A Queens replica of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Long Island mansion has sold for a song to Songza CEO Elias Roman and his wife, Sarah Jane, according to city property records.
The waterfront home at 122 Grosvenor St. is in Douglas Manor, an exclusive, secret enclave in the borough. It sold for $2.4 million — far less than its original $3.09 million asking price when it first hit the market in 2014. (Songza is the Long Island-based music streaming service that Google bought two years ago.)
The Mediterranean-style residence, built in 1920, was built by the architect of the Kings Point, LI, home built in 1928 for Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda. Unsurprisingly, they look strikingly similar.
That house, at 6 Gateway Drive, is where Fitzgerald wrote the first three chapters of “The Great Gatsby” before decamping to the South of France.
As for Fitzgerald’s former Kings Point home — the basis of Jay Gatsby’s fictitious West Egg mansion — that was on the market for $3.9 million last year. The seven-bedroom, 6½-bathroom home on .42 acres was built in 1928. It sold for $3 million in January of this year.
The Queens version, incidentally, also has a connection to famous folks. It was where Gov. Andrew Cuomo first lived with his then-wife, Kerry Kennedy. They bought the home in 1990 for an undisclosed amount and sold it in 1993 for $825,000 to Brian and Pascale Hainline.
With six bedrooms and 4½ bathrooms, Roman’s new home boasts a giant foyer, water views and grand outdoor grounds for entertaining. The home also features a formal living room and dining room, along with a slate patio and a pergola in the gardens. A marina is a mere two blocks away.
Want in on the action? The home is listed for rent for $6,000 a month.
The listing brokers were Michael Misiti and Michael Stanco of Douglas Elliman.