Brooklyn Heights Townhouse Asking $7M Snags Top Deal

A veteran of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is keeping it moving.

Patrick Killackey, the deputy director of strategic initiatives at New York City Transit, found a buyer for his Brooklyn Heights townhouse asking almost $7 million, according to Compass’ report on contracts signed in Brooklyn for homes asking at least $2 million from Dec. 1 to Dec. 8.

The contract for his home at 40 Orange Street was the top contract signed in the borough last week.

Killackey, who previously worked as a deputy chief at the MTA, bought the home for $4.5 million in 2015, according to public records.

Spanning almost 3,000 square feet and measuring 20 feet wide, the home features five bedrooms and three bathrooms. The home has 35 windows and a rooftop skylight to take advantage of its triple exposures. It also has both a front and side entrance, as well as a two-card garage.

Brown Harris Stevens’ Katriona Kearney had the listing.

The second priciest contract last week went to a Park Slope townhouse at 233 Garfield Place asking almost $5 million.

The seller, serial entrepreneur Matthew Britton, bought the home for $4.25 million in 2014.

The townhouse is currently configured as a triplex on top of a two-bedroom garden apartment, which leads directly out to the backyard. The upstairs primary suite features a marble bathroom with a soaking tub and separate shower and a windowed walk-in closet.

The renovated home features original details like hardwood floors with mahogany inlay and four wood-burning fireplaces, and modern updates like central heating and cooling.

Corcoran’s Jackie Torren and Charlie Pigott had the listing.

There were 23 contracts signed last week — eight condos and 15 townhouses — for almost $73 million, up from the previous week, which saw 19 contracts signed for $56 million.

Last year, there were 19 contracts signed for over $92 million the week after Thanksgiving.

Homes put into contract last week had a median asking price of $2.85 million, an average discount of 1 percent and spent an average of 78 days on the market.