164 Prospect Pl # 1, Brooklyn, NY 11238

This open floor plan, two-bedroom apartment with a one-of-a-kind south-facing garden is an urban sanctuary. The backyard garden and patio spans over 600 square feet and features dozens of different flower and plant species, many of them planted and consistently cultivated for the last three decades. There is a beautiful wooden pergola, home to a 100-year-old grapevine, stunning stonework, and a wrought iron archway. The extra-large patio is perfect for dining, entertaining, barbecuing, and relaxing. The floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that overlook the garden, combined with the open floor plan, give the apartment a light, airy feel. The home is remarkable in how well it is designed. There are built-ins tucked behind the dining room table that doubles as a bench, split A/C units rarely found in coop buildings, hardwood floors, and French doors that play beautifully with the light. The king-sized bedroom easily fits a desk as well as an exercise bike, and has windows that look onto another front garden, with rhododendrons, dogwood trees, and ferns. Every room in this apartment looks out onto trees. This apartment is in a small 4-unit building with very reasonable maintenance, located barely a block from the B/Q subway and the heart of the Prospect Heights shopping and dining district on Vanderbilt Ave. It's a ten minute stroll to Prospect Park. (Second bedroom has been virtually staged.)