brownstones
Urban row houses
Brownstones are urban rowhouses faced with brown sandstone, characteristic of 19th-century neighborhoods in northeastern American cities, especially New York and Boston.
The term often evokes a particular style of city living—stately, historic, and expensive: They bought a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights.
The word can refer to the building material itself or the distinctive architecture it created.
Adjacent attached urban homes
- stoopsBends forward, or porches
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- bay windowsOutward-projecting windowed recesses
cornices · balustrades · Italianate · Victorian · townhouses · garden level · lintels · sash windows
Wealthy influx displacing locals
- tenantsProperty renters
- landlordsRental property owners
- rentalsLeased items or properties
- apartmentsRented dwelling units
neighborhoods · walk-ups · conversions · subdivisions · multi-family · co-ops · condos · bodegas
Western Long Island borough
- HarlemManhattan neighborhood, cultural landmark
- ManhattanNYC's densest borough
- Bedford-StuyvesantBrooklyn residential district
- Upper West SideNorthwest Manhattan residential district
Washington Heights · block parties · tree-lined streets · neighborhood associations
Maintaining something's condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
19th-century · Gilded Age · historic district · National Register · renovation · adaptive reuse · protected status · vintage
rowhouses
Adjacent attached urban homes
bay windows · cornices · balustrades · Italianate · Victorian · townhouses · garden level · lintels · sash windows · ornamentation
gentrification
Wealthy influx displacing locals
apartments · neighborhoods · walk-ups · conversions · subdivisions · multi-family · co-ops · condos · bodegas · stoops
Brooklyn
Western Long Island borough
- HarlemManhattan neighborhood, cultural landmark
- ManhattanNYC's densest borough
- Bedford-StuyvesantBrooklyn residential district
Upper West Side · Washington Heights · block parties · tree-lined streets · neighborhood associations
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
restoration · 19th-century · Gilded Age · historic district · National Register · renovation · adaptive reuse · protected status · vintage · antebellum
- Greenwich VillageWashington Square Park, Christopher Street, West Village, Washington Square, Stonewall Inn
- HarlemApollo Theater, Cotton Club, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, Savoy Ballroom
- urban mansionstownhouse, townhouses, Georgian townhouse, Georgian mansion, Victorian mansion
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- real estatehouse, home, apartment, property, sale
brownstonessingle-family homes
Standalone dwellings for one household
McMansions · ranch houses · farmhouses · country estates · split-levels
brownstoneshousing projects
Government-subsidized residential complexes
public housing · tenements · council flats · trailer parks · slums