In Superman’s early days, the superhero’s mild-mannered alter ego, Clark Kent, lived on the fifth floor of the Standish Arms Apartments in Brooklyn Heights.
While the Superman story line — an enduring classic in the world of comics — remains fictional, that home actually isn’t.
Kent’s fifth-floor lair at the Standish — the building that inspired the Standish Arms Apartments — is about to hit the market in real life for $5.9 million, Gimme Shelter has learned.
The seller bought the four-bedroom, 3½-bath condo, at 171 Columbia Heights, for $5.27 million in 2021.
While the Standish apartment is often mentioned in Superman comic books, the mid-century Brooklyn Heights abode plays a starring role in a television episode about the Rope Burglar, who busts into Kent’s apartment, presses a hidden button and finds Kent’s Superman costume in a hidden closet.
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The Brooklyn Heights abode has four bedrooms. Hayley Ellen Day from DDREPS
The Columbia Heights abode has 2,400 square feet of space including high ceilings and oversize windows. Hayley Ellen Day from DDREPS
Dine like a superhero inside the Standish. Hayley Ellen Day from DDREPS
A windowed bathroom inside the home. Hayley Ellen Day from DDREPS
The chef’s kitchen is decked out in Italian Carrara marble. Hayley Ellen Day from DDREPS
The Beaux-Arts building, which dates to 1903, is now a star-studded nest of spies, if not superheroes — or at least home to the actors who play them. Matt Damon, portrayer of cinematic spook Jason Bourne, lives there in a $16.74 million six-bedroom triplex with his wife Luciana Barroso and their four kids. John Krasinski, who plays CIA analyst Jack Ryan, and his wife Emily Blunt, of “The Devil Wears Prada” fame, reside in an $11.86 million two-unit combo inside the building along with their two kids, as well.
The 2,400-square-foot unit comes with details like a 41-foot-long open living and dining area, bay windows, a chef’s kitchen, white oak floors, custom cabinets — and views of the harbor, the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan. DDG and Westbrook Partners’ 2016 condo conversion maintained the building’s exquisite prewar details, like oversize arched windows, while modernizing the units.
Amenities include a landscaped roof terrace with harbor views, a 24/7 concierge, doormen, a gym and a children’s playroom.
The listing brokers are Paolo Sciarra and Spencer Means of Compass.
