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You don’t have to fly to Palm Beach, or even drive east for hours on the Long Island Expressway, to arrive home at this waterfront mansion.
A unique estate in Mill Basin on Brooklyn’s southern coast is back on the market — and with a price drop of $1.8 million since its initial listing a year ago.
As reported by Mansion Global, this residence, located at 2626 National Dr., had an original asking price of $6.9 million last November, which was then dropped in April by $800,000 — and is now reduced by $1.8 million to $5.1 million. Despite the price cuts, the property remains the priciest for sale in the peninsular neighborhood.
The house sitting for a year isn’t the only headache for its owners, the lawyer Frank Carone — who was once Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff — and his wife Diana.
As reported by The Post, Carone has not been accused of wrongdoing amid the ongoing federal investigation into the now-embattled mayor and his inner circle over bribery, fraud and campaign-finance violation charges. Carone is a longtime friend of the mayor and now chairs his re-election campaign. He was the mayor’s chief of staff beginning in 2022, but left City Hall at the end of that year to build a consulting business.
Still, there’s no denying the Carones’ Mill Basin home is a stunner. To help get the word out the original listing agent, Anthony Sciortino of Brooklyn 4U Realty, brought in Jared Antin of Elegran, a member of Forbes Global Properties, to give the home more exposure internationally.
It really is that kind of place with lifestyle appeal to the overseas set: big, luxuriously appointed, and with prime private waterfront.
“It is a compelling alternative to the Hamptons and the Jersey Shore that’s more accessible,” Antin told The Post.
Still, it has sat for a year. “The pricing is now more in line with the market,” Antin added.
Mill Basin, a once-rural archipelago blighted by rampant industrialization in the late 1800s, is now mostly residential.
“It was heavily developed in the 1960s with mostly single-family homes, not apartment blocks,” said Antin.
But it is a neighborhood transforming from simple mid-century bungalows to more of the swankier homes like this one. The Carones purchased his waterfront property in 2003 for $1.4 million and demolished the home that stood on the site. Construction was completed around 2006.
“A lot of those original 1960s homes are being rebuilt like this. There’s a handful of renovations in the neighborhood that reimagine the homes on a grander scale,” said Antin.
None perhaps quite so grand as 2626 National Dr., which is on a 14,000-square-foot corner lot, with a yard that leads down to its own private dock.
“Water lots are a scarce asset even here,” said Antin. “And a corner lot? The property fans out like a big pizza pie and it is surrounded by water on three sides. This is a prime lot.”
The 9,447-square-foot, seven-bedroom mansion has five bathrooms and a powder room. The foyer has a custom wrought iron banister staircase and marble flooring. The bathrooms are lined with marble — and the library is encased in mahogany.
“You walk in and you can go down to the kitchen and the family room, which leads out to the patio and the pool — or up to the library, which has a balcony overlooking the pool.
That pool is a top-notch mosaic-tiled salt water pool, too, and it is accompanied by a cabana and a woodburning pizza oven. Inside, besides two huge family rooms, there’s a formal great room with a fireplace, an elegant dining room and a wine cellar.
“This home really is an entertainer’s paradise. But it has a very rich feel. I don’t mean in terms of expense. It feels very warm and cozy.”