Brown Harris Stevens is a New York institution older than the City itself. In 1873 when Charles S. Brown opened his real estate appraisal business in Lower Manhattan, New York City was still just one borough surrounded by four other places called Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island and Brooklyn, It was not until 1898 that New York annexed the other boroughs, giving shape to the City we know today. Brown was a man with uncanny prescience, recognizing as early as 1873 the role that New York would come to play as the nation's economic and cultural center. From the bucolic New York of the late 19th Century, through the cosmopolitan 20th Century and now the global 21st Century of today, Brown's company, which has since evolved into Brown Harris Stevens, has become known worldwide as the leader in New York City's residential real estate market. After 132 years, Brown Harris Stevens remains the leader in sales, rentals, management, appraisals and corporate relocation services at the top end