7,080 square feet and has seven bedrooms and three bathrooms. 

It also features stained glass transoms, floor-to-ceiling windows, oversized Pier mirrors and sweeping staircase. 

Corcoran’s Deborah Rieders had the listing.

The second most expensive home to enter contract was 355 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene, with an asking price of $4.5 million. The 3,200-square-foot renovated home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms. 

It includes hardwood floors, central air conditioning and heating, wall of windows and floor-to-ceiling white cabinetry. The home also features a landscaped garden, bluestone patio and Ipe roof deck. 

Compass’ Clare Saliba had the listing. 

The top contract asked just over a passive house in the neighborhood, which was set last spring to break the neighborhood sales record when it entered contract for $8 million — about $1 million over its asking price. The renovated townhouse at 6 South Oxford Street was only on the market for a week before it found a buyer and just a few months after the previous record was set by a Washington Park mansion that sold for $6.5 million.  

Townhouses dominated the 26 luxury contracts inked last week. Of the total, 17 were for townhouses, eight were for condos and one was for a co-op. 

The average asking price was $3 million and the average price per square foot was $1,258. The homes spent an average of 130 days on the market and had no average discount from the original listing price.

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