Definition of BROWNSTONES

Examples of brownstone in a Sentence

She lives in a beautiful brownstone in Manhattan.

Recent Examples on the Web

The house, with four stories plus a basement, was built on the site of an older brownstone building in 1909. — Josh Barbanel, WSJ, "Turkish Tycoon Pays $22.9 Million for Midtown Townhouse," 9 Dec. 2018 Cynthia Rowley’s West Village brownstone is definitely a fun house. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "Cynthia Rowley’s West Village Home Is Full of Unconventional Delights," 29 June 2018 This four-story, 1848 brownstone has just 15 rooms, with no check-in desk or formal lobby to speak of. — John Wogan, Condé Nast Traveler, "31 Best Hotels in New York City," 27 Feb. 2018 Bonsignore, 34, covers the Back Bay, Chinatown, and South Boston, where installations in brownstone apartments and high rises can be especially challenging. — Cindy Atoji Keene, BostonGlobe.com, "She’s pulling the plug on the ‘cable guy’ stereotype," 1 June 2018 In New York, bombers hit Judge Charles C. Nott’s East 61st Street brownstone with 20 pounds of dynamite and blew 70-year-old night watchman William Boehner to pieces. — David Pietrusza, WSJ, "Bombs in the Mail Bring Echoes of Anarchism," 2 Nov. 2018 Although, there are many who can only be convinced to head to Brooklyn for birthday parties of their very best friends, brownstone house warmings of their very best friends—and Alexander Wang runway shows, apparently. — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, "Alexander Wang Takes Show on The Road," 15 Jan. 2014 The Bed-Stuy brownstone’s seller, Claudia Moran, 76, purchased the building 32 years ago. — Mengqi Sun, WSJ, "Historic Townhouse Sale in Bed-Stuy Smashes Record," 6 Sep. 2018 The 6,880-square-foot brownstone, built around 1895 as a single-family home, has eight market-rate apartments: six two-bedrooms, of which two have private roof decks; a three-bedroom with a side yard; and a four-bedroom with a backyard. — New York Times, "Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions," 26 June 2018

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