7 Monroe Place

7 Monroe Place, listed in the 1849 city directory as the home of Isaac Harris, shipmaster, has been home to only four families in 170 years and has been enjoyed by two generations of one family since 1941. A distinguished residence in the Greek Revival style, it has a handsome brownstone stoop and upper brick facade. Interiors are well-preserved with a wealth of historic detail. It is 25 feet wide on a 100-foot lot. The parlor floor is 59 feet deep with 12-foot ceilings and a lovely bay overlooking a garden designed by Alice Ireys, a prominent landscape architect and life-long Heights resident. There is approximately 6500 square feet of living space on five floors, each reached by an elevator installed in 1993. It is configured as an owner's quadriplex, with a small top floor rear studio, a garden level simplex and a full cellar below. The east west orientation of the home on the widest street in Brooklyn Heights allows for natural light from morning to night. The location in New York City's first Historic District is quiet and at the same time convenient to all forms of urban transport.