222 Lewis Avenue

Description

This beautiful two-family brownstone is located on a tree-lined street that adds to the beauty, shade, and color to this property throughout the year. The building offers its original fa?ade and interior details such as wood parquet floors, banisters, moldings, fireplace mantel, and more! Built circa 1899, 222 Lewis Avenue is situated on an approximately 17.5-foot-by-82-foot lot with a beautiful back garden. The property retains original bluestone sidewalks and wrought iron front stair banisters, and a mature Linden tree stands guard on the front sidewalk. This property is perfect for a developer or for an end user to create a spacious townhome with an additional rental income property. 222 Lewis Avenue currently features three one-bedroom units. The entrance to the two upper units is up the front stairs and through a set of majestic, wooden double entry doors to a white-tiled vestibule. A second wooden door leads to the parlor floor with original parquet wood floors, a hallway, and private entry doors to the parlor-level unit. The parlor level unit features high ceilings, large windows, a full bathroom, a decorative fireplace with mantle, and original wide-plank yellow pine floors. The upper floor unit offers a full bath with a skylight, a skylight above the staircase, and original wood floors throughout with a wide-open concept. From the front patio, there is a separate entrance to the street-level garden apartment, a one-bedroom apartment with a full bath, a large separate workspace, and a windowed eat-in kitchen. The garden provides ample outdoor space to enjoy throughout the year and features a mature Red Maple tree that provides shade in summer, privacy, and a wonderful red-orange color in the fall. There is also a large below-grade storage cellar, with access from an inside stairwell and also from the front patio hatch door or rear garden hatch door. 222 Lewis Avenue is located four blocks away from the Broadway shopping district, a short walk to the Brooklyn Public Library at Macon Street and Lewis Avenue, and a short distance from nearby grocery shops and restaurants. The location is served by the B52 bus to Downtown Brooklyn (one block away at Lewis/Gates), the J train at Kosciuszko Street/Broadway, and the A and C trains at Utica Avenue. There is a Citi bike station one block away at Lewis/Greene for an easy bike commute. The neighborhood offers a plethora of eateries, local markets, and boutiques, such as Saraghina Pizzeria, Peaches, David's Brisket House, L'Antagoniste, The Bar Boutique, IndigoStyle Vintage, and more!