This residence might be talkin’ to you.
In Brooklyn’s coveted Park Slope, a historic townhouse at 38 Garfield Place has emerged from a meticulous renovation to hit the marketplace for $6.25 million. And it comes with some actual mob historical past.
The five-story residence was as soon as the house of notorious gangster Al Capone in his youthful years, The Submit has discovered.
Capone, born in Brooklyn in 1899, moved into this dwelling together with his household within the Eighteen Eighties when he was 11, remaining there till his early 20s.
“He was born on Navy Avenue after which the household wanted extra space,” mentioned itemizing consultant Nadia Bartolucci of Douglas Elliman. “In order that they then moved over to Park Slope … And the household owned the house for a few a long time.”
The longer term crime lord, later dubbed “Public Enemy No. 1,” resided right here till 1919, when he relocated to Chicago — the place he constructed a prison empire by means of bootlegging, prostitution and playing.
Convicted of tax evasion in 1931, Capone served eight years in jail and died in 1947 at age 48.
The property, redeveloped by Minerva Growth, an actual property improvement agency, underwent a dramatic transformation from what Bartolucci described as an “uninhabitable” state right into a 4,000-plus-square-foot masterpiece.
The Capone household’s tenure at 38 Garfield Place was adopted by a single proprietor till Minerva purchased it in February 2024.
“When the house was acquired, it required a full rework, a full renovation,” Bartolucci instructed The Submit. “They did an entire ground-up renovation and turned it into an beautiful … triple-mint townhouse and it’s lovely.”
The developer preserved the house’s historic brick entrance, whereas increasing its footprint and incorporating premium supplies.
The reimagined townhouse now boasts 4 bedrooms, 5 full loos, three powder rooms and a completed cellar throughout 5 flooring.
Sunlit rooms and oversize home windows outline the interiors, with high-end finishes like Italian marble, bespoke millwork and Carrara marble fish-scale tiles elevating each area.
The chef’s kitchen contains a Calcutta Oro countertop island and top-tier home equipment, together with a Sub-Zero fridge and Bosch microwave. A proper eating space flows into the kitchen.
The backyard degree consists of an open-concept nice room with double-height ceilings, a moist bar, and entry to an outside patio. A house workplace and versatile recreation room — appropriate for a gymnasium, a music studio or a wine cellar — add performance.
Upstairs, the first suite boasts a personal terrace, an expansive dressing room and a spa-like toilet that includes twin rain showers, a soaking tub and Calacatta Viola marble mosaics.
The fourth ground homes two secondary bedrooms, every with en-suite baths — whereas the highest ground gives a bed room, a full bathtub, and a solarium with a skylight and terrace boasting views of Prospect Park and decrease Manhattan.
Bartolucci additionally represented the close by 21 Garfield Place — as soon as residence to Capone’s prolonged household — when it listed in 2020.
