Fort Greene’s got dueling open houses and a brownstone Ingrid Bergman’s granddaughter bought
Eye On Real Estate: Welcome to the neighborhood
Obsessed as we are with the cherished brownstones of Brooklyn Heights (is it because Arthur Miller lived there? And Norman Mailer? And Truman Capote?) we sometimes forget to give the historic homes of nearby Fort Greene the admiration they deserve.
The neighborhood boasts block after tree-lined block of stunning 19th Century rowhouses — a goodly number of them built before the Civil War — and Brooklyn’s most eye-catching landmark, the former Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower at 1 Hanson Place, which is topped with four clock faces.
Some intriguing people have been brownstone-buying recently in Fort Greene, including Ingrid Bergman’s granddaughter, Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann. See related story.
Fort Greene residents of course share their neighborhood with the BAM Cultural District (AKA the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District), with its dozens of arts institutions including the iconic Brooklyn Academy of Music and the terrific Shakespeare-centric Theatre for a New Audience.