361 5th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

• Built in 1899 • Lot 20 x 100 • Building 20 x 42 • Currently single family, but zoned as two • Additional 1,300 sf in FAR • Central AC • Landscaped garden • Between 5th and 6th Avenues • Zoned for PS 321 Welcome to your elegant new Park Slope townhouse. Built in 1899, this beautiful home offers a rare opportunity to own a piece of Brooklyn history. Located on a peaceful, tree-lined street between 5th and 6th Avenues, 361 Fifth Street boasts three floors of gracious living space and a serene, verdant landscaped rear garden with areas for grilling, dining, and lounging. One enters the home through the planted, gated front yard, up the stoop and through a striking front door into an inviting foyer. The foyer leads to a well-appointed living room and dining room—each centered around two decorative marble fireplaces. The grand parlor floor is perfect for entertaining and boasts soaring 11-foot ceilings, oversized windows, historic period details, including exquisite inlaid wood floors, original pocket doors and shutters, and decorative tin ceilings, all of which are in pristine condition. A charming bathroom with original claw foot tub completes this floor. The top floor is where you'll find your private sanctuary. All of the rooms on this floor—the primary bedroom with walk in closet space, the lovely, amply sized guest room, the smaller bedroom, and home office which is perfect for remote work, and the full sky lit bathroom—are all flooded with sunshine. The top of the stair is illuminated by a stained glass covered skylight with original plaster detail surround. The garden floor is accessed through a convenient entrance under the stoop. From here one steps into a mud room with built-in storage and then into a cozy den, with decorative fireplace, which opens into the modern eat-in kitchen with hard wood floors and access to the 814 square foot garden in the back. Here one will find everything that the home chef requires—plenty of space to spread out on the stone counter tops of the center island and cooking areas, high-end stainless-steel appliances with wine storage and a sink facing the dining area, and a walk-in pantry. Additionally, there is plenty of hidden built-in storage space behind sliding walls adjacent to the dining area, bookshelves, storage cabinets and a work station, a separate laundry room with full sized washer and dryer and sink, plus a powder room. There is central air conditioning on this floor as well as the top floor. Currently a single-family home, this property is zoned as a legal two-family and comes with an additional 1,300 square feet of FAR, giving you the flexibility to convert it to your liking. This special townhouse is perfectly situated to take advantage of the numerous restaurants and charming shops of Fifth and Sixth Avenues, is zoned for PS 321 and has access to myriad parks and playgrounds within blocks. Don't miss out on the opportunity to make this exceptional property your own!