House of the Day: 2787 Bedford Avenue

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Whatever your view on the desirability of the Brooklyn College area, the fact remains that there are some nice houses at decent prices to be found. This place on Bedford Avenue between Farragut and Glenwood doesn't have any eye-popping detail, but it's part of an attractive row of attached brick houses and looks to be in decent shape. We're not very familiar with this stretch of Bedford, however, so it's tough call for us. Has anyone been inside this place?
2787 Bedford Avenue [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark

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I've been inside...many times! This house belongs to my friends--I heard they were selling--anyway, it's a nice roomy house, with great wood details. Downstairs it's all oak--they went to a lot of trouble to have the wood stripped of old paint, so the details are nice..fireplace, too. Huge living room space and separate formal dining room, with the kitchen separate again, off the back. Upstairs there are 4 bedrooms--3 big bedrooms, one smaller bedroom--and a large bathroom. Lots of closets--I think the front bedroom also has a sink in one of the closets--a quirky thing--for dressing/shaving? Anyway, big enough closets to walk in and hang out in, if that's your thing.

Well, believe me, I just happened on this because I was looking for a plumber. I'll have to tell them their house is the "house of the day"--how bizarre.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 23, 2006 12:21 PM

Bedford is a very busy street. There are some beautiul houses there, but you'd have to be walking on the sidewalk or looking at photographs to know it since the speed required to actually see them (ala Fahrenheit 451) is much slower than anyone actually drives.

I guess you do get sixty seconds to appreciate the houses closest to the stop lights whenever a red light stops your progress.

Posted by: Shahn Andersen at August 23, 2006 12:28 PM

Looks like a great house. I really like the dining room. I also like the layout of the kitchen and love the cabinets, and I don't generally like cabinets. The Craftsman touches are wonderful and the house seems to have a nice, spacious feel, and gives a nice impression of comfortable Home, if you know what I mean.

If the house was actually built in 1930, it goes to show that quality craftsmanship for the middle class buyer could still be had, despite a depression. Would that were still true.

I know nothing about that part of Bklyn, and have only been over there a couple of times for concerts at BC, but for the money, looks like a good deal.

Posted by: CrownHeightsProud at August 23, 2006 12:40 PM

Brookyn College has a beautiful campus that commnunity residents can use. There are performances there at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, and even a Starbucks and Canal Jeans (?!) It's a very diverse, comfortable neighborhood.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 23, 2006 12:46 PM

Don't forget Shakespeare & Company books. But what's with that Canal Jeans? It's a far cry from the hip thrift mecca of my Manhattan youth and getting junkier every month.

Posted by: midwooder at August 23, 2006 1:23 PM

The Brooklyn College neighborhood has some nice amenities, and some of the best schools K-College, to be found in NYC (Midwook HS, Hudde Jr, etc...). Bedford homes in South Midwood futher north were the high point, like Albemarle Terrace or Ditmas Avenue in PPS or DP. These federalist style brick homes are immaculate as a group, very attractive and great bang for the buck. The new Target is going up close (but not too close to this section of Flatbush). Also, as Brooklyn College continues to flourish academically, attracting brighter and brighter students and nation wide attention, it will impact positively on the surrounding area. Anyone looking for a bargain in a neighborhood similar to what more popular sections of Victorian Flatbush were like about 5-10 years ago, should go for it.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 23, 2006 1:55 PM

This house actually has lots of great wood details, floors, glass, etc...

Posted by: Anonymous at August 23, 2006 2:02 PM

Brooklyn College truly is a good school, especially in the Liberal Arts and perhaps in other areas as well. Living close to a good college or university is often a perk in and of itself, and I imagine it would be in this case.

Posted by: CrownHeightsProud at August 23, 2006 2:24 PM

I didn't have good experiences working with Mary Kay Gallagher.

Posted by: anonymous at August 23, 2006 2:38 PM

Don't forget Midwood High, home to more Westinghouse Science Scholars than any other hs in the country.

And then there are the parrots!

Posted by: babs at August 23, 2006 3:17 PM

Mary Kay Gallagher wasn't nice to work with. I found her arrogant, didn't want to talk to you unless you had millions to spend.

She also comes across as "owning" Victorian Flatbush and DP areas, and doesn't work well with other brokers IMHO

Posted by: anonymous at August 23, 2006 5:06 PM

Looks like mostly single family homes in that area.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 23, 2006 6:14 PM

although i didn't buy in ditmas, mary k was super nice to me. ps i didn't have millions to spend.

Posted by: muletrain at August 23, 2006 6:30 PM

anon 6:14- would disagree that this "looks like most single family homes in that area". In fact, this sort of attached house is pretty uncommon in the area around Brooklyn College and greater Victorian Flatbush, forget about how uncommon brick structures are out here. To my knowledge the attached brick style of this house only runs for about half the block on one side of the street- the rest of this block is made up of the type of single family homes that are typical of the area.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 23, 2006 9:17 PM

I went to an estate sale in one of that row a few years back and the house we were in was as nice inside as outside. This is a nice quiet area. Some professors and grad students do live in the area, along with people from the kind of mix of working backgrounds that is disappearing in other Brooklyn areas.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 24, 2006 12:44 AM

I also bought my house through Mary Kay G. 10 years ago on the very low end of the market (under $200K--no millions here) and she was great. No hard sell or runaround. The only broker I felt I could trust at the time.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 28, 2006 10:25 AM

Been on the porch a few times 60+
yeers ago on my way to PS 152.

Posted by: jesus at December 15, 2006 8:04 AM

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House of the Day: 2787 Bedford Avenue

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