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September 2, 2008

Condos of the Day: 335 Warren Street

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The Scarano designed condos at 335 Warren Street in Boerum Hill aren't exactly flying off the shelf. When we took a look in November, Brown Harris Stevens had taken over for Two Trees after six months or so; Brooklyn Heights Real Estate currently has the reins, and as best we can tell, at least five of the eight units are available. The weird thing is that Property Shark shows that two of the five are resales. Current prices range from $585,000 to $975,000.
The Warren Lofts: Availability [Brooklyn Heights RE] GMAP P*Shark
Prices Too Lofty on Warren Street? [Brownstoner]




Posted by Brownstoner at 12:37 PM | Comments (20)
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I highly recommend anyone check these out -if ONLY for a laugh-. I am in the market and go to as many open houses as I can. I saw these last year and literally walked out laughing. An easy contender for the most poorly planned, designed and executed condos in all of Brooklyn, if not NYC.

Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 2, 2008 12:49 PM

good luck getting an appointment with brooklynheights real estate. julie is difficult to get a response from to set up an appointment. but i did think the layout seemed odd...

Posted by: oohlala at September 2, 2008 12:51 PM

tell us more, Prodigal Son. what was wrong?

Posted by: bxgrl at September 2, 2008 12:53 PM

I am always annoyed when floorplans are not included, especially since people are saying that the layouts are problematic.

Posted by: bkheightscoop at September 2, 2008 12:57 PM

There aren't any floor plans or am I just not seeing them??

Posted by: bayridgegirl at September 2, 2008 12:59 PM

I'm enjoying the touches of blue tape on the toilet (that's not a TOTO, is it?) and the stairs and wondering if it's leftover pieces from the roll used on the crown moldings on the Brooklyn Heights house featured a few weeks ago.

Off topic - bayridgegirl, I was in your hood yesterday enjoying the park and admiring some wonderful homes. I also saw the "Gingerbread House", which I've decided I want to live in one day when I grow up.

Posted by: Biff Champion at September 2, 2008 1:15 PM

Being less than a block from the projects probably doesn't help much either.

The website isn't very good at all(few pictures, no floorplans, no details on fixtures)

Posted by: JLater at September 2, 2008 1:17 PM

Sell! Mortimer! Sell!

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 2, 2008 1:39 PM

I never really liked this neighborhood. Boring Hill...I'm sure I'm not the first to say that.

Biff - welcome to my hood. That's a spectacular house. The property alone is amazing. There are still some great old houses. When I'm rich and famous, I want to live in the house on 76th (btwn ridge & colional), built by the founder of Blue Cross in the 1890's, Gothic Revival Style - check it out next time you're there. Last house before the stairs.

If you go to:
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/bayridge/bayridge.html
(last photo on the right). Picture doesn't do it justice. The best way to see the house is in the winter (no leaves on the trees). Go to colional Road, between 76th and walk toward 77th street. Look up at house on hill. Yes it takes up the entire block.

There's another great house right across the street. Heck, that entire block is really nice.

Next time, you want to come to Bay Ridge, let me know. Will give you a list of houses to check out.

Back to the Condo!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at September 2, 2008 1:41 PM

bayridgegirl, I actually did check out the places you referenced, but you know me, I just hate to bore everyone with my sidebar discussions! Anyway, I did the walk up the stairs at 76th and Colonial, past the gorgeous homes, right on Ridge, right on 80th and left on Narrows (another wonderful street) down to the Gingerbread House. The tour was from this book - no I don't get royalties despite frequently mentioning it - but this link doesn't include all the pages, such as the one talking about the mansions on 76th.

http://books.google.com/books?id=dO1LR6t9uVcC&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=walking+brooklyn+bay+ridge&source=web&ots=bqIJhk3dYF&sig=ltkdVwTEO4FDVjTgNdAQw9fz8KU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA179,M1

Posted by: Biff Champion at September 2, 2008 2:00 PM

Thanks for sharing the link Biff, great resource.

Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 2, 2008 2:05 PM

TownhouseLady, my pleasure. It's a wonderful guidebook. Being the wannabe adventurer I am, the first few tours I've done were to the areas often mentioned here that I was the least familiar with. I've been absolutely amazed at the diversity of neighborhoods and the remarkable homes, public and commercial buildings, activities, sites, landmarks, etc. featured. I can't wait to see more. It really makes one appreciate what an incredible place Brooklyn is. Ok, sorry all for the diversion...

Posted by: Biff Champion at September 2, 2008 2:13 PM

No worries, I love a good tangent.

Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 2, 2008 2:36 PM

I looked at these several months ago. The apartments are really narrow, weird layouts and the rooms are small. You couldn't even ascend/descend the steps comfortably to up to the loft area. I asked the agent if those were even to code and she said "i believe so" but admitted they are a problem. ugh, these were horrible no wonder there are still so many

Posted by: designernyc at September 2, 2008 4:59 PM

oh (and since I am so fuming upon flashback) WTF, this is brooklyn, not "build sh*t and they will come" manhattan...we do not have to buy overly priced, chopped up apartments (yet). There are far too many lovely ones available.

Posted by: designernyc at September 2, 2008 5:04 PM

I saw the ground floor duplex a couple of months ago, & could not BELIEVE what they were asking $900k+ for! In addition to a cramped studio apt with "garden" (actually the bleak little roof of the adjoining cellar), what they were marketing as the "bedroom" was a cellar-floor space with a 1-foot window onto a grated sewage pit, complete with garbage from the sidewalk above in a soup of foul brown water and mosquitos swarming around. The other cellar room was only accessible from the kitchen via a stairway through the neighbor's patio, and was full of black mold. I felt sorry for the realtor. Wish I'd had my camera; it was a real horror show!

Posted by: mothra at September 2, 2008 8:58 PM

Clarification: the window wasn't 1 foot -- the concrete pit it looked out on was 1 foot wide with a grate at the sidewalk level that was intended to let in natural light. Trash and cigarette butts from the sidewalk had clogged the drain, which had caused the window-well to fill with rainwater.

I thought maybe they should add "built-in aquarium" to the ad... turn lemons into lemonade?

Posted by: mothra at September 2, 2008 9:26 PM

mothra, you win the award for "best real estate horror writing" this week. yuck!

Posted by: z at September 2, 2008 9:30 PM

high fives to mothra and designernyc. These were far and away the most strangely designed condos we saw. The "garden" duplex was useless space made more useless by the fact that one room wasn't even attached to the rest of the place. You had to walk outside to get to the "guest room." And the stairs in the 1BR loft were so narrow that they were effectively just a permanent ladder.

But if you love you some cobble hill, they're in a fantastic location. I say not worth it.

Posted by: happierman at September 3, 2008 10:30 AM

There is another building almost exactly like this on 16th st. between 5th and 6th. Worst lay layout ever: Stairs steeper than a ship, More like ladders really with holes or hatches to climb through when you reach the top. Tiny bedrooms. Useless areas where nothing would fit. Giant windows which no standard covering would fit. Absolutely crazy!

Posted by: adrocks at September 3, 2008 1:25 PM

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