brownstone
noun
brown·stone
ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn 
1
: a reddish-brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling faced with brownstone
Examples of brownstone in a Sentence
She lives in a beautiful brownstone in Manhattan.
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City Councilman Chi Ossé’s arrest outside a Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone to protest the perennial scourge of deed theft may have had the right sentiments, but Ossé had the wrong address.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
More than a dozen millennials gathered in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and placed their phones in a metal colander before two hours of reading, drawing and conversation — anything but staring at screens.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
On the top floor of a Brooklyn brownstone, the AD100 iconoclast has realized an immersive feat of contemporary design—and by hand no less.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026
On the first block of Commonwealth Avenue, where the Public Garden sits just steps away and Back Bay’s brownstones read like a catalog of Boston’s Who’s Who, 17 Commonwealth Avenue, Unit 1, lands in rarified air.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
More than a dozen millennials gathered in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and placed their phones in a metal colander before two hours of reading, drawing and conversation — anything but staring at screens.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
On the top floor of a Brooklyn brownstone, the AD100 iconoclast has realized an immersive feat of contemporary design—and by hand no less.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026
On the first block of Commonwealth Avenue, where the Public Garden sits just steps away and Back Bay’s brownstones read like a catalog of Boston’s Who’s Who, 17 Commonwealth Avenue, Unit 1, lands in rarified air.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Brownstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownstone. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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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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