brownstone
noun
brown·stone
ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn 
1
: a reddish-brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling faced with brownstone
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She lives in a beautiful brownstone in Manhattan.
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In one memorable scene, the industrious little girl wanders out of a laundromat while Lu is off looking for more dough, finding her way into an open house for a multimillion dollar brownstone nearby.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
Its large, wall-size windows, their casements painted a downy shade of white, look out across Bedford Street onto a row of old and characterful brownstones, including number 75½, whose façade, at nine and a half feet across, is allegedly the city’s narrowest (and therefore most charming).
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
As at Lawson-Fenning, Amy Kehoe, 48, and Todd Nickey, 58, opted for a former residential space, in a brownstone on East 10th Street that was once home to Jackson Pollock.
—Craig Kellogg Ashok Sinha, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Alexander portrayed Maxine, a regular at the women's home, while T.C. Carson's Kyle and John Henton's Overton lived in their brownstone.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 May 2025
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
Its large, wall-size windows, their casements painted a downy shade of white, look out across Bedford Street onto a row of old and characterful brownstones, including number 75½, whose façade, at nine and a half feet across, is allegedly the city’s narrowest (and therefore most charming).
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
As at Lawson-Fenning, Amy Kehoe, 48, and Todd Nickey, 58, opted for a former residential space, in a brownstone on East 10th Street that was once home to Jackson Pollock.
—Craig Kellogg Ashok Sinha, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Alexander portrayed Maxine, a regular at the women's home, while T.C. Carson's Kyle and John Henton's Overton lived in their brownstone.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 May 2025
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“Brownstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownstone. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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brownstone
noun
brown·stone
ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn
1
: a reddish brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling covered with a layer of brownstone
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