Narrow House Sets New Bed Stuy Record

A narrow house on a famed block, 22 Arlington Place, is scheduled to close at noon today for $2,250,000, beating the existing record for a sale of a Bed Stuy town house by $50,000. Prices in Bed Stuy have been rising sharply lately.

With an asking price of only $1,850,000 and a width of less than 16 feet, even with a surfeit of immaculate Victorian detail and a recent renovation, 22 Arlington Place did not seem a likely candidate to beat the existing record. The deal is for $400,000 over the asking price.

The highest sale to date was a stunning, Parfitt Brothers-designed Queen Anne townhouse in perfect condition at 254 Gates Avenue near the Clinton Hill border, which traded for $2,200,000 back in January 2013.

The house at 22 Arlington Place was designed by well-known Brooklyn architect Amzi Hill in 1886. A House of the Day in April, it is set up as an owner’s triplex over a garden rental and features new encaustic style tile in the basement, central air, and marble in the kitchen. A house down the street at 7 Arlington Place was the setting for the Spike Lee movie “Crooklyn.”

The seller, an LLC, bought it from an estate last year for $725,000. The agents representing the seller were Halstead’s Bed Stuy brownstone specialists Ban Leow and Morgan Munsey.

22 Arlington Place Listing [Halstead]