Carmelo Anthony has added a new address in Central New York, and it comes with a lot more room than a normal offseason hideout.
The Syracuse University legend and 10-time NBA All-Star bought a nearly 60-acre property in Brookfield, a rural town about 60 miles southeast of Syracuse, for $680,000 on May 21, according to property records. The land sits in Madison County and includes rolling hills, an early 1800s farmhouse, a couple of cabins, a chalet and a large secluded pond stocked with fish.
That pond might be the centerpiece. It has a sandy beach, a diving board and slide, several campsites and a lean-to, and Anthony ended a recent video there by barbecuing beside the water, which he called the property’s “crown jewel.”
He gave fans a look at the place on Instagram, where he has 7.8 million followers, and on Facebook, where another 6 million people could see it. In the video, he rides an ATV around the property and says, “Welcome to Stay Melo Farm,” before adding, “What you’re about to see right here is special,” and “Now the story all comes together - the stay Melo mindset. Welcome to the sanctuary.”
Anthony, who lives in a 13,000-square-foot mansion in Westchester County, has been spending more time in Syracuse since his son, Kiyan, joined the university basketball team. Anthony couldn’t be reached to discuss what he plans to do with the Brookfield property, but Kiyan said his father bought it as a family retreat.
“You know my dad is really big on peace of mind,” he said. “So he has to find somewhere where he can go away from everybody.”
“It’s gonna be like a family tradition,” he added. “He’s gonna pass it down as the years go on.”
Kiyan also said his father, who helped Syracuse win the 2003 NCAA national basketball championship, may build a basketball court and more homes on the land.
The purchase has already become a topic of conversation in Brookfield, where residents on the rural road say the news spread quickly after Anthony’s video started making the rounds. Some admitted they didn’t recognize him right away.
Lauren Blough, who lives across the street, said she hasn’t seen Anthony herself, though her husband John has run into him a couple of times.
“I honestly didn’t know who he was, but we quickly learned,” she said.
Blough said it makes sense that the property would appeal to someone looking for privacy.
“It’s such a huge property that you can get lost over there,” she said.
Town Supervisor Loren Corbin said Anthony was a talking point at the most recent county Board of Supervisors meeting. Even so, Brookfield, which has 2,247 residents, does sometimes draw wealthy buyers from the New York City area who want a second home with acreage in Upstate New York.
“He can come here and relax,” Corbin said.
The seller was Kent White, who said he lived on the estate for 30 years after inheriting it when his parents died in the early 2000s. White said he reluctantly sold it so he could move to North Carolina to be closer to his children.
“I had it up for sale for five years,” he said. “It’s a very unique property, and I had to find the right buyer for it.”
White said he never met Anthony during the sale and left the process to his real estate agent, David Vandewater of Vandewater & Associates. Vandewater said an agent for Anthony in Beverly Hills contacted him in September 2025 about the property, and a week later Anthony came up for a daylong tour.
Vandewater said Anthony was especially taken with the pond.
“He called it paradise, which it is,” he said. “It’s a beautiful tract of land.”
A basketball fan who grew up watching Anthony, Vandewater said meeting him was a thrill.
“He’s a very nice gentleman,” he said. “Very professional.”
After that first meeting, Vandewater bought an Anthony SU jersey and brought it to a later meeting, where he asked for an autograph. Anthony signed it, and the shirt now hangs in Vandewater’s office in Lyons Falls.
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