House of the Day: 25 Clarkson Avenue
25 Clarkson Avenue was one of the early House of the Day posts, way back in October 2005; it ended up selling in February 2006 for $685,000. Now, four years later, the PLG limestone is back on the market with a price tag of $845,000. It sounds like some renovation was performed in the meantime…
25 Clarkson Avenue was one of the early House of the Day posts, way back in October 2005; it ended up selling in February 2006 for $685,000. Now, four years later, the PLG limestone is back on the market with a price tag of $845,000. It sounds like some renovation was performed in the meantime and the interior is definitely hot stuff. Are you feeling that price?
25 Clarkson Avenue [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Price is reasonable in this market b/c everyone bids down.
There have been some ridiculously low sales lately due to greedy/unknowledgeable brokers.
If you’re scared of Clarkson go back to Boerum Hill. They said the same thing about Boerum Hill 15 years ago that they say about PLG – in fact, I think Boerum Hill was WORSE. It was like Bed Stuy back then. And look at it now.
Regarding illegal apartments – you won’t have trouble if you have only one b/c it’s too much trouble to enforce it. Illegal apartments become a problem when you have two or more, or when you carve up a house into many. Homeowner’s in need of a little extra cash don’t put a big burden on the infrastructure.
So if someone tells you that you won’t get a mortgage or that you have to worry about your neighbor ratting on you, tell them to blow it out their arses. And when PLG becomes the kind of neighborhood in which people rat out their neighbors, then you’ll know it’s time to sell.
Saw this place yesterday… not that impressed. it should be going for closer to $700, given the location: reasonable block, but not as beautiful as a few blocks north. Mrs. rashomon and I are still pondering PLG, so interesting to read the opinions.
Still isnt worth 800K BM. 😉
saw this house yesterday and it is indeed lovely. the “cage” is gone and edible plants and herbs are creeping up from underneath the earth. compared to another similar house on the market, this is a STEAL!
i went to this open house last sunday – the interior is gorgeous, orig details intact plus high-quality renovations done in good taste (much better than other renos i’ve seen lately). the backyard is lush, landscaped nicely and much better than it looks in those pics – and the “chicken coop” everyone is speculating about is actually a vegetable garden. we were told that the “cage” is there to keep out the squirrels.
To Attention2detail who, I presume moved to PLG quite recently, from the Bedford Stuyvesant Co-op listed in his/her profile; ALL of PLG, Empire to Clarkson and Ocean to New York, is Flatbush. There’s a brass strip in the Botanic Garden, just above Empire Blvd., showing the dividing line between the old City of Brooklyn and the former (pre-1894) Town of Flatbush.
I live in PLG and I wouldn’t consider this as PLG. In my opinion Clarkson Ave Flatbush/Bedford should be considered Flatbush. Again, I’m not insulting, but anyone that has 800K for a one family may not consider this. This house is overpriced. You will be buying the best house on a so-so block.At 600K this is workable. Just saying…
Oh renovations were done especially on that kitchen.
I lived in lots of Bklyn neighborhoods before Clarkson Ave. Always once step ahead of the full-on “change.” Williamsburg in the late 80’s, Vanderbilt Ave in the early 90’s, Gowanus area of Carroll Gardens in late 90’s, South Slope in the early 00’s. If you, like me, spent your life in NYC chasing cheap rents, and you’re ready to put down roots, oh, and you have a few hundred grand to spare (or borrow) this is a great street. You’ll pay a couple hundred grand more to live just three or four blocks north. It really is gorgeous in the Manor. But alas, too rich for our blood, and maybe yours. Btw, we have a newborn too, and we’re definitely staying. It feels good. Though if you’re on the conservative side, or have problems with loud teenagers in the summer, well…you’ll probably never find an inexpensive house in NYC! We paid $300K in ’03, so everything seems like a lot. But hey, when we bought, our Liberian neighbor thought we got ripped off. Ah, New York.
Every block in PLG has a distinctive flavor, and I’ll admit we’re more raggedy than some. That’s how we afforded it. You could do a lot worse.