Strolling past the row of houses on Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights, you might notice that something is a little off. Take a close look at the red brick brownstone at number 58. You’ll notice that the windows are completely black. Suspicious, right? It turns out that the building at number 58 is not what it seems — it’s actually a fake brownstone that houses a hidden subway ventilator. You might be wondering what it’s like to live next door to an active subway ventilator. Judy Scofield Miller, who lived next door to the fake brownstone with her husband and two children, said they grew accustomed to the buzz and hum of whirling ventilator blades that disrupted their quiet living room every few weeks. The sometimes noisy neighbor doesn’t seem to be much of a deterrent. In 2022, the home next door at 60 Joralemon hit the market for nearly $6 million.
