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A Garden in the Heights
Truman Capote once famously wrote, I live in Brooklyn. By choice. For ten years, from 1955 to 1965, the acclaimed author rented a garden apartment at 70 Willow Street. This house,…
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Truman Capote once famously wrote, I live in Brooklyn. By choice. For ten years, from 1955 to 1965, the acclaimed author rented a garden apartment at 70 Willow Street.
This house, built in 1839 by Adrian van Sinderen, provided the quiet backdrop for some of the most famous prose of the twentieth century. It was right here in this Brooklyn Heights home that Capote finished both Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood. He even wrote an essay called A House in the Heights about his time here.
Today, the building remains a stunning example of the neighborhood's history, with over nine thousand square feet of interior space.
Updated June 2026