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Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany's Brooklyn Home, Estate of the Day

Celebrity couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly are the latest to say bye bye Brooklyn and head to a posher address. Curbed reports that the pair have picked up a Tribeca penthouse that was listed at $6.995 million. Their new home is rather modern and bright, a far cry from their old home in Brooklyn. The nine-bedrom home on Prospect Park West is a turn-of-the-century limestone dowager. The home on a corner is full of the details you'd expect in a home of the time period, elaborate, polished wood carvings, plaster ceiling details and herringbone wood floors. There are fireplaces in the living room, dining room and kitchen as well as in three bedrooms. The servant's quarters on the top floor includes four small bedrooms, a full bath and a storage area. It has ben updated with central air and there is a large garden in the back of the house. There are no kitchen pictures and I do wonder if three and a half baths is enough for a home that is over 5,000 square feet and has nine bedrooms. Also if the furnishings in the Brooklyn house belong to the couple I think I can see why they want to move, Calder mobiles and flokati rugs don't quite suit this home. Curbed reports that the couple bought in 2003 for $3.7 million and are now listing for $8.5 million through Sotheby's.

Gallery: Connelly and Bettany in Brooklyn

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Most Expensive Zip Codes: 11201: Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

For the next couple of weeks we will be checking out some homes in the most expensive zip codes in the United States, up today, 11201. This zip code in Brooklyn, New York has a median price of $2,463,000 with an appreciation rate of 325% since 1990. This area offers easy access to the city and the long history of the area means that there are many old brick and stone row houses and many picturesque streets lined with brownstones.

The home I have chosen for this zip code is in the area of Cobble Hill. Cobble Hill is a mix of Brooklyn's past along with trendy new shops and restaurants. The tree-lined neighborhoods are home to many older homes including this restored 19th Century landmark home. The double property includes an 1833 Greek Revival townhouse and a carriage house with parking. The main residence is located on a block of older townhouses. The carriage house, on the north side of the property is reached through the garden and opens onto a mews, lined with former stables and carriage houses bordering Cobble Hill Park.

The home has a wide double entry hall, large front and rear parlors with 12-foot ceilings, a butler's pantry and a sitting room. The home has been completely renovated but some of the charming architectural details from the home's history remain including the marble fireplace mantles. A rear staircase leads to the garden level family rooms and huge cook's kitchen.The third floor master suite has abedroom and bath overlooking gardens, a study and two large dressing rooms. The fourth floor is home to another double suite with a a bath and central dressing area, laundry and storage areas, and a smaller bedroom. On the fifth floor there is a skylit loft-like attic with four rooms. This home is listed at $7.875 million.

Gallery: Most Expensive Zip Codes, 11201, Brooklyn, NY

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The Node Bowl

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

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Designed by Kevin Williams for the Brooklyn design house CAKE, the Node bowl is just as happy in your kitchen as it is being displayed as a simple sculpture. And call me practical, but it actually looks like a great place to keep fruits and vegetables, because I like a bowl stacked high and the spaces will let the pieces on the bottom breathe. But of course filling it up interferes with the "light and shadow effect" the artist was going for, so maybe just one or two pieces, like in the photo, would be better. Anyway, it's made of ceramic, and is available in white only. Measures 3.5"D x 11.75"Diam, $50.

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The Clocktower Penthouse, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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This loft penthouse is in The Clocktower in Brooklyn, New York offers you the unique opportunity to have a bridge take up most of your window. The three-bedroom loft has 3,200 square feet of space. A keyed elevator opens directly into the loft which has a large living room, large galley kitchen, high ceilings and plenty of windows. The building has a concierge service and a roof deck. It is listed at $8.6 million. After the jump, Christmas in March.

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Heath Ledger's New Brooklyn Home

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We mentioned recently that Heath Ledger had put his Australian house on the market, now he has chosen a home in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. His $4.7 million home is a 150-year-old house with four floors, a three-car garage and a ground-floor tenant. Ledger and Michelle Williams had been renting a smaller home nearby. Ledger finds Brooklyn a little less paparazzi-heavy than Sydney and according to The Daily Telegraph he's a big hit with the neighbors.

[via Gawker and Brownstoner]

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