Lefferts Manor Bed and Breakfast resides on a quiet tree-lined, family neighborhood cherished for it’s beautifully preserved, museum-quality brownstone, limestone and many Italianate brickwork townhouses in Brooklyn, New York.

Lefferts Manor accommodations are tastefully furnished with a slight nod to the Victorian period and tribute to a broader range of other styles and periods. Rustic Moroccan lanterns and tile tables, a shaker style bed, colonial chairs and end table all blend together with a minimalist's love for open space and air. All the rooms in the house share an element of serene naturalism and and quiet warmth. Cozy, yet not cluttered. Cool to the eye, but rich with woods and earthy textures, giving softness to the rooms.

All guestrooms feature original 1898 detailing evident in the original doors, baseboards and window sashes, fireplaces (sealed) and mantles, quarter-sawn oak parquet flooring, picture rails, original plaster work including original gasliqht medallions. The guest rooms on each floor of our townhouse share a bathroom. The Fitzgerald and The McManus rooms are on the floor above The Parlor and share one large bathroom. The Bradley, O'Neal and The Osborne rooms are on the top floor and they share an even larger bathroom with an antique claw-foot tub in addition to the shower enclosure. Rooms are all equipped with end-tables and reading lights, closets, air-conditioning and Wireless Internet access.

A full, sit-down Brooklyn Breakfast is served every morning offering fresh gourmet coffee, fine teas, orange juice accompanied by a variety of cereals, yogurt, dried fruit, granola, fresh baked biscuits and muffins, sometimes hard-boiled eggs or omelettes or even the inn's famous oatmeal or French Toast served with 100% pure maple syrup.

"Let us pamper you in our Brooklyn home while you visit Brooklyn and Manhattan and all of New York City."

This lovely little neighborhood of Brooklyn was originally part of the estate of wealthy Brooklyn agricultural baron and landowner James Lefferts. During the Brooklyn housing boom of the 1890’s, he developed the area into a pastoral alternative to the hustle and bustle of Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope.

Wonderful Brooklyn attractions are within a walking distance to the bed and breakfast. The beautifully restored Prospect Park Carousel and The Audobon Center and Boat House are adjacent to the Prospect Park Lake which offers paddle boating and a guided ecological electric Gondola tour. During the Winter there is Ice Skating at Wollman Rink.

The Prospect Park Tennis Center offers 11 tennis courts and a beautiful 3.5 mile bridal path threads its way through the naturalistic forests of the park with horse rentals and lessons at Kensington Stables. Numerous nature trails and excellent jogging and biking paths also wrap around the loops and hills the park.