My House: This Bookish Brooklyn Dad Built a New Room for His Son Behind a Secret Door

For Brooklynite Augustine Sedgewick, life as a writer and a single dad often converge in his one-bedroom Clinton Hill co-op apartment. The building was originally constructed in the early 1940s as housing for workers in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and while Augustine appreciated his home’s generous living areas, he knew at some point adjustments would need to be made for his growing son, who lives with him half time.