Sunset Park Brownstone With Solar Panels Asks $1.995 Million

Set up as a single-family, this move-in-ready row house mixes pops of color and early 20th century details.

sunset park - parlor with mantel, fretwork, plasterwork

Photo via Corcoran

by Susan De Vries

In the Central Sunset Park Historic District, this bow-front brownstone has some pops of color in its renovated interior along with some remaining early 20th century details. Mantels, tile, wainscoting, fretwork, and built-ins can all be seen inside the row house at 4706 6th Avenue.

The Renaissance Revival-style house is one of a row constructed in 1905 by builder Munroe Stiner. They were designed by Henry Pohlmann with a mix of angled and bow-front bays along the row. Stiner was advertising other house in the neighborhood around the same time as “well designed, well built” with china closets, buffets, and mantels with bookcases.

Landmarks permits show approvals for resurfacing the facade, restoring deteriorated elements, and repainting the cornice in 2019. The agency also approved the installation of rooftop solar panels in 2021.

Technically a two-family but set up as a single-family, the house is arranged with kitchen and dining on the garden level, a parlor level with the rear room in use as a bedroom, and four bedrooms on the second floor.

The parlor level retains its front, middle, and rear parlor arrangement, but with slightly different uses. With fretwork, a columned mantel, and decorative plaster, the front parlor remains a living space. Modern bookshelves have been added on either side of the mantel.

The opening to the middle parlor has been filled in with a pair of modern pocket doors with frosted glass. The middle space is now a dressing room with mirrored closet doors on both sides.

The rear room is set up as a bedroom with a bold floral wallpaper. The plasterwork and columned mantel remain, and a new owner could use it as living space if the extra bedroom isn’t needed. A full bathroom on the floor has a walk-in shower and a double vanity.

Downstairs, some new bright blue cabinetry in the hall provides coat and shoe storage. Pocket doors with clear glass inserts open to the dining room, which has a geometric wallpaper above the original wainscoting. The mantel is still in place with its original tile along with the built-in buffet. A door leads to a small pantry; a full bathroom with a shower has been inserted next to it.

In the kitchen, a large marble-topped island separates the cooking area from the informal dining area, which has a built-in banquette. There are white cabinets, white subway tile, and access to the rear yard. Off the kitchen is a rear deck with a few steps down to a paved patio ringed with planting beds.

On the top level of the house are two large and two small bedrooms. The large bedrooms both have wood mantels with original tile. In the center of the floor is a two-room bathroom with laundry.

The tile in the full bath is bold, with an oversized geometric design on the floor and green subway tile on some of the walls. Cole and Sons’ Frutto Proibito wallpaper with monkeys and pomegranates adorns some of the walls.

The house last sold in 2004, before renovation, for $640,000. Listed by Jackie Torren and Charlie Pigott of Corcoran, the property is priced at $1.995 million. What do you think?

[Listing: 4704 6th Avenue | Broker: Corcoran] GMAP