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September 25, 2006

Fairway Rentals Actually Renting

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As Curbed reported on Friday, the lofts above the Fairway store in Red Hook are officially on the market. (Word is that insiders and tenants on other buildings owned by O'Connell got a jump start on the public.) There was an open house the weekend before last and old-school neighborhood realtor Manzione has the listings, which reportedly start at $2,200. A Craiglist ad touted a one bedroom with home office for $3,150. Curbed readers couldn't agree on whether this was a good deal or not, but with the smallest apartment clocking in at 1,545 square feet, we'd see it sounds pretty reasonable to us, though maybe not the most convenient location for regular commuters to Manhattan.
Fairway: Red Hook, Not on the Cheap [Curbed]




Posted by Brownstoner at 10:29 AM | Comments (14)
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I haven't seen the interiors, but I adore the arched windows and shutters. My 9 year old thinks living above fairway would be just fantastic - you could get Breakfast and Dinner there! From a grown up perspective - the commute on the water taxi to down town Manhattan would be lovely. I had an uncle who took the Ferry from Jersey everyday to Manhattan and he always said it was a really nice way to relax.

Posted by: Anonymous at September 25, 2006 10:40 AM

o brother are you for real? the above poster sounds like a salesman

Posted by: knock knock at September 25, 2006 10:54 AM

One word: vermin

However, it's a beautiful building and I imagine the apartments are pretty amazing.

Posted by: Anonymous at September 25, 2006 10:56 AM

give nyers space and water views and they will pay. I myself would love living there, but I work in midtown. if I worked on wall street I would definitely look at these.

Posted by: anon at September 25, 2006 11:34 AM

the water taxi only runs on weekends...have fun on the bus

Posted by: anona at September 25, 2006 12:06 PM

This Red Hooker is thrilled to death! Unlike most Brooklyn nabes, we need more people. The water taxi will start daily communtes once people move into the building.

Posted by: Anonymous at September 25, 2006 12:11 PM

I was the first poster and I am in no way involved in the real estate market. I just really think that these apts. have a lot of appeal. Sometimes I fantasize about living in one when I am shopping at Fairway. I actually I fantasize about buying two and knocking them into one huge apartment for my huge family. I also fantasize about never having to actually cook for my large family ever again!

The bus would stink. Maybe if these places fill up they would run at rush hours?

Posted by: Anonymous at September 25, 2006 12:13 PM

I was the first poster and I am in no way involved in the real estate market. I just really think that these apts. have a lot of appeal. Sometimes I fantasize about living in one when I am shopping at Fairway. I actually I fantasize about buying two and knocking them into one huge apartment for my huge family. I also fantasize about never having to actually cook for my large family ever again!

The bus would stink. Maybe if these places fill up they would run at rush hours?

Posted by: Anonymous at September 25, 2006 12:23 PM

people seem to forget: these are LIVE/WORK that means small dotcoms, media people, architects and so on. Not everyone has to grind to new york 5 days a week.

It would be great to live above fairway with the ocean aspect, but I wonder if you'd get tired of the fuss on ground level each and every afternoon and evening. Then there must be a fair few trucks and clanking from unloading produce and loading garbage. It could start at 6am each day and not quit till past 10pm.

The parking is another questionmark. Parking is .. where exactly? outdoors so your car gets covered in fine windblown salty water each day?

Posted by: Anonymous at September 25, 2006 1:14 PM

Agreeing with anon@1:14, I posted on curbed. Parking is really tough there now with the Fairway open. I think there's a lot across the street (not on Van Brunt, on the other side of the lot) but the salt might get to the car, and I can imagine that during a snowstorm (as rare as they are) these spots would get hit pretty bad.

Still, pretty nice for those who work from home.

Posted by: cobblestoner at September 25, 2006 1:42 PM

45 spots are reserved for the residential tenants. It's the fenced in area of the parking lot on western side of the building. I think it's the most interesting legal, living arrangement to happen in Brooklyn since One Main Street.

Posted by: Anonymous at September 25, 2006 2:15 PM

They view of the harbor would be amazing, and it would be a lovely thing if the water taxi really does start weekday service. I have to add that we took a dusk walk along the pier recently and disturbed the feeding rats who loudly let us know they weren't happy about it. Living along the waterfront along with the supermarket creates a serious rodent problem.

Posted by: Anon at September 25, 2006 3:59 PM

Are the vermin included in the rent, or is that extra?

Posted by: Anonymous at September 26, 2006 6:00 AM

it probably would be really cool to live and work there, with the spectacular views of manhattan.

heck, someone should make a movie, and use the window views outside in one of the scenes.

Posted by: Anonymous at September 27, 2006 2:45 AM

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