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I didn't believe in ghosts until I moved into a New York City brownstone built in 1905. Even though I think it's haunted, I don't want to leave.
14.10.2023 - 15:03 / insider.com
I've never considered myself a superstitious person or a believer in the supernatural — until I moved into my current apartment.
I moved to New York City from Connecticut in 2019 and have lived in various Brooklyn neighborhoods ever since. I've always had an affinity for older, historic homes with character and charm, so when I first moved into my current apartment in Bushwick — the first floor of a brownstone building built in 1905 — I immediately fell in love.
The official definition of a brownstone, for those who don't know, is a townhouse or row house made of brick and fronted with a brown sandstone material. Brownstones grew in popularity around the 1840s to the 1890s, according to Brownstoner, and are now a hallmark of New York City architecture.
My brownstone apartment, in particular, has a lot going for it. Since we're on the first floor, we have access to a large private garden, high ceilings, original moldings, hardwood floors, and two large bedrooms. Overall, it's more space and charm than I've had in any other apartment in New York City.
One of the first questions people usually ask me when visiting my apartment, which is obviously historic, is whether we have any ghost stories. This question is always met with a resounding "yes."
The first spooky incident I experienced was late at night a few months after I moved into the apartment in November 2021, when I went to get a glass of water in the kitchen. It was the middle of the night, and yet I distinctly heard slow piano music coming from what sounded like inside the walls. I thought this was strange, considering it was so late at night and we rarely heard any noise from other apartments given how thick the walls are.
I never heard the piano music again after that night. Unless someone unceremoniously gave up their hobby, I'm chalking this up to a possible ghostly encounter.
Another instance, this time in 2022, involved seeing the front door to our apartment swing wide open, slam shut, swing open again, and close again.
The front door to my apartment building leads into a small lobby area, after which there is a heavy, locked door that we open with a key. After my apartment front door slammed shut the second time, I peeked out into the hallway, only to see that both doors were shut. There was no way a breeze from outside could have caused ours to open.
My roommate has also claimed to see the lid of a vintage ashtray levitate in mid-air, then clink back down again.
I consider myself a pretty religious person, but never thought much about what could possibly happen after people pass to the other side.
Despite being a lover of paranormal horror movies and shows like "Ghost Adventures," I was skeptical of people who believed in ghosts,
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