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14 Sylvan Terrace, between 160th and 161st streets
$965,000

Monthly Taxes: $198.33
Broker: Candice Smith/ DJK Residential

This seven-room 1888 townhouse, located in the Jumel Terrace Historic District in Washington Heights, is steps away from the Morris Jumel Mansion, Manhattan’s oldest house. The first floor has a kitchen with granite countertops, and custom cherry wood cabinetry, as well as a dining room with two skylights and a laundry nook. The second floor comprises the living room, an library, and a 200-square-foot terrace. The third floor has the master bedroom, the second and third bedrooms, a bathroom, and a skylight above the staircase. This house comes with three wood burning fireplaces, pocket doors, and original moldings and floors, except downstairs, where there are new plank floors.

1822 Glenwood Rd. at East 19th Street
$1.57 million

Monthly Taxes: $334.03
Broker: Karen Fulbright Anderson/Warren Lewis

This seven-bedroom Flatbush home, built in 1901, is located in the recently proposed Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District. The first floor includes a living room with parquet floors, a dining room with wainscoting, an eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances and a period Western-Hollings oven, a laundry room, a newly renovated wrap-around porch, and a backyard patio with overflowing grape vines. The second floor comprises the master bedroom, three additional bedrooms, a sunroom, and two bathrooms. The third floor has three rooms and a bathroom with the original claw-foot tub. There are multiple gas fireplaces, bay and stained glass windows, wood beams, original moldings and light fixtures, and cedar-lined closets throughout this house, which also comes with a two-car garage.

31 Hunt Lane, between Buttonwood Road and Woodhaven Avenue
$5.8 million

Monthly Taxes: $3543.66
Broker: Jacky Teplitzky/Prudential Douglas Elliman

This five-bedroom Mediterranean palazzo, built in 1986, is located in the Todt Hill section of Staten Island. The first floor has a living room, wood-paneled library, formal dining room, family room, breakfast room and kitchen, and powder room. The ground level has a small kitchen, den, bedroom, bathroom, and laundry room as well as a gym, sauna and steam room, media room, and another bathroom. The second floor has the master suite (which includes an Italian marble bathroom with a large tub and separate shower stall, double sinks and toilets, and a bidet as well as a walk-in closet and a Juliet balcony), three additional bedrooms and bathrooms, another laundry room, and two Juliet balconies. Outside, there’s a tennis court with a slate terrace, two gazebos, a swimming pool and Jacuzzi, a cabana with a changing area, shower and bathroom, and limestone and travertine terraces. The home, which comes with an adjacent vacant lot, also has a two-car garage and a four-car carport.


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