Exclusive | Want to live in a dinner of the 1950s? He at home listed for $ 1.97 million boasts a stunning copy – it took decades to finish

This house is a rescue – and a portal in another era.

By the way, 1 school court is mixed with its graceful neighbors Long Island – with a stone facade, classic colonial symmetry and manicure landscape in the Gulf of Oyster.

But under its traditional exterior lies a delightful secret: a full -scale dinner of the 1950s and a shrine inspired by Ebbets in the golden base of baseball.

“I think I am an old school type boy who probably wanted to be born in the 1950s,” said the owner of the Gus Nunziata house, who is now listing the residence for sale. “But I was missing in that era, so it was a pleasure to recreate it.”

Looking for $ 1.97 million with Maryann Clara of Douglas Elliman, five -bathroom, four -bathroom residence, includes 3,752 square meters.

The interiors are filled with luxury finishes – crate ceilings, granite countertops and a sunk family room anchored by a gorgeous gas fireplace.

But the real star lies underground.

This is where visitors are transported to a full -cut chrome capsule with black and white controlled floor, turning on red stands, neon marks and a fully operational Wurlitzer Jukebox once owned by Jimmy Fallon.

Nunziata, 64, has spent more than two decades curating retro attraction. When he and his wife built the house in 2002, he specifically asked the builder to dig deeper the foundation to accommodate 10 -legged ceilings.

“I wanted her to feel like a real floor, not a basis,” he said.

From there, the dinner slowly took shape – pieces -cows.

“As soon as we got here, everyone would give me things that look like the 1950s, like the barber chairs or an old Coke car,” Nunziata said. “My wife joked and asked,“ What would you do with all this junk? “And I said, ‘I have a plan’.”

This plan evolved into a fully submerged space.

Friends contributed items like a good barber chair from Bowery in Manhattan, still holding business cards from the early 1900s. Nunziata installed a wrap bar, vinyl-upfolsted stools and a case of glass-filled glass screen.

“Some people collect cars or go games of luck,” he said. “This type became my hobby.”

One of the most sentimental parts is a coca-cola light fixing that hangs over the dinner table area.

“This was actually the light of my father -in -law hanging at his restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the 1950s,” Nowziata said.

The space doubles as a fun lounge.

There is a film project that lowers from the ceiling for display and a pool table surrounded by poker prefirealia. A masonry of the mouse package painted by Nunziata’s sister -in -law an additional member: Nunziata himself, along with Sinatra and friends.

And then has the second room – a personal homage to the Field Ebbets, the home of Brooklyn Dodgers before moving them to the west. The walls are painted to resist the famous stadium table. There are also green ground floors and a home plate to finish the illusion.

“I wasn’t around when the Ebbets Field was around, but my dad was a fan of Brooklyn Dodgers,” Nowziata said. “We’re fans of Mets now, but I’ve had all this sports memorandum since I was a kid, and I thought,” let me start that game room – my second passion. “”

Over the years, he added the places saved by Shea Stadium, Boston Garden and Comisky Park.

“I joke and say,” Hey, it turns out that Pope was a White Sox fan. He may be sitting in this place, “” he laughed.

True to form, Nunziata built a wooden facade resists a vintage ticket stand at the entrance of the room. Hanging above it is a sign borrowed from the movie “Dream Field”: “If you build it, they will come.”

And come they did it.

The Nunziatas have been waiting for everything, from parties on the topic to the random hanging of the family in the basement over the years.

“The boys had numerous holidays down there,” Nowziata told his children. “Every time we would throw a holiday in the 1950s – people would be dressed, we would serve dinner food on plastic trays, and even bring about candy from the 1950s and 60s.”

Even among Oyster Bay’s house inventory for well -approved homes, this property stands out for her personal ability and commitment to nostalgia.

The list still emphasizes the entertainment potential of the main floor: a kitchen of a chef with monograms of GE, a bank -size dining room and a backyard equipped with a sparkling pool, a stone fireplace, a BBQ BBQ, including living rooms for a living room, Small room room, including living areas of the small room room room, lounge, lounge, lounge, waiting room for a lounge for a lounge for a lounge for a living bedroom. scoot

Above, the main suite features two walks of walks, a sitting area and a bathroom style bathroom with a tub with jacuzzi and a new shower. The laundry room is appropriately located on the second floor, and the extra bedrooms are spaceus and filled with light.

But they are downstairs that most often steals the show.

“Whenever someone comes, I show them the house and they love it,” the Nowziata said. “Then I say, ‘Hey, let me show you the base,’ and when you take the people down there, they are just blown up.

With his two sons have now grown and outside the house, now preparing to reduce. He turns 65 this month and says it’s time to simplify – though memories are difficult to separate.

“If it depends on my wife, we would live here forever,” he said. “But it’s just time for something smaller.”

They are staying in the Long Island, ideally near their sound in Huntington. The Coupleift also owns a place in Naples, Florida, but their roots remain tightly in New York.

How about the future of dinner and field? The nunziata is open to let them go with the house – or disassemble it, piece -cow.

“Some of the things I will go through in my sound, and I will keep something for sentimental value,” he said. “But there are many. Thousands and thousands have passed over the years. I don’t even have a specific number in my head.”

For now, he hopes that a buyer with the same mind will fall in love with the fantasy he builds.

“I hope someone gets inside and say,” Hey, I’m the kind of family I would like to keep it intact, “Nunziata said. “And that’s great. The legacy will continue.”