<P> The show focuses on the Huxtable family , an upper middle - class African - American family , living in a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights , New York , at 10 Stigwood Avenue . The patriarch is Cliff Huxtable , an obstetrician and son of a prominent jazz trombonist . The matriarch is his wife , attorney Clair Huxtable . </P>
where did the cosbys live in new york
a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights , New York , at 10 Stigwood Avenue