You don’t have to fly to Palm Beach, or even drive east for hours on the Long Island Expressway, to arrive home at this waterfront mansion. A unique estate in Mill Basin on Brooklyn’s southern coast is back on the market — and with a price drop of $1.8 million since its initial listing a year ago.
As reported by Mansion Global , this residence, located at 2626 National Dr., had an original asking price of $6.9 million last November, which was then dropped in April by $800,000 — and is now reduced by $1.
8 million to $5.1 million. Despite the price cuts, the property remains the priciest for sale in the peninsular neighborhood.
The house sitting for a year isn’t the only headache for its owners, the lawyer Frank Carone — who was once Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff — and his wife Diana. As reported by The Post , Carone has not been accused of wrongdoing amid the ongoing federal investigation into the now-embattled mayor and his inner circle over bribery, fraud and campaign-finance violation charges. Carone is a longtime friend of the mayor and now chairs his re-election campaign.
He was the mayor’s chief of staff beginning in 2022, but left City Hall at the end of that year to build a consulting business. Still, there’s no denying the Carones’ Mill Basin home is a stunner. To help get the word out the original listing agent, Anthony Sciortino of Brooklyn 4U Realty, brought in Jared Antin of Elegran, a member of Forbes Global Properties, to give the home m.