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January 19, 2007
Residential Sales in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN COLLEGE AREA $610,000
2787 Bedford Avenue
4-bedroom, 1.5-bath, 77-year-old attached brick-sided house; dining room, renovated kitchen and bath, living room with bay windows, semifinished basement; 18-by-100-ft. lot; taxes $2,386; listed at $649,000, 4 weeks on market. Broker: Mary Kay Gallagher.
See the old listing here.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $325,000
75 Henry Street
600-sq.-ft alcove studio in a postwar building; 24-hr. doormen; maintenance $518, 65% tax deductible; listed at $345,000, 21 weeks on market. Broker: Corcoran Group Brooklyn.
PARK SLOPE $890,000
306 Second Street (Cityview Gardens)
3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,339-sq.-ft. condo in a newly constructed building; dining area, eat-in kitchen; terrace; gym in building; common charge $240; taxes $864 (abated); listed at $899,000, 3 weeks on market. Broker: Aguayo & Huebener.
From the print edition of yesterday's New York Times.
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The Brooklyn Heights studio seems like a good deal: low maintenance with 24 hr. doorman in a good neighborhood. 600 square feet is not a lot of space but with an alcove, it's pretty much like a one bedroom (might even seem bigger with good furniture arrangement).
Posted by: Emily at January 19, 2007 10:27 AM
I'm with Emily.
There are several other units for sale in the building and they all seem really reasonable (dare I say almost bargain priced?). The apartments themselves are kinda bland and a little blah, but a few have fairly spectacular views of lower Manhattan.
The common charges also include all utilities!
Anyone have the lowdown the why the units in building seem so...well, cheap for Brooklyn Heights?
Posted by: Anonymous at January 19, 2007 10:50 AM
I think the Brooklyn College area townhouse looks really nice and selling for way less than I would have guessed. It seems there are still moderately priced places around.
Posted by: glenn at January 19, 2007 10:52 AM
is 75 Henry the former Mitchell Lama building on Cadman Plaza?
Posted by: anonymous at January 19, 2007 11:07 AM
There are still bargains to be had in the Brooklyn College neighborhood. It has some quality of life issues, but it's certainly up and coming. The Brooklyn College campus is charming in areas, with lots of green space, and the new Target/Barnes and Noble will be in easy walking distance. Also Hudde MS and Midwood HS are here. I'm not sure how the elementary schools are here, though. Midwood Montessori is a great pre-school, on the same street at this house, I believe. This is an excellent neighborhood for families... get in while it's still reaonable!
Posted by: Anonymous at January 19, 2007 11:16 AM
Is that MKG? If so, good information, it's helpful, but it's more ethical to sign one's name as a realtor when one is a realtor specializing in a certain area and has vested interest in how that neighborhood is perceived. Or....in how competing neighborhoods are perceived, too. I often wonder if many times the trolls that bash certain buildings or neighborhoods regularly, aren't developers and agents in competing buildings and nabes.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 19, 2007 1:48 PM
I am the 11:16 poster. I am most certainly not MKG. Nor am I a developer or a relator. I doesn't bother me that you thought I might be a realtor, and wanted to suggest it on this forum - but very unfair of you to pin it on MKG specifically. Especially as you were way off the mark.
Posted by: Erin Joslyn at January 19, 2007 5:04 PM
You know the old saying...when you assume you make an ass of yourself. You didn't sign your name. How do we know you aren't a competitor of Mary Kay....lmao
Posted by: RugbyRoad at January 19, 2007 6:45 PM
Like, I said, I'm not a realtor or a developer. Have no connection to the industry whatsoever.
Posted by: Erin Joslyn at January 19, 2007 7:06 PM
Erin....my 6:45 pm comment was directed toward anon 1:48 not toward you.
Posted by: RugbyRoad at January 19, 2007 7:11 PM
Sorry!
Posted by: Erin Joslyn at January 20, 2007 9:11 AM
1:48 here, and I'm not a competitor of MKG nor a realtor of any kind. I just happened to notice she repped the house that sold in the Brooklyn College area, also that area is one of her specialties, also she HAS posted on this site in the past, also the sentence "This is an excellent neighborhood for families... get in while it's still reaonable!" sounds so much like a realtor that if it isn't one I'll eat my shoe. As for being Anonymous on this site, has anyone noticed how nasty it gets here? I'd never sign my name.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2007 9:58 PM
Oh but I should add in the midst of all this I'm not bashing the neighborhood of Brooklyn College; quite the contrary I think everything from the Park on down through PLG and Victorian Flatbush and Ditmas and all is a good buy.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2007 10:27 PM
I generally don't sign my name, for that very reason, 9:58. But you better like the taste of shoe leather. Although I am involved in the campaign to landmark Victorian Flatbush, I really am not a realtor or a developer. Run a check if you don't believe me! I just honestly think that Brooklyn College is a good bet for young families. And judging how prices have soard in other parts of the neighborhood over the years, bargains won't last too much longer.
Posted by: Erin Joslyn at January 20, 2007 10:27 PM
Well okay, you're not a realtor, 10:27, but you are as you admit someone involved with promoting the neighborhood. So I was not way off. So I still won't eat my shoe. Not yet. Sorry. That said, good for you for promoting your neighborhood and being proud of it.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2007 10:30 PM
Also, I apologize Erin if I sounded hostile! What a strange exchange. This site does that to me sometimes. I'm going to wrench myself away to rejoin my husband and watch a movie on the telly. Goodnight.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2007 10:37 PM
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