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November 21, 2005

House of the Day: FSBO off Greenwood Cemetery

houseWe can't resist the chance to help the little guy, so when the owner of this place on 23rd Street across from the Green-Wood Cemetery dropped us an email, we ran with it. The natural wood-clad facade caught our eye, though we have to admit to being a bit disappointed by the lack of interior detail as well as the 1970's-style version of a stoop. The street looks quiet and cute, though, and the taxes are a miniscule $682 a year. Put down some antique wood floors and a little crown molding and this baby could clean up pretty nicely. We don't know the market in this micro-neighborhood very well so we'll leave it up to others to opine on whether $750,000 is a reasonable asking price.
307A 23rd Street [By Owner] GMAP




Posted by Brownstoner at 11:29 AM | Comments (17)
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$750K for a nice looking house in a nice quiet neighborhood seems like a good price to me. It's a long commute to Manhattan, if that is where you work, but still, $750K won't get you nearly this much house these days in many neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2005 11:54 AM

Actually, it's a pretty quick commute to Manhattan. This house is only a few blocks to the R train. Take it a few stops to the D, B or Q express and you are in Union Square in 20-25 minutes total.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2005 12:18 PM

I love this house -- great price, nice location, move-in condition. Looks like a slam dunk.

Maybe I didn't read carefully enough -- Is it 22' -wide? What's the total sq. footage? schools?

Makes me want to move!!!!

Posted by: clinton hillbilly at November 21, 2005 12:32 PM

This house is tiny. 17x25'. That's only 850 square feet of living space for the owner.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2005 12:37 PM

Isn't it three avenue blocks down plus a few street blocks over to the R?

Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2005 1:03 PM

I take it all back (still think the house is cute though)

size matters

Posted by: clinton hillbilly at November 21, 2005 1:16 PM

Looks like 2and1/3 aves. and 2 blocks to the R train at 25th street.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2005 1:19 PM

The commute isn't quite that quick to Union Square unless you are REALLY lucky. I get on closer to Manhattan and get off at Union Square and it usually takes about 30-40 minutes and I only live 3 short blocks from the subway entrance. Remember: 1 avenue = 3 city blocks
That said, it sure nice not to have to depend on the F.

Posted by: Jenny at November 21, 2005 3:21 PM

And the walk from the subway to this house is up a pretty steep hill -- a pain at the end of a long day. That is why there are advantages in the South Slope commute-wise with being between 4th and 6th. (Of course, there are advantages park-wise and nice-street-wise of being between 6th and the Park.)

Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2005 4:28 PM

I saw this place at the open house a week ago. It's pretty big. I think at least 1200 sq ft.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2005 5:39 PM

1200 for the whole building, or 1200 for the owner duplex?

Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2005 5:43 PM

this house was listed with foxtons. it was in contract then fell back out is now fsbo. i happen to like the location. it also must have a huge backyard as i drive up 23rd street everyday and pass it and can say that it is set very forward to the street.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 21, 2005 8:06 PM

Propshark says 16.67 X 40' bldg - so guess thats 1200sqft for duplex.
The 16.67 x 25' bldg is #307 next door.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 22, 2005 9:27 AM

It's a great little house - I wanted to place a bid on it six months ago, but the owner had a buyer in mind. The commute is def. longer than the one poster (or is it booster?) indicated - closer to 35/40 minutes. BUT - this is right across from Greenwood Cemetary - at least one place where you shouldn't have to worry about any new 'developments' . Of course, I think this block is home to two diferent potentially out of scale developments on the same side of the street. Definitely worth looking at if you are in the market.

Posted by: GrnwdHtsPatrolman at November 22, 2005 11:38 AM

My commuting skills from this neighborhood may be better than most. I make from here to the 57th Street Q station in Manhattan in 45 to 50 minutes.

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