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This three-story limestone house at 545 9th Street in Park Slope just hit the market and is looking pretty interesting to us. While it’s only three stories, it’s got a lot of historic charm and is located only a half-block from Prospect Park. Given those last two positives, the asking price of $1,695,000 sounds attractive. Even on a per-square-foot basis (which comes out to about $600), it’s not too bad. Thoughts?
545 9th Street [Orrichio Anderson] GMAP P*Shark



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  1. I like this block of 9th street and its limestones. I always admire them. I don’t get the bad traffic comments. I never see that on this block. It’s nothing like the other lower blocks of 9th street. Plus the width of the street helps a great deal. Many side streets in the slope have a lot more traffic and on a much more narrow street. Sorry, but that’s what I call noisy. And polluted! The fumes from those cars on the narrow side streets especially with the tall brownstones Brownstoner loves so much just get trapped down low for people to breathe, and go right into the houses. Gross. A shorter house on a wider street gives you cleaner air and more sunlight. Everything has its upsides and downsides.

  2. Possibly no trees due to subway vent running under the street? Just a guess. Also, wouldn’t be surprised if there were street trees even since google maps went through. Bloomberg’s million trees nyc project has been working surprisingly fast. My streetview on google doesn’t show the two street trees that ahve since been planted.

    As for garden access for garden floor tenants, if you didn’t want to permit access you’d really have to reflect that in the rent. Full use of a garden adds several hundred to the rent. I think the parlor floor deck/partial garden access for a ground floor tenant is the most elegant and equitable solution, you just have to have a few ground rules about noise/hours/smoking etc.
    Mr. B’s anti-3-story bias is kind of odd. Some of the best blocks of brownstones are “only three stories” (much of the Prospect Heights HD, for example). I have a 3-story with an extension, which gives it more usable square feet than many 4-stories, and having a 4th story would just mean an extra set of tenants to deal with.