August 20, 2014 http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/08/20/here_now_the_15_most_expensive_homes_for_sale_in_brooklyn.ph p
Manhattan is so filled with expensive homes, that a $13.5 million loft or an $11 million house don't even seem like big deals. But in Brooklyn, things are slightly different. The most expensive home that has ever sold in the borough is 70 Willow Street, a historic Brooklyn Heights where Truman Capote once lived that sold for $12.5 million. Today, there are not one, not two, but seven current listings that could break, or totally obliterate, this record—so check them out in this list of the 15 most expensive homes in Brooklyn.