902 New York Ave

Built in 1910, when Brooklyn's builders still worked by hand and measured a house by its craftsmanship, this two-family townhouse at 902 New York Avenue has kept its original character remarkably intact. Details from another era remain: warm wood floors worn to a soft patina, pressed tin ceilings, a mosaic tile vestibule, and a carved wood staircase ascending beneath a skylight. The buff brick facade, with its graceful bay and ornamented cornice, speaks to a time when even a modest home was built to be admired from the street. More than a century later, the house has never been stripped of its past or dressed in someone else's renovation. Two residences under one roof, rich with period deta