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December 11, 2008

Co-op of the Day: 423 Atlantic Avenue, #2M

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This 1,500-square-foot (we're guessing) loft at 423 Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill just hit the market this week. It looks to us like the three-bedroom co-op has a great sense of space and nice wall of windows. Given that this stretch of Atlantic is not as gentrified as the blocks closer to Smith and Bond, the asking price of $1,300,000 seems a little aggressive on a per-square-foot basis. The first open house is this Sunday from 12 to 2 p.m.
Co-op of the Day: 423 Atlantic Avenue, #2M [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark




Posted by Brownstoner at 12:38 PM | Comments (36)
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Fun space but way too expensive

Posted by: itsagas at December 11, 2008 12:53 PM

That's at least at 10 pointer there on the wall. A bit out of place in Boerum Hill though. CCs aren't too bad for that size space.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 11, 2008 1:07 PM

Nice place, and fair price IMO.

Posted by: bklynite at December 11, 2008 1:12 PM

Not gentrified? Atlantic past 4th Ave all seems pretty gentrified to me. Smith is in jail-land.

Posted by: denton at December 11, 2008 1:20 PM

I wouldn't call that a "short walk to Trader Joes" And now that we are on the subject, I was in Trader Joes for the first time just before Thanksgiving. I was totally underwhelmed. And no brussel sprouts but the old italian guy down the street had them. I see no reason to ever go in that store again.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 11, 2008 1:26 PM

is this unit right above the rug store, and facing that loud section of atlantic where traffic starts to build up in the evenings? no thanks.

Posted by: goldie at December 11, 2008 1:31 PM

Dave, are you one thousand years old or does it just come across that way?

Posted by: Ringo at December 11, 2008 1:32 PM

i like this building.

600k

Posted by: Santa at December 11, 2008 1:34 PM

DIBS, agree about trader joes. I was there last Saturday. I normally shop at Sahadi's on Atlantic and popped in.
Disappointing.

"Given that this stretch of Atlantic is not as gentrified as the blocks closer to Smith and Bond, the asking price of $1,300,000 seems a little aggressive on a per-square-foot basis."

Yeah, This sentance is odd and I was going to make a comment about the gentrificaion, but I think I understand what Mr. B was trying to get at.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 11, 2008 1:34 PM

Great space, but not as big as it looks in the photos. BHS must have borrowed the Corco-cam for this listing...the 3rd br is a bit awkward -- looks like a study w/loft on the floorplan. I don't care much for the kitchen, either. It looks small and cheap for a property at this price. If they were asking under $1 mil. I wouldn't quibble with any of this.

Also, being on this part of Atlantic is a drawback to me. It's a busy, loud, sooty street 16 hours a day.

Posted by: Bolder at December 11, 2008 1:37 PM

Goldie, I've been in an Atlantic-facing apartment in that building, and you cannot hear Atlantic Avenue traffic at all. The people who built it put in terrific windows.

The building is called the Ex-Lax building, because it used to be the Ex-Lax factory. Now, don't you all feel more relaxed?

Posted by: Brooklyn Chicken at December 11, 2008 1:38 PM

To me I expect it is larger than the photos look...

Posted by: bklynite at December 11, 2008 1:46 PM

this building has always been slightly expensive. i looked in there years ago. it is a nice building, and it's assumed to have value i guess.

Posted by: wine lover at December 11, 2008 1:49 PM

Not the nicest stretch of Atlantic, but I love the space.

That Trader Joe's is great for ready-to-cook meals and other misc packaged items; for fresh produce, you're better off elsewhere.

Posted by: alsawo at December 11, 2008 2:00 PM

brooklyn chicken, if its the exlax tower portion (to the far left), then i like more (from the outside). i guess your windows are better than my friend's old place when he lived just a couple west, and had to have the a/c on all the time to drown out the street noise.

Posted by: goldie at December 11, 2008 2:02 PM

Regarding the comment that the block is not as nice as the ones nearer Smith, this was actually one of the first buildings in the neighborhood that attracted people to the area, back in the late eighties/early nineties.

Posted by: bigmissfrenchie at December 11, 2008 2:03 PM

I thought that was the Ex-Lax factory! What memories! I had a friend who bought a place in there late 70s, maybe early 80s, I think. First floor unit, with the most incredible private courtyard, which the apartment sort of wrapped around. She had no money, so she "walled off" spaces in what was really one great big room with plants and stuff (there was plenty of light from the courtyard). It was one of the most unexpectedly gorgeous living spaces I have ever seen. I can't wait to hear her reaction when she finds out what the asking price is for places there now.

Posted by: dylanfan at December 11, 2008 2:14 PM

The exterior of the building looks shabby/slummy. A real turnoff for me.

Posted by: sam at December 11, 2008 2:30 PM

This was one of the first gentrifrying buildings in the neighborhood. Ironically, the reason that this block doesn't feel as "gentryfied" now is becasue this almost block encompassing buidling has very little ground floor retail. So, no restaurants, bars or cafes etc.

Posted by: Boerum Hill at December 11, 2008 2:38 PM

I too was underwhelmed by Trader Joes. Selection not so great and the private label brands I purchased were OK at best.

Posted by: DeLepp at December 11, 2008 3:00 PM

I was impressed by the new Trader Joe's. I think they did a great job reusing the old bank space. It is unusual to buy groceries amid such architectural grandeur. I also like their prices, I don't like the long checkout lines but I guess they are indicative of the store's success. I just wish I lived nearer by. That stretch of Court Street has really blossomed into a real town-like Main St. Another plus for Cobble Hill/Brooklyn Heights

Posted by: sam at December 11, 2008 3:14 PM

quote:
I was in Trader Joes for the first time just before Thanksgiving. I was totally underwhelmed.

quote for truth. seriously. there is nothing more overhyped than trader jokes.. well except for whole foods. overpriced, overly green food. barf.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 11, 2008 3:20 PM

"actually one of the first buildings in the neighborhood that attracted people to the area, back in the late eighties/early nineties"
1) this coop was from the 1970's and people have been attracted to the neighborhood before the 1870's.

2) also underwhelmed by TraderJoe's. Tried several times but still love Sahadi's.

Posted by: Petebklyn at December 11, 2008 3:43 PM

cannot stop staring at agent helen's ballooning lips.

seriously, brownstoner, can you have a feature on Funky Looking Agent of the Day?

Posted by: goldie at December 11, 2008 4:05 PM

everyone was dying, dying, for the trader joes to open. now that it has, and it is popular with the masses, it joins granite counters and recessed lighting as something a true connoisseur eschews.

Posted by: sam at December 11, 2008 4:51 PM

Sam's comment at 4:51 should be the quote of the day. Well put! (And every quote of the day should include the word "eschew.")

Posted by: Park Sloper at December 11, 2008 5:13 PM

sam, good observation. Perhaps it isn't everything it was cracked up and expected to be, but I'm quite happy it opened and really like some of their products. Combined with Sahadi's, one can find lots of yummy things to buy in that area.

Just remember your sneakers - No Eschews, No Shirt, No Service!

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 11, 2008 5:43 PM

Biff,
Witty as always.
The other night I accused "The What II", or whatever, of being an "asshat extraordinaire" - I really like that pairing- anyway, we haven't heard from him since. Do you think I insulted his tender sensibilities?

Posted by: sam at December 11, 2008 6:00 PM

sam, I think it's harder than that to get rid of him for good. Insulting Montrose Morris repeatedly over the past two days is a sure indication he's lost it. By the way, I'm going to stroll along Joralemon (west of Hicks) again this weekend. Your comments the other day prompted me to want to revisit it and appreciate the homes there.

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 11, 2008 6:29 PM

Biff, it is a special block as is Willow Place.
Give my best to Calvin and Hobbes.


Posted by: sam at December 11, 2008 6:36 PM

think they bagged the elk in Prospect Park Zoo?

Posted by: Frederick Law Homestead at December 11, 2008 7:47 PM

Calvin, of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes (Hobbes is a stuffed tiger that is real in the little boy's imagination) often daydreams, especially in school, one of his alter-egos is BIFF CHAMPION space explorer. Biff's forte is crashing his space ship or somehow blowing up planets into smithereens. He's a bit of a space klutz.
I was reading to my grand daughter and I came across that, I laughed and laughed, and she said, grandpa, it's not that funny.....

Posted by: sam at December 11, 2008 8:09 PM

The lips balloon as the brain shrinks and the asking price inflates, it's chain reaction. Absurd. Living on Atlantic and paying 1.3 and the 1,300 monthly?! Got to go pump something.

Posted by: househunt at December 11, 2008 9:19 PM

sam, that's hilarious and very sweet (sweet referring to your reading to your grand daughter and her reaction to your laughter). Thanks for sharing it. I consider myself a decent driver and not so much of a klutz and I think blowing up planets into smithereens is much more up The What's alley!

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 12, 2008 8:23 AM

This same agent had a unit in the same line for sale on a higher floor with better finishes for sale 3 years ago for 899k. We looked at it, and it's a great building and unit, but to be asking 400k more during this current climate for a lower floor seems pretty unrealistic.

Posted by: BKLandlord at December 12, 2008 10:59 AM

Petebklyn, my point was to point out the irony of people criticizing this building's level of gentrification when in fact it is one of the very reasons the neighborhood is gentrified at all. I was not aware that the co-op went back as far as the seventies. As for your remark about the neighborhood attracting people as far back as the 1870s, I am also well aware of that and your sarcasm is unnecessary You're not the only one who knows about Brooklyn and its history who reads these blogs.

Posted by: bigmissfrenchie at December 12, 2008 12:07 PM

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