💎 Dentist’s $25M Marble & Gold Palace in Brooklyn Breaks Records — Could It Be the Most Ostentatious Home You’ve Ever Seen? 🏛️

Brooklyn’s luxury real estate just reached an all‑time peak — and it’s straight out of a baroque fantasy. A former dentist-turned-builder has listed his over-the-top Bay Ridge manor for $25 million, marking it as the most expensive single-family home ever for sale in the borough.

Forget sleek Brooklyn Brownstones — this place is dripping in materials so lavish they belong in palaces, not zip code 11209.

Meet the estate of Dmitry Epelboym, who spent eight years transforming a once‑Victorian lot into a 14,000-square-foot extravaganza ripped from European cathedrals.

Every surface gleams with imported Italian marble, hand-applied gold leaf, veined burgundy quartz, and accents of green malachite and lapis lazuli—the kind of materials normally found in luxury museums, not living rooms.

You enter through a marble foyer framed by twin staircases that ascend like temple steps, their gold-leaf railings catching the light. The sprawling interior includes six massive bedrooms, a gilded office fit for a sultan, and a basement spa ensemble… complete with a Turkish bath, sauna, subterranean ballroom, and a centerpiece chandelier salvaged from a historic Tennessee riverboat.

Built by a man who once practiced dentistry and later pleaded guilty to insurance fraud, the house stands as a surreal blend of ambition and excess. Epelboym reportedly stopped counting when he hit $10 million in construction costs alone.

Despite Bay Ridge’s mix of families and leafy neighborhoods, none of its homes have ever come close to this level of opulence—and certainly never hit the $25 million asking price.

As per listing agents at Douglas Elliman, the property is drawing a flood of inquiries. “It’s unique—we don’t know of anything like it in Brooklyn,” one broker said.

Marble mantels in the living areas are inlaid with malachite and lapis; fireplaces glow with hidden gilded carvings. The ultra-luxe chef’s kitchen glitters with burgundy quartz countertops and state-of-the-art appliances. Every inch feels like a curated museum exhibit.

Downstairs, the ballroom features that historic riverboat chandelier, open dance floor, and soaring ceiling—clearly made for parties, receptions, or even extravagant wedding events.

The spa includes an 11-foot-high basement bath complex, marble-enclosed Turkish steam baths, and a hot tub tucked into the depths of the sub-cellar.

Though the current owner spends most of his time abroad, he has said that the home is now “ready for its next chapter”—meaning someone with a taste for the dramatic might take it over next.

With such elaborate decor, it’s less likely to attract a classic minimalist buyer and more likely to appeal to someone with Baroque ambitions.

Needless to say, the listing has real estate insiders whispering about what comes next. Some speculate a billionaire art collector might snap it up for use as a private gallery or ceremonial space. Others wonder if it’ll stand alone as a museum of gilded eccentricity.

This mansion’s presence in Brooklyn—a borough known for its townhouse charm, historic blocks, and organic brownstone streetscapes—feels like an intrusion from another planet.

But it also signals that high‑end tastes are shifting rapidly: Brooklyn is no longer just Manhattan-adjacent real estate—it’s becoming its own monument to opulence.

The property’s listing has already triggered speculation that Brooklyn’s market is gearing up to challenge Manhattan’s dominance. After all, nearby townhouses have already traded for $22 million and $25 million in past years, but none had the gilded ambition of this one.

As of today, no other property in Brooklyn comes close. Record‑setting townhouses in Brooklyn Heights reached $25.5 million in past sales, but this Bay Ridge palace is now the priciest listing ever.

If this home sells for the asking price—or more—it will be a landmark moment in New York City real estate: when Brooklyn excess truly went full-scale.

Imagine a future where the borough’s mansions rival the upper reaches of Park Avenue, and ornate palaces like this become visual fixtures in neighborhoods once modest and mellow.

Until then, this marble-and-gold-drenched creation stands as both a curious anomaly and a bold statement: in Brooklyn, ultra luxury just found a new throne.

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