At A Glance

Eighteen feet wide. Three levels. One hundred and twenty-six years of character.

A two-family brownstone on a quiet Bed-Stuy block. The owner's triplex pairs a finished basement, a garden-level chef's kitchen, and a parlor floor with original pocket doors and high ceilings. A separate top-floor one-bedroom-plus-den apartment provides income or family flexibility.

0 Bedrooms

0 Bathrooms

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18′ Width

2 Family

Yes Private Yard

Property Type Multi-Family Brownstone

Levels Triplex + 1BR Apt

Kitchen Viking Range

Neighborhood Bedford-Stuyvesant

Step Inside

Through the vestibule. Past the pocket doors.

Five frames. The facade on a tree-lined block, the carved vestibule with mosaic floor, the parlor-level fireplace and plaster medallion, the back garden, the chef's kitchen. The character is the listing. The walk-through is how you feel it.

Two-frame composition: left, a parlor-level decorative fireplace with carved white mantel and an ornate plaster ceiling medallion; right, the carved Victorian vestibule doors leading to the inner hallway and original staircase — The parlor and the vestibule. Plaster medallion, decorative fireplace, carved doors. The 1899 detail, undisturbed.

View through the carved Victorian double doors into the entry hall, showing the original tessellated mosaic vestibule floor in geometric patterns, dark walnut wainscoting, a hanging glass chandelier, and the white staircase rising in the background — The vestibule, looking in. Mosaic tile, walnut casings, the staircase rising past the chandelier.

The private back garden at 617 Decatur Street, showing a concrete patio with a red scalloped umbrella and bistro chairs, hedged borders, mature trees overhead, and the brownstone rear facade with painted brick and tall windows — The private backyard. Hedged, shaded, hidden from the street. A rare thing on a row-house block.

The garden-level chef's kitchen with a stainless Viking range, dark granite counters, warm wood cabinetry, glass-front upper cabinet, tile backsplash, and a benched dining nook in a yellow-walled adjacent room with the living area visible beyond — The garden-level kitchen. Viking range, granite, a bench nook that opens through to the living room and out to the yard.

A wider framing of 617 Decatur Street's facade in context, the sandstone front and wrought iron stoop bracketed by the neighboring rowhouses on the tree-lined Bed-Stuy block — The block. Six-one-seven sits in the middle of a row, held by its neighbors, shaded by the canopy.

A held framing of the 617 Decatur Street front entrance, the carved double doors and stone address plaque centered in the frame, wrought iron stoop railings descending to the iron gate at the sidewalk — The stoop. Iron gate, stone steps, carved doors. The walk every visitor takes.

“NOT a gut renovation. It retains most of its original character and architectural integrity.”

The Brownstone

A 1899 survivor, carried forward.

The owner's triplex begins below grade with a finished basement: storage, a recreation room, a creative studio. The use is yours to choose.

Up one floor, the garden level opens to a serene private backyard. The chef's kitchen has a Viking range, granite counters, and an open plan that flows through to the dining and living rooms. A decorative fireplace, original wainscoting, a full bath, and the laundry room sit on this floor too.

The parlor level is the heart of the house. Sun-drenched, grand rooms with high ceilings and original pocket doors that close off the front from the back. A full bath and the same architectural detail repeat: medallions, casings, the woodwork that 1899 brownstones were built with and most have since lost. Use it as the primary suite, or as the entertaining floor. The geometry lets you decide.

The top floor is a separate, full-floor one-bedroom-plus-den apartment. Rental income, an in-law unit, an au pair, a long-term guest, or part of the owner's spread. The flexibility is structural.

The Detail

Original, Intact

Pocket doors, plaster medallions, mosaic vestibule tile, carved wainscoting, decorative fireplaces. The 1899 character was kept, not stripped.

The Layout

Triplex Plus Apartment

Owner's triplex across the basement, garden, and parlor floors. A separate top-floor one-bedroom-plus-den unit above.

The Yard

Private, Hedged, Shaded

A serene back garden reached directly from the garden-level kitchen. Walled by hedges, shaded by mature trees.

The Details

What 617 Decatur keeps.

Original Pocket Doors

The parlor-level pocket doors still slide between the front and back rooms. The original geometry of how the floor was meant to be lived in, preserved.

Mosaic Vestibule

The carved Victorian vestibule with its tessellated tile floor remains as it was poured. The first room every visitor sees is the one that dates the house.

Viking Range Kitchen

Garden-level chef's kitchen with a stainless Viking stove, granite counters, and direct flow to the back garden. The one room that was updated, well.

Income Apartment Above

A separate full-floor one-bedroom-plus-den on the top story. Rent it, use it for family, or fold it back into the owner's spread later.

Finished Basement

Below grade: a finished basement that reads as storage, recreation, a home gym, or a creative studio. Square footage you can put to work.

Hedged Backyard

A private rear garden accessed directly from the kitchen. Hedges on both sides, a canopy overhead. The rare thing about a row house.

Estimate Your Payment

A private estimate, running quietly.

Adjust the numbers below to see an estimated monthly principal and interest payment on 617 Decatur Street. A starting point for the conversation, not a quote.

Down Payment 20%

Interest Rate 6.5%

Loan Term

Estimated Monthly Payment

$9,608

Principal and interest only. Brooklyn taxes, insurance, and water are not included. Based on a list price of $1,900,000. Top-floor apartment rent may offset.

The Block

Bedford-Stuyvesant, as it lives.

Decatur Street between Marcus Garvey and Stuyvesant is one of the quieter blocks in central Bed-Stuy: a contiguous row of intact brownstones under a mature canopy, the kind of street where the architecture has been protected by the neighbors who live on it.

Coffee, wine bars, and dinner are a short walk on Halsey, Lewis, and Fulton. The C train at Kingston-Throop and the J/Z at Halsey put the buyer on Manhattan in under thirty minutes. The neighborhood that defines Brooklyn brownstone living, in the address most representative of it.

Walking distance to the C and J/Z trains. Restaurants on Halsey and Lewis.

A Brownstone, Intact.