This is one house that needs no colored lights and decorations to give off a Christmas cottage-like feel.
It’s the Gingerbread House on quiet, residential Narrows Avenue in Bay Ridge, a 1916 Arts and Crafts beauty that looks like something cooked up in a holiday-themed kitchen . . . or taking its inspiration from a Grimm Brothers fairy tale.
Officially known as the Howard E. and Jessie Jones House (the names of the first owners), it was designated a landmark in 1988 and hit the market most recently in 2009. Price: 12 million.
This Curbed post gives you a peek inside.
Tags: Arts and Crafts houses Brooklyn, Bay Ridge history, beautiful houses Brooklyn, Coolest houses in New York City, Fairy Tale House Brooklyn, Gingerbread House Bay Ridge, Hobbit Houses, mansions in Brooklyn, Narrows Avenue houses Bay Ridge
December 17, 2012 at 4:56 pm |
This has always been my favorite house since I stumbled on it as a teenager walking around Bay Ridge. If I could live anywhere, this would be it!
December 17, 2012 at 5:01 pm |
I have to agree, it’s one of my favorites too. Narrows Avenue is so lovely too.
December 17, 2012 at 8:00 pm |
We lived at 75th Street and Narrows Ave. I would walk around the neighborhood with my preschool daughter and when we went by this house, she would wait for Snow White and the 7 dwarfs to come out. She was convinced they must live there.
December 18, 2012 at 2:08 am |
12 million?
December 18, 2012 at 11:48 pm |
Off topic but can we get a twitter feed? love ephemeralnyc
December 18, 2012 at 11:50 pm |
Thank you—yes, working on it!