All articles by Emily Nonko

Emily is a Brooklyn-based writer who has covered New York City real estate, architecture and design for Brownstoner, The Wall Street Journal, Dwell and other publications. You can follow her on Twitter @EmilyNonko.
Freestanding Tudor With Two Sun Rooms Hits the Market for $2.7M in Forest Hills Gardens
April 1, 2016

Freestanding Tudor With Two Sun Rooms Hits the Market for $2.7M in Forest Hills Gardens

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Forest Hills Gardens, a planned community in Queens that's known for its winding streets and Tudor architecture, is home to some of the most impressive freestanding homes in all of New York. Here's one at 63 Wendover Road -- it occupies a corner lot so it boasts plenty of lawn outside, as well as a long private driveway that leads to a two-car garage. From the interior, you have not one but two sun rooms to enjoy the view out onto the sprawling backyard. Suburban life in Queens doesn't sound so bad.
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26-Foot Ceilings and Stained Glass at This Brooklyn Heights Church Turned Condo
March 31, 2016

26-Foot Ceilings and Stained Glass at This Brooklyn Heights Church Turned Condo

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If the idea of living in a former church intrigues you, there are plenty of options on the market. Just yesterday, 6sqft featured a $3 million Williamsburg condo with soaring cathedral ceilings. But the 26-foot ceilings at this $6,900/month Brooklyn Heights church turned condo are some of the most spectacular we've yet to see in the residential realm. Located at 99 Clinton Street in the old Presbyterian Church, the architecture is downright holy, with many of the 19th century cathedral details like stained glass windows incorporated into the interior. And the exterior still boasts its historic stone facade.
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Rent Governor Cuomo’s Former Douglaston Manor for $6,000/Month
March 31, 2016

Rent Governor Cuomo’s Former Douglaston Manor for $6,000/Month

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Last year, Governor Cuomo's former mansion in the suburban waterfront enclave of Douglaston, Queens hit the market looking like something straight out of the Great Gatsby. Cuomo lived in the sprawling home with his ex wife Kerry Kennedy, but sold it in 1993, when he joined the Clinton administration. It's a six-bedroom, Mediterranean-style manor that was constructed in the 1920s and was asking $2.7 million. In January, the home sold for a cool $2.4 million. And the new buyers have listed it for rent, asking $6,000 a month. In Manhattan, $6,000 a month could definitely get you a nice apartment, but it couldn't get you a mansion and outdoor space this impressive. It's enough to lure a person way out to Douglaston.
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$3.3M Williamsburg Condo in a Converted Brick Church Has Soaring Cathedral Ceilings
March 30, 2016

$3.3M Williamsburg Condo in a Converted Brick Church Has Soaring Cathedral Ceilings

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When this listing calls this condo "one of a kind," they aren't kidding: This apartment was carved from the former Pentecostal Church at 541 Leonard Street
 in Williamsburg. (These day's it's not at all uncommon for religious buildings to go residential.) The building holds three apartments total, all with three bedrooms and three bathrooms, boasting keyed elevator access, 20-foot wood-beamed ceilings and access to private outdoor space. This particular apartment is now on the market for $3.3 million.
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Corner Loft in Former Downtown Brooklyn Toy Factory Isn’t Playing Around With $999K Ask
March 28, 2016

Corner Loft in Former Downtown Brooklyn Toy Factory Isn’t Playing Around With $999K Ask

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Here's a two-bedroom condo from the Toy Factory Lofts, the former home to Tudor Metal Products. From the 1920s to the 1980s, the company, known for designing the popular Depression-era toy Budget Bank and the board game Electric Football, occupied the factory. Today, it's a 56-unit residential building in Downtown Brooklyn that holds a gym, parking garage and a rooftop deck. This lofty apartment has a big wall of oversized factory windows, not to mention exposures to the east and south that bring light into the open space.
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‘Bad Company’ Drummer Simon Kirke Lists Hip Hamptons Beach Cottage for $1.4M
March 26, 2016

‘Bad Company’ Drummer Simon Kirke Lists Hip Hamptons Beach Cottage for $1.4M

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The listing for this .28 acre East Hampton property is billed as "the ultimate beach cottage" and we'd have to agree. It's owned by the English drummer Simon Kirke, best known for playing with the bands Free and Bad Company. There's the main house, which was recently renovated, as well as a deck, pool and rear cottage currently configured as a music studio. The whole package, located right on Accabonac Harbor, has views of the harbor to the west and of Gardiner's Bay to the east.
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Two-Bedroom Apartment with Massive Foyer in Jackson Heights Asks $599K
March 24, 2016

Two-Bedroom Apartment with Massive Foyer in Jackson Heights Asks $599K

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Jackson Heights has a large stock of lovely co-op apartments, and this is one of them. It's a two-bedroom unit from 83-10 35th Street, one of the historic district buildings with a central, shared courtyard for residents. (When Jackson Heights was developed, it was called a "garden city" for those very courtyards.) It boasts a spacious floorplan and a foyer so large that, according to the listing, the seller put up a sliding door to create an extra guest bedroom.
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Tribeca Film Festival Co-Founders List Massive Dakota Spread for $39M
March 22, 2016

Tribeca Film Festival Co-Founders List Massive Dakota Spread for $39M

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Some big-time New Yorkers are selling their big-time pad at The Dakota, the most iconic cooperative in the Upper West Side. Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, the couple that founded the Tribeca Film Festival with Robert De Niro, have just listed their sprawling five-bedroom apartment for no small sum—$39 million. The couple purchased the apartment more than 20 years ago, but announced their divorce in early 2014. Now, this very impressive home—actually an assemblage of four apartments covering over 7,500 square feet, with 165 feet of frontage along Central Park—is up for grabs.
Let the drooling begin
Wide-Open, Floor-Through Loft in Tribeca Hits the Market for $5.8 Million
March 21, 2016

Wide-Open, Floor-Through Loft in Tribeca Hits the Market for $5.8 Million

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On the entire second floor of D'Arte House, the Tribeca condo at 354 Broadway, is this sprawling, 4,164-square-foot apartment. In true loft style there are very few walls up, with the living area, dining area and master bedroom all open to one another. An enclosed terrace, currently used as a massive closet, and the two bathrooms are one of the few spaces that have been walled off -- the rest remains pure, lofty openness.
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This Two-Bedroom Upper West Side Co-op Feels Like a Cozy Library
March 19, 2016

This Two-Bedroom Upper West Side Co-op Feels Like a Cozy Library

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If you're the kind of person that could spend hours curled up on the couch with a book, this two-bedroom apartment is pretty much the perfect place to do that. It's located at the cooperative 242 West 104th Street, in the Riverside Drive area of the Upper West Side. The interior design resembles the best kind of library—warm colors, exposed brick, even a rolling ladder that runs the length of the main hallway. The only thing a buyer would need to add? Lots more bookshelves!
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Cute Seafoam Apartment Offers Two Bedrooms in Harlem for $699K
March 18, 2016

Cute Seafoam Apartment Offers Two Bedrooms in Harlem for $699K

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Located just across from the northern edge of Central Park, the Park Lane Condominium is a prewar building in Harlem that's been turned into a boutique condo development. This two-bedroom unit has been renovated nicely -- it retains that spacious prewar feel (the foyer is large enough to house two harps!) but has been upgraded with a new kitchen and bathroom. The apartment last sold in 2011, likely before the renovation, for $435,000 and now it's priced for a profit, asking $699,000.
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Lofted Duplex With 18-Foot Ceilings Is Priced at $699K in Prospect Heights
March 15, 2016

Lofted Duplex With 18-Foot Ceilings Is Priced at $699K in Prospect Heights

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Hello Madison is a boutique condo building that was constructed at 925 Pacific Street, in Prospect Heights, by the Brooklyn developer Hello Living. Many of the developments feature glassy, bright and lofty apartments, and this one now on the market is no exception. It's a one bedroom that's maximizing space with a loft built upstairs. While both the loft and the apartment downstairs are compact, double heights windows and a terrace manage to lend a feeling of spaciousness.
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Surfboard Storage and Skylights at This $2.7M Mixed-Use Building in Williamsburg
March 14, 2016

Surfboard Storage and Skylights at This $2.7M Mixed-Use Building in Williamsburg

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This Williamsburg townhouse at 61 Withers Street has been outfitted with all kinds of bonuses. A recent reno brought skylights, custom built-in shelving -- perfect for a surfboard collection -- and a new kitchen. Then there's 1,700 square feet of outdoor space and a commercial unit on the ground floor for some extra income to pay off that $2.69 million price tag. Finally, the zoning for this site allows a new buyer to expand the property, adding an extra 1,800 square feet.
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Pre-War Apartment in One of Jackson Heights’ Prominent Courtyard Co-ops Asks $1.1M
March 4, 2016

Pre-War Apartment in One of Jackson Heights’ Prominent Courtyard Co-ops Asks $1.1M

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Jackson Heights used to be one of the few New York neighborhoods left to buy a great co-op apartment for a good deal. The prewar cooperatives there are known for their private, interior courtyards, and this building -- The Towers, at 33-27 80th Street -- has one of the best, spanning almost an entire city block. But it looks like this neighborhood is a bargain no longer. A for sale by owner listing has hit the market for a seven-bedroom, four-bedroom apartment at The Towers asking $1.1 million. (It last sold in 2011 for $675,000.) It's a huge apartment, with 1,500 square feet, and loads of beautiful prewar details. And windows from the bedrooms and kitchen offer a view down to the courtyard below.
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Inviting One Bedroom Hits the Market for $625K at Popular Park Slope Co-op
March 3, 2016

Inviting One Bedroom Hits the Market for $625K at Popular Park Slope Co-op

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Man, there's been a lot of action recently at the Park Slope co-op building 404 3rd Street. Last summer, a Parisian-looking one bedroom went on the market for $575,000, selling in December for $660,000, nearly 15 percent above ask. Then in February, an architect listed the two-bedroom apartment she designed herself for $800,000. (It's still on the market for slightly less, $799,000.) This one bedroom is asking $625,000, which will be a potentially nice profit for the owner, who bought it only two years ago for $515,000. It's got some lovely details like moldings, inlaid floors, a painted brick wall, and a retro kitchen with open shelving and a funky built-in table attached to a mirrored column.
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Police Building Penthouse Gets a $5 Million Price Cut With New Views of Its Secret Room
March 2, 2016

Police Building Penthouse Gets a $5 Million Price Cut With New Views of Its Secret Room

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Remember that $40 million penthouse that occupies the cupola of 240 Centre Street, the 1909 Beaux Arts NYPD headquarters in Nolita? It's hard to forget a four-story, 6,000-square-foot apartment that comes with insane outdoor space (right outside the cupola!) and a secret room originally only accessible to clock mechanics. The Police Building was converted to condos in 1988 but this particular apartment, which both Calvin Klein and Steffi Graf have called home, was recently remodeled. The condo hit the market in November to quite a bit of fanfare, but apparently buyers aren't biting. Sotheby's has recently listed the penthouse for a $5 million discount -- a cool $35 million -- and also offers some new interior photos to obsess over.
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$5M Home in Boerum Hill Combines Townhouse and Loft Aesthetics
March 1, 2016

$5M Home in Boerum Hill Combines Townhouse and Loft Aesthetics

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This Boerum Hill townhouse at 243 Dean Street has gone through quite the renovation. A buyer purchased it in 2008 for $2.44 million and then made big changes to the five-story, single-family property, restoring some of the old details and adding lots of new perks in a complete gut renovation. Now it's outfitted with lots of wooden ceiling beams, huge skylights, exposed and painted brick walls and restored fireplaces and plasterwork. The listing even says that new walls, doors windows were fabricated on site. The result is something between a townhouse and a loft—perhaps it's got the best of both worlds. And it's now on the market for a good deal more than $2.44 million, asking nearly $5 million.
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$2M Greenwich Village Co-op Comes With Eclectic Surprises and Garden Views
February 29, 2016

$2M Greenwich Village Co-op Comes With Eclectic Surprises and Garden Views

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The Greenwich Village cooperative 39 East 10th Street was designed in 1870 by James Renwick, the architect also responsible for nearby Grace Church and St. Patrick's Cathedral. The five-story brick building only has 10 units, and this three-bedroom asking $1.995 million is one of them. Inside, a narrow floorplan connects 1,600 square foot of space. There are three bedrooms, a living room, an eat-in kitchen, and office space with some fun surprises thrown in: working wood-burning fireplaces, Art Deco lighting, tons of well-designed shelving and views out onto the building's quaint common garden.
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Wood Detailing Galore, and an Outdoor Bathtub, at This Prewar Penthouse in Greenwich Village
February 26, 2016

Wood Detailing Galore, and an Outdoor Bathtub, at This Prewar Penthouse in Greenwich Village

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This prewar duplex penthouse comes from the Greenwich Village co-op at 49 West 9th Street, quite a beautiful brick and limestone building equidistance from Washington Square Park and Union Square. The $2.75 million apartment is around 1,000 square feet over two floors, with one bedroom and two bathrooms. It's also brimming with wood detailing and decked out with lots of private outdoor space -- home to both an outdoor shower and yes, a bathtub. If you're a fan of elegant, classic New York co-ops (that happen not to be in the Upper West or Upper East Sides) this one will make your day.
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Cottage-Like Duplex is up for Sale at the Muffin House in Chelsea
February 25, 2016

Cottage-Like Duplex is up for Sale at the Muffin House in Chelsea

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337 West 20th Street is not your average cooperative -- this Chelsea building was formerly the bakery of Samuel Bath Thomas, the Englishman who introduced New Yorkers to the English Muffin in the early 1900s. Today it's nicknamed the Muffin House and still has ovens (no longer working) built into the basement. You can now live in a cute little duplex at the co-op, which went residential sometime in the 1950s, for $875,000. While there's nothing inside the apartment to suggest this was a former muffin factory, there are still some old details intact.
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For $5.5M, Combine Two Top-Floor Apartments Into One Soho Mega Loft
February 24, 2016

For $5.5M, Combine Two Top-Floor Apartments Into One Soho Mega Loft

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Here's a proposal only for true loft lovers: two fifth-floor apartments are on the market at 81 Grand Street, a former warehouse in Soho, and they come in a package in which you can combine them for a massive, single loft. If combined, it'll leave you with 45 feet of frontage facing Grand Street, a total of 14 windows and four skylights, 3,300 interior square feet and 600 exterior square feet. And you'd be working with great bones; while most downtown lofts have some cool historic details left from when the building was a warehouse, this one boasts detailed brickwork, as well as remnants of the building's old wheels and shoots system, typically used for transporting things. We're jealous of the architect who will get the job of creating a full-floor penthouse here.
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Architect/Owner of This $800K Park Slope Co-op Gut Renovated it Herself
February 23, 2016

Architect/Owner of This $800K Park Slope Co-op Gut Renovated it Herself

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It's hard to go wrong with an apartment that's been carefully renovated by its owner, who also happens to be an architect. That's the case at 404 3rd Street, where a two-bedroom Park Slope co-op has just hit the market for $799,000. The owner, Joana Pacheco, is not only an architect but the founder of Paperhouse, an open source architecture platform. She gut renovated the interior, opening up and brightening the space. She had good bones to work with, as the apartment retains big bay windows and its historic moldings, as well as a good location, just a few blocks from Prospect Park.
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$1.4M Williamsburg Condo Comes With an Artist Studio and Private Rooftop Cabana
February 22, 2016

$1.4M Williamsburg Condo Comes With an Artist Studio and Private Rooftop Cabana

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This two-bedroom, apartment at 125 North 10th Street doesn't come from a Williamsburg warehouse, but it's still got those high ceilings, big windows, and open floorplan. It's also got some fun, creative quirks like an artist studio and massive chalkboard wall in the open kitchen. But the major draw here is the outdoor space: the 900-square-foot apartment comes with a 160-square-foot private terrace, as well as a 328-square-foot private rooftop cabana outfitted with a BBQ grill. And once you're up there, you won't want to leave.
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Stained Glass and Pitched Ceilings at This $2.8M Freestanding Victorian in Ditmas Park
February 19, 2016

Stained Glass and Pitched Ceilings at This $2.8M Freestanding Victorian in Ditmas Park

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This week, 6sqft is digging the freestanding Victorians that make up the Brooklyn neighborhood of Ditmas Park. Who wouldn't, considering how charming the historic homes are, with front porches, lawns and plenty of luxurious space? This Victorian is located at 112 Marlborough Road, within the Prospect Park South enclave of the neighborhood. (It's a historic district that was developed in 1899 by developer Dean Alvord, who purchased 60 acres of farmland to build rus in urbe, "the country in the city.") The historic windows, stained glass and wood floors are still there, and the top-floor bedrooms sit under a pitched roof. But it's also been renovated with recessed lighting, new sconces and pendants, and central AC and heat. It'll cost you $2.825 million for such a lovely home base in Brooklyn.
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