Big, beautiful Boerum Hill townhouse has a barefoot lawn and a finished basement for $7.8M

While a designer-renovated townhouse in the heart of brownstone Brooklyn may fulfill many a real estate dream, we often expect to give up a green lawn and flexible, livable basement. Asking $7.8 million, this four-story home at 168 Bergen Street in the Boerum Hill Historic District has those rare additions and more behind its 19th-century brick facade.

With 4,400 square feet of interior living space, the 22-foot-wide townhouse offers five bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths. Up a wide stoop, enter on the parlor floor. The main living space is anchored by a sculpted, curving staircase and framed by pale oak chevron-patterned floors. A large, sunny living room opens at the front of the home.

At the rear, an open kitchen is anchored by a sleek, stone-topped center island. A casual dining area features a built-in banquette. Through a pair of French doors, a terrace overlooks the verdant lawn and garden below.

On the second floor is a luxurious primary suite. In addition to the bedroom, you’ll find a dressing room, a walk-in closet, and a light-filled bath with a glass-door shower and a free-standing soaking tub.

On the home’s skylit top floor are three more bedrooms and two full bathrooms arranged around a central sitting room/play space.

Back down on the garden floor, a separate guest suite includes a lounge, a bedroom, and a bathroom. At the back, floor-to-ceiling accordion doors access a lush, rambling private lawn surrounded by mature trees and shrubbery.

At the very top, a massive skylight fills the stairway with sunlight and moonlight. On the lowest level is even more room in the form of a finished basement, with laundry facilities and space for a gym, wine cellar, and more.

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Photos by Kenneth Chen/Evan Joseph Studios and Michael Parks/DDReps

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