Anne Hathaway puts $4.5 million Brooklyn waterfront apartment up for sale after never living in it over fears she had become too famous and it made her easily visible

PUBLISHED: 16:02 EST, 7 September 2013 | UPDATED: 16:03 EST, 7 September 2013

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She only bought it in January, but Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway is already selling her waterfront apartment with views of Brooklyn bridge.

The actress, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Les Miserables, has never lived in the ninth-floor $4.1 million apartment because she feared is made her too visible.

According to sources, the Brooklyn-born star of films including The Devil Wears Prada and Princess Diaries, has used the three-bedroom home as a walk-in closet.

City views: Anne Hathaway's apartment looks over New York City but the actress felt it made her too visible

Price of fame: Sources say the Oscar-winning actress feels she is too easily recognized in New York

She lives with husband Adam Shulman in another apartment in the Clocktower building, in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood, possibly the same one the couple rented last year.

According to Curbed, Hathaway had said 'she doesn't want to be recognized and believes she has too high a profile to be able to live in [New York]'.

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For those who don't suffer from the problem of being recognized too easily, her 2,592 sq ft apartment is being offered for $4.5 million.

Each of the three bedrooms has a marble en suite bathroom, and the apartment has 16 over-sized windows with views of the Manhattan skyline, Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge.

Set in a cobbled street in Brooklyn, the apartment also has a roof deck, gym and 24-hour attended lobby, according to realtors Warburg.

Time for a change: The ninth-floor apartment is in Dumbo's Clocktower building

Empty: The three-bedroom apartment has never been lived in since Hathaway bought it in January

Storage: The 2,592 sq ft apartment is said to have been used as a large closet by the actress

Spacious: The three-bedroom apartment has a home office and roof deck

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Oooh, I wish I had money. I'd buy that in a heartbeat!

- Sissy , Lausanne, 08/9/2013 07:46

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Ugly looking building. Wouldn't live in Brooklyn for a million bucks.

- username , Los Angeles, United States, 08/9/2013 07:33

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Gee I wonder if the large windows had something to do with that?

- Cardo , Leeds, United Kingdom, 08/9/2013 07:29

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She may have bought it simply as an investment and never bothered to have CURTAINS made for the windows.

- sailorman_john , POLLENSA, Spain, 08/9/2013 07:19

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money and sense comes to mind

- h1ppo , swansea, 08/9/2013 07:03

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Why so people believe everything they read like this? A 'source' said this or that. It's ridiculous that people believe half of it. The media often doesn't even get direct quote right yet people will believe this sort of thing as fact. Pathetic.

- Me , Here, United States, 08/9/2013 06:49

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Who would pay $4.5 million for an apartment in Brooklyn? Basically, if it's not in Manhattan, it's not NYC. - Oli, California, United States, 7/9/2013 21:29........................It's not your parents Brooklyn any more. Have you been to Brooklyn lately? Better condos and cleaner neighborhoods than Manhattan. Brooklyn is turning into an exquisite borough by the day. Manhattan condos are old and all they do is renovate them to make them nicer. But the newer modernized condos are being built in Brooklyn.

- Ladyb , Toronto - Canada, 08/9/2013 06:44

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It is like a very posh office block. It looks cold and clinical. It would take you years to make it homely.

- Badger , Reading, United Kingdom, 08/9/2013 06:35

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If she never lived in it - how do you know she used the spare bedrooms as closets?

- bljart , Hobart, 08/9/2013 06:31

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That's the trouble with fame. You have to sell all the properties you bought because you were famous from fear of being seen in them by people who want to see you because you are famous. Sad person!

- Trevor , Ammanford, United Kingdom, 08/9/2013 06:25

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