Open House Picks 8/17/07: Six Months Later

it is gorgeous. If only they could hitch it to a ox-team and haul it somewhere else.

I'm pretty sure that Greenpoint house was listed by another broker way back at a million plus.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 11:31 AM

"A 'motivated' seller... For that "serious buyer", the owner will provide financing options!!!!"

I think we may be seeing this place as an FOTW soon.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 11:41 AM

Stuy house owner should have sold it in 2006 when he had the big-to-do auction. Greed.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 11:44 AM

I went to open house of 404 and the agent told me that a TV producer is going to make a offer on it this week? I hear the owner is willing to work with people... This house has only been owned by two families in 112 years

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 11:53 AM

Didn't we hear about offers being made on it before?

Sounds bogus to me - lesson #1 in salesmanship, create an apparent sense of urgency in your target buyer.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 11:57 AM

Once again, that house on 24th St is in SOUTH MIDWOOD, not Midwood. It's the part of Victorian Flatbush that borders Brooklyn College.

Why is it so difficult for Brownstoner and Co. to digest that?

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 11:59 AM

There's kitchen. It's not nice and has a strange added wall in it that will have to come out.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 12:00 PM

The kitchen is not that great... nothing has been done to this house ever it is a VIRGIN LIMESTONE.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 12:00 PM

It is far from virgin. It's been butchered over time. Lots of extra walls thrown up to allow for boarding house type use. Needs serious restoration work.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 12:17 PM

11:59 AM -
Calm down. Most people on Brownstoner have never been south of Prospect Park, and even people who live in Victorian Flatbush don't give a crap about the difference between Midwood, SOUTH MIDWOOD, west midwood.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 12:48 PM

That greenpoint house looks pretty but is sitting right over the oil spill.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 1:04 PM

The Greenpoint house is sitting on a lovely tree-lined street full of similarly attractive houses. The problem is that this street is an isolated residential street amid the most industrial part of Greenpoint, cut off from any neighborhood. If feels kind of spooky there in a "street that time forgot" way.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 1:16 PM

"...hitch it to a ox-team and haul it somewhere else"?? Are you serious? I suggest you research the winner of last year's "Greenest Block in Brooklyn" contest.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 1:23 PM

sure, the BLOCK is very nice...thats not the point

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 1:50 PM

Well, well, well

Plenty of posts on the original thread asking why anyone would buy the 11th Street "piece of sh!t" when they could "live like a king" in the Stuy Heights house.

Looks like the palace is still looking for a king!

Well, well, well

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 2:00 PM

To poster 1:50: what is your point? where in NYC is there no crime? sure some areas are worse than others, but as a city, this place is relatively safe. i don't currently reside in bed stuy, but my understanding of the community is that it is extremely closed knit – particularly amongst the homeowner blocks. If something fishy is going on or around the block, you will be sure to hear about it very quickly. What other neighborhood in NYC can make that claim?

The Stuy house is not for everybody...true, and Bed stuy is not for everyone...true. However, each neighborhood in NYC has its own set of unique attributes as well as faults. Blind postings on a message board does not define a neighborhood. I think that the Stuy house is gorgeous, on a gorgeous block in a gorgeous neighborhood (stuy heights). The schools such, but outside of half dozen our so neighborhoods in NYC, where esle don't the schools such?!

Crime - well criminals tend to keep amongst themselves (i.e. criminals typically commit crime against other criminals), the crime rate in bedstuy may be a tick higher then a few other nabes, but bed stuy is HUGE. the Largest neighborhood in all of BK. IF pockets of the Stuy were broken down into smaller locals, the immediate area surrounding the Stuy house is tame by NYC standards.

The Stuy house is not for everybody...true, and Bed stuy is not for everyone...true. However, each neighborhood in NYC has its own set of unique attributes as well as faults. Blind postings on a message board do not define a neighborhood. I think that the Stuy house is gorgeous, on a gorgeous block in a gorgeous neighborhood (stuy heights). The schools such, but outside of half dozen our so neighborhoods in NYC, where esle don't the schools such?!

Crime - well criminals tend to keep amongst themselves (i.e. criminals typically commit crime against other criminals), the crime rate in bedstuy may be a tick higher then a few other nabes, but bed stuy is HUGE. the Largest neighborhood in all of BK. If pockets of the Stuy were broken down into smaller locals, the immediate area surrounding the Stuy house is tame by NYC standards.

Sorry for the long tirade, but I got tired of people making such ignorant comments. Again, I don't currently live in Bed Stuy, but i think it is in fact a fantastic neighborhood. Filled with amazing architecture. The bad things are changing for the better.

Also, even if the NYC market goes down by 20% (something that is extremely unlikely, but let's say it does), will the average New York family be able to afford property in the choice neighborhoods (PS, BH, CHill, FG, etc...) Brownstone town homes average over $2,000,000. A 20% drop brings the price to a low, low...$1,400,000. People will continue to explore and discover bed stuy is no longer "do or die". It is a vibrant neighborhood that welcomes change.

So to all those that "hate" on bed stuy just because of [ ]. Don't move there! And shut your f-cking mouth!

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 2:21 PM

"The schools such, but outside of half dozen our so neighborhoods in NYC, where esle don't the schools such?!"

Your school must have suched hard.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 2:35 PM

Thank you 2:21. I just closed on my Stuy-Heights home earlier this weekend and I truly love being here. I'm an ex-park sloper and I don't make 600K so I could not buy in that area. I found a great Queen Ann style brownstone on MacDonough street and I love it... I think people that hate on this area just have problems that they have to deal with. Every month I see the area changing for the better.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 2:37 PM

I'm still trying to figure out 221's math.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 2:50 PM

"I just closed on my Stuy-Heights home earlier this weekend and I truly love being here. I'm an ex-park sloper and I don't make 600K so I could not buy in that area. I found a great Queen Ann style brownstone on MacDonough street and I love it... "

You better 'Lube Up'!!! You already underwater.

The What

Someday this war is gonna end...

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 2:56 PM

No, it's not the end of the world, but there's a huge difference between South Midwood (Flatbush) and Midwood proper, ranging from condition of the homes, transportation issues, crime statistics and local amenities. It's inaccurate and misleading (especially for potential buyers) and I have seen real estate agents and brownstoner himself corrected on this site many, many times.

Real Estate agents who insist on calling South Midwood Midwoon an not identifying it as part of Victorian Flatbush are shooting themselves it the foot, yet I have seen it time and time again, everywhere from Corcoran to Fillmore.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 3:53 PM

No, it's not the end of the world, but there's a huge difference between South Midwood (Flatbush) and Midwood proper, ranging from condition of the homes, transportation issues, crime statistics and local amenities. It's inaccurate and misleading (especially for potential buyers) and I have seen real estate agents and brownstoner himself corrected on this site many, many times.

Real Estate agents who insist on calling South Midwood Midwoon an not identifying it as part of Victorian Flatbush are shooting themselves it the foot, yet I have seen it time and time again, everywhere from Corcoran to Fillmore.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 4:03 PM

2:21 here again...typos sorry. of course i meant suck and 1.6mm is the number i meant.

i don't do this blogging thing very often, so i felt no need to proof read. sorry.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 4:08 PM

Brownstoner how about doing a 6 mths later follow up on COTD as well? That should be intersting no?

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 4:30 PM

flatbushwhacker: Mitchell-Lama & projects = 2 different things. But yes, 10th street a few hundred thou overpriced.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 4:49 PM

2.21 - who said anything about crime - apart from you of course...

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 5:04 PM

The owner of 404 Stuyvesant is GREEDY! They had offers before, but they refuse ot sell at a reasonable price.

GREEDY.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 5:33 PM

Me too, I never knew there was a difference between different parts of Midwood. I've heard of Brooklyn College, but never heard of "South Midwood".

Have to say, it sounds like people in some parts of Midwood don't want to associate their blocks with other parts of Midwood that aren't so hot, and are trying to create borders and distinctions nobody else has observed or cared about before.

Who cares if South Midwood might not be as nice as Midwood proper? It's normal. Not every neighborhood is 100% great all over. Not even Park Slope. All over Brooklyn, the appeal of a neighborhood can change from block to block. People know that. Don't worry about it.

Posted by: guest at February 8, 2008 8:55 PM

The point is, duh, here we go again... South Midwood is not part of Midwood. It is part of Flatbush. As is West Midwood and Midwood Park. It is just flat out innacurate. Deal with it.

Posted by: guest at February 11, 2008 9:07 AM

No, you deal with the fact nobody cares, 9:07.

Posted by: guest at February 11, 2008 11:15 AM

The Halstead site has the Stuy house as under contract...

Posted by: guest at February 12, 2008 11:54 AM