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July 17, 2007

House of the Day: 401 Prospect Avenue

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Here's an interesting one...Behind the traditional exterior at 401 Prospect Avenue between 7th and 8th in the South Slope, someone's done a very modern makeover that looks pretty successful to us. The layout is very open, the finishes clean and the windows large. We suspect there's a subset of house hunters who this will appeal to, especially because it's priced at $1,250,000. Of course, the house is a smallish (as far as houses go) 2,000 square feet. But that's certainly plenty of room for a one-family. Think it'll fly? Update: A reader pointed us to the old listing for this place. Go to townsleyandgay.com and scroll down to property 83. Or check out the screen capture on the jump.
401 Prospect Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Facade photo by Kate Leonova for Property Shark

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2000 square feet is small for a house, but for those thinking about new modern condos, this offers more space (plus a yard) than the 3 BR condos on the market in Park Slope. This will sell. One concern would be that water and dampness doesn't get in the back of the house there, where the glass doors are. They look to be flush to the ground. The inspector should look at that carefully.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 17, 2007 1:42 PM

how are they getting 2000+ SF out of a 11x 50 ft over 3 floors?

Can you have a bedroom with no side windows?

Posted by: Anonymous at July 17, 2007 1:49 PM

sorry to be the neighborhood police, but i think that's windsor terrace.

Posted by: anon at July 17, 2007 1:51 PM

no windsor terrace starts at PPW (or 9th ave as we call it)

Posted by: wt at July 17, 2007 1:56 PM

What's gonna be in the lot next to the house, I wonder?

Posted by: Anonymous at July 17, 2007 2:05 PM

this is nicely done, should be a source of inspiration for renovators..too often we are trapped into thinking that a townhouse/brownstone must look like a page out of "restoration hardware"

Posted by: style at July 17, 2007 2:11 PM

i think the only people that fall into that trap are those without any sense of individuality or creativity to speak of.

oh right...this is new york.

Posted by: anonymous at July 17, 2007 2:15 PM

i bet 2:15's home looks like pretty "typical"

ur so creative with that "anonymous" handle, too

Posted by: ya at July 17, 2007 2:18 PM

you're right, 2:18.

next time i'll string the letters y and a together and call myself super creative.

by the way, next time you quote a word like "typical", it would be more appropriate if the word were actually prior.

but your use of the quotes is quite creative indeed.

Posted by: im super creative at July 17, 2007 2:28 PM

this block is terrible. no way it sells at that price.

Posted by: sloper at July 17, 2007 2:34 PM

2:15 sounds like an IKEA shopper

Posted by: Anonymous at July 17, 2007 2:37 PM

never set foot in one actually.

i'm not a chain shopper. my apt. is furnished mostly by park slopers trash.

thanks everyone!!

Posted by: i'm super creative at July 17, 2007 2:42 PM

I like it when people bust out of the antique mode for brownstones and do something modern. I support that completely. But I wish people did more interiors that are successfully transitional. Because frankly it's pretty damn easy these days to do a modern interior without being the slightest bit creative. All you have to do is pick up a catalog or magazine and get on the phone and order everything in your house. It's cookie-cutter, the current modern interiors. Has nothing to say either. Lacks wit. Modern does not = creative talent.

Posted by: me creative too at July 17, 2007 2:55 PM

It's very narrow. 1.25 seems like a stretch.

Posted by: jones at July 17, 2007 3:12 PM

Holy crap! 12.5 feet wide. 2 real floors above ground. Ugly woodframe exterior. Non-prime 'hood. $1.25MM. Love it!

Posted by: Anonymous at July 17, 2007 3:29 PM

I like it, except for the see-through panel between the bedroom and the bathroom. That's for a couple who really shares everything, know what I'm saying?

Posted by: anon at July 17, 2007 3:32 PM

looks great, would go for 2.5 here

Posted by: omaha at July 17, 2007 3:36 PM

it's only a matter of time before all of brooklyn is described by realtors as "south slope."

Posted by: z at July 17, 2007 3:39 PM

I'm admittedly not too creative. Modern interiors seems to me like something I could pull off without screwing up. Is it so shameful to not decorate like you have an interior design degree???? I guess for me i just want my house to bring me comfort, it doesn't have to win design awards.

(i'll go try to put slip covers or something on the couches i still have from college now...)

Posted by: never good at coloring at July 17, 2007 3:55 PM

doesn't this property back onto "lake windsor," a seemingly abandoned construction site that is filled with sitting water? the houses on windsor place and prospect ave have had their property values driven down wildly for the past two years (at least) by the big mess in their backyards--the scuttle is that people's gardens are collapsing into the big sinkhole and very little attention has been paid to this very real hazard--and it is ugly! price seems high given the many unknowns surrounding that construction hole.

Posted by: masha at July 17, 2007 4:00 PM

Wow - good to see south slope is catching up to the rest of the SLOPE.

Posted by: anon at July 17, 2007 4:22 PM

I think this house is far enough down Prospect that Lake Windsor isn't an issue.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 17, 2007 4:28 PM

This house is across the street from a school - PS 10. The street can be noisy since the school yard attracts lots of kids play basketball, etc during evening and weekends.

Posted by: Muffin at July 17, 2007 6:14 PM

I went to the open house.
It was cancelled for some reason.
Anyone know why?

Posted by: Anonymous at July 17, 2007 6:23 PM

If you go to townsleyandg.com and scroll all the way down, you'll see this house in its former glory--property number 83. I looked at it about 18 months ago and it sold very quickly to a developer. It does back on to the planned garden area of the development known as Lake Windsor. They have done an incredible reno as the place had terrible sloping floors--it felt like being on a boat with the narrowness and the listing feeling plus the water in the background!

Posted by: SBX at July 17, 2007 6:38 PM

cool find, sbx -- thanks!

Posted by: z at July 17, 2007 6:42 PM

The house is not across from the school. It is a good ways down the block from it.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 17, 2007 7:30 PM

Just plain nutz... more interesting homes in this area, and other Brooklyn neighborhoods.... imho, way overpriced.

Posted by: bren at July 17, 2007 8:50 PM

I'd offer $899k.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:34 PM

South Slope's manifest destiny is getting ridiculous - 15th Street is the cut off between Anywhere Slope and Windsor Terrace...9th to 15th = South Slope

True or False?

Posted by: And now...deep thoughts at July 19, 2007 12:32 AM

False. Call Prospect Ave whatever you want but WT start at Prospect Park West. Generally accepted boundary for the southern end of the Slope now tends to be the Prospect Expressway. Ultimately, it is all basically an artificial distinction but that's my take on it.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 19, 2007 10:03 AM

broker says there are already back up offers here... is the market really still so strong?

Posted by: anon at July 19, 2007 11:35 AM

I hear ya, but prospect park west runs N to S...a southern border would have to run W to E, no? 2nd Street is along PPW but we would agree that's North Slope. Hate to be the cardinal directions police and all, but I'd agree with Prospect Ave being the southern border. Although it's not Slope Bagels or Park Cafe...(Terrace Bagels, Windsor Cafe)- artificial is right...slightly superficial maybe

Posted by: And now...deep thoughts at July 19, 2007 3:05 PM

Deep thoughts -- I think you misread my message on boundaries. PPW is the western border of WT. And the generally accepeted boundary for the South Slope is the Prospect Expressway, not Prospect Ave. Definitely agree on artificial and superficial.

And the South and North Slope are really neither since the key streets don't actually run on a direct North-South axis.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 19, 2007 4:28 PM

I grew up at 401 Prospect Avenue for my first 12 years - in the 1960's - oh, the stories that house could tell if it could talk! I can remember like it was yesterday Nana in the back yard looking for any dollies we had left outside. My grandmother raised her family of 10 kids at the corner of Prospect and 8th, above a business. The she moved down to 401 and continued to raise her family and her grandchildren. We all, my aunts and uncles, myself and sisters, cousins in the area, went to Holy Name School.

I have been in California for 36 years but still fondly remember my "home". Seeing the drastic changes was something!

Posted by: guest at October 19, 2007 6:57 PM

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