SPLENDID BEYOND BELIEF. 405 Clinton Avenue is a freestanding completely restored + meticulously renovated mansion, built by William Bunker Tubby for Brooklyn's second-to-last mayor, Charles A. Schieren, and said to have been the home of Jimmy Walker, the city's Jazz Age mayor. Enter to find a library, with two walls of floor-to-ceiling shelves (served by rolling ladder) a living room with a hidden projector screen and wood-burning fireplaces (6 in all). The kitchen, open to the sunlit dining room, is fully equipped with 2 dishwashers, a Wedgewood stove with 2 ovens. Step right out to the private patio and quiet lush backyard for a long cocktail or dinner with friends. The 2nd floor houses the master bedroom and en suite bath w/shower, extra-deep 19th Century bathtub (the mayor's!) and bidet. Down the hall, is a bright bedroom with bath and adjoining playroom. Adjacent is a sitting room that opens onto a balcony that overlooks the street. The 3rd floor offers 4 bedrooms, one currently a den with a fireplace and wet bar, the largest a writer's studio with a Juliet balcony. There is a study and 1.5 baths on this floor as well. The English basement has a workout room + garden rental. Zoned HVAC heats and cools the home. Prospect Park (Olmsted and Vaux's masterpiece) is a few tree-lined streets south. To the NW is Fort Greene Park, which was proposed by Walt Whitman, and is arguably the city's liveliest and most charming green space. It's hard to imagine a better location or home.

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