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This Brooklyn townhouse comes with literary cred, a pretty garden featured in a glossy shelter magazine — and a hefty $4.65 million price tag.

The sellers are Spy magazine co-founder and Studio 360 host Kurt Andersen and his wife, journalist/author Anne Kreamer, who bought the home for $595,000 in 1989 (about $1.3 million today).

Built in 1890, the four-story, 2,944-square-foot home, at 41 2nd Place in Carroll Gardens, comes with five bedrooms, 2½ bathrooms, four fireplaces and plenty of built-in bookcases and places to write for the author of “Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America.” 

The home also features a front garden with cedar and kousa dogwood trees and geraniums, while a bluestone sidewalk leads to a hidden courtyard.

Inside, there’s a foyer with ebony-stained wood floors, a formal dining room and lots of storage.


  The home offers 2,944 square feet of living space. Allyson Lubow The home offers 2,944 square feet of living space. Allyson Lubow

  The townhouse has an eat-in kitchen. Allyson Lubow The townhouse has an eat-in kitchen. Allyson Lubow

  One of the Brooklyn abode’s five bedrooms. Allyson Lubow One of the Brooklyn abode’s five bedrooms. Allyson Lubow

There’s also an eat-in chef’s kitchen, walk-in pantry and laundry room.

The kitchen’s rear wall of floor-to-ceiling screened doors opens to a 500-square-foot garden, featured in Domino magazine, perfect for entertaining and al fresco dining, and filled with color: hollies, hydrangeas and a redwood tree.

Next up is the double-parlor floor with original plaster moldings, floor-to-ceiling casement windows, a library and two woodburning fireplaces with marble mantles.


  The 41 2nd Place home has four fireplaces. Allyson Lubow The 41 2nd Place home has four fireplaces. Allyson Lubow

  The Carroll Gardens home has a 500-square-foot garden all its own. Allyson Lubow The Carroll Gardens home has a 500-square-foot garden all its own. Allyson Lubow

The third floor features high ceilings, cherrywood floors, casement windows, custom bookcases and two main bedrooms — one is currently used as a home office, another has a woodburning fireplace and a decorative one.

Finally, the fourth floor hosts the other three bedrooms, one is currently used as a media room with a skylight and roof access. The couple are moving on up — to the Upper East Side.

The listing brokers are Tita Omeze and Lisa Detwiler of Corcoran. 

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