A landmarked Brooklyn Heights brownstone hugging the Brooklyn Heights Promenade quietly changed hands off market for $24.5 million, according to public records, putting a very big number on a very low-key deal. The five-story single-family home at 192 Columbia Heights now ranks among the largest single-family sales in Brooklyn this year.
According to The Real Deal, the buyer is an anonymous LLC called Luffy & Friends that lists the Manhattan address of law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. On the seller side, the deed was signed by Andrew Fishkoff, identified in corporate materials as chief operating officer and general counsel of Eastbridge Group, per SC Holdings.
The house
The Civil War era brownstone is about 25 feet wide and spans roughly 7,900 square feet, with seven bedrooms and three bathrooms, according to past listings on StreetEasy. The five-story single-family home includes terraces, multiple fireplaces and restored period woodwork, features that have been repeatedly spotlighted in neighborhood coverage and marketing materials, including profiles in Brownstoner.
Price history and sellers
Longtime owners W. Don Cornwell, the former Granite Broadcasting CEO, and his wife Saundra acquired and restored the property in the mid 1990s, neighborhood reporting notes. They listed the house for about $16 million in 2014 and later sold it in 2018 for roughly $11.75 million, according to coverage by the Brooklyn Eagle.
What this sale means
The closing edges past the year’s prior Brooklyn high, a Fortis Property Group penthouse in DUMBO that traded for about $16.3 million in March, according to The Real Deal, and underscores continued appetite for renovated townhouses that pair views with historic character. Brokers reached for comment did not immediately respond, and the buyer’s plans for the property remain undisclosed.
