March–April, 2008: Vol. 1, No. 1

Who needs Prospect Park? The lucky buyers of this $2-million building, which sold the day it went on the market despite a less-than-prime South Slope location, will have all the nature they could possibly want in their own backyard.

The house is lovely, with skylights, an exposed-brick family room, wood-burning fireplace and central air, but it’s the home’s L-shaped, double-wide backyard that is the main selling point.

“[It’s] beautifully paved with bluestone and planted with pretty flowers and interesting trees,” said Jim Cornell, the Corcoran Group vice president who, though not much of a botanist, managed to broker the sale within hours of putting the home on the market.

“They came to the open house and called with their offer two hours later,” said Cornell.

And the garden is intertwined like so much ivy with the house, from the ground floor into the house, from the French doors that open onto the garden and its terraced bluestone planting beds to the garden’s built-in speakers, which connect to the indoor media center.

©2008 The Brooklyn Paper