RESIDENTIAL / BROOKLYN
Hancock Street

Purchased in complete disrepair, this 15’ wide brownstone on Hancock Street was already smaller than a typical Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone. The Dixon Projects team faced an obvious challenge: How can this dim, narrow space be transformed into an open and airy home, while including enough bedrooms and bathrooms to make it a desirable living space?

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Without any architectural details to salvage, the team capitalized on the amazing opportunity to optimize each floor and achieve a more contemporary design.

Upon entry, a book-matched, stone-clad gas fireplace welcomes and warms on the parlor level where all partition walls were removed to create a vast, loft-like space. At the rear, a contrasting modern wood slab kitchen grounds the open layout.

Residential brownstone renovation
A custom glass and wood staircase wraps from the basement to the roof with a minimal profile and innate transparency that helps each floor feel even larger. At the rear of the garden and parlor levels, expansive Nanawall door systems flood the home with natural light and encourage indoor/outdoor living during
warmer months. White walls and minimal finishes enhance the sense of space, while strategic architectural planning allowed for five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms to fit into just under 2,800 square feet of living space.
Rooftop renovation Brooklyn
Brooklyn outdoor space

Open Manhattan Skyline

In addition to the rear deck and landscaped backyard, the Dixon Projects Team crowned the home with a roof deck complete with built-in seating, planter boxes and a slatted pergola to capitalize on the unobstructed views of Manhattan this sleeping gem offered.
Brooklyn bathroom renovation
What began as a dark and run-down brownstone is now a shining light of the Dixon portfolio.