{"id":269372,"date":"2026-06-17T10:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/269372\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:20:43","slug":"the-plan-suburb-meets-city-at-487-henry-street-in-brooklyn-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/269372\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plan: Suburb Meets City at 487 Henry Street in Brooklyn \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"

You get the best of both worlds at this newly completed luxurious \u2014 yet unassuming \u2014 townhouse in Brooklyn\u2019s tranquil Cobble Hill neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Situated along a quaint, tree-lined boulevard, 487 Henry Street aligns perfectly with the vibe and visual of the neighborhood, looking outwardly like any other Brooklyn brownstone. The inside tells a different story.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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487 Henry Street is a 6,300-square-foot, $14.5 million oasis featuring five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and a 130-year-old American elm tree in the backyard. In all this, it offers buyers a taste of both the city and suburban life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a developer that specializes in townhouses, and this is probably our 29th townhouse,\u201d said Carlos Saavedra, founder \u2014 along with wife Nicole Eckstrom \u2014 and principal of development firm Eckstrom NYC<\/a>. \u201cWe do townhouses, we do condominiums, and we do one-family homes. And this one, the vibe seemed like it would be a very good one-family home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And what a home that family will have. You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a room at 487 Henry Street that you would want to leave. What\u2019s Commercial Observer\u2019s favorite room? So glad you asked: It would have to be the main bathroom, which features a free-standing, deep-soaking tub, a separate closed-door stall for the toilet, and a separate stall for the steam shower, which has a rainfall showerhead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bathroom also has a mini fridge, a frequent request among buyers, and not just for cosmetics and skin care. \u201cOzempic needs to be refrigerated,\u201d Saavedra said. \u201cIt\u2019s so much more common these days than it used to be, people have become more open about it, and buyers are asking for this.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Renovations at 487 Henry Street were completed in March, and the property was listed in April. Built between 1844 and 1845, the property now spans six levels and features two entrances, one on the first floor and one on the lower level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are several outdoor spaces, including a glorious backyard, a small terrace off the main bedroom, and a rooftop lounge complete with an outdoor kitchen with a stunning view of Manhattan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first floor features two living rooms. The smaller has a wood-burning fireplace, while the larger overlooks the massive kitchen on the lower floor, which features a huge sliding glass wall that opens to the backyard. And thanks to the small, cozy lounge \u2014 which is giving coworking vibes \u2014 just off to the side, and the bathroom on that floor, you could literally live in the kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But, if you spent all your time in the kitchen, you\u2019d miss out on the condo-level wellness amenities such as the sauna and cold plunge, as well as a workout space. There is also a lounge designed with teens in mind, and an office area.<\/p>\n

Head up the stairs \u2014 which are a work of art in and of themselves, as they feature a Guggenheim-style spiral \u2014 to the
second- and third-floor bedrooms, and there is space for the whole family and even a few guests.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything here was designed with the little moments in mind,\u201d Saavedra said. \u201cThere is no one room where it feels like we didn\u2019t care about it. We obsessed over every detail. Every little thing is a gesture of love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amanda Schiavo can be reached at aschiavo@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You get the best of both worlds at this newly completed luxurious \u2014 yet unassuming \u2014 townhouse in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[103931,98,100,99,103932,2184,9,24,103933,63,34706],"class_list":["post-269372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-487-henry-street","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-carlos-saavedra","tag-development","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nicole-eckstrom","tag-nyc","tag-slideshow-channel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}