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February 11, 2009

Co-op of the Day: 70 Remsen Street Studio

A pied-a-terre for the Versailles set? Maybe so. This 400-square-foot studio at 70 Remsen Street between Henry and Hicks in Brooklyn Heights has some nice old-world charm in the main room, though the kitchen isn't exactly fit for a king. And at $759, the monthly maintenance is a touch on the high side given the size of the apartment. But for someone who doesn't need a lot of space and likes the idea of being in a high-quality prewar building in a great location, the $259,000 price tag might go over well.
70 Remsen Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark

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I've always admired this building. Molto Venice. Cute studio. It would make a great pied-a-terre, or student apartment. The present decor, wonderfully over the top as it is, does show that you have more space than you think to work with.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at February 11, 2009 12:49 PM

I lived in the building a few years ago. It is a very nice building, the concierge are GREAT!!! The $759 includes all utilities (water, gas, electric).

Posted by: clinton hill lover at February 11, 2009 12:50 PM

Used to live down the street- t building is really gorgeous. I can't beleive the price- is that too good to be true?

Posted by: bxgrl at February 11, 2009 12:52 PM

WHAT??? Is that price for real?
Even if the kitchen and bath are ok but can use an overhaul. This will sell quickly.
For under $2000/month, you can own / live in a nice sized studio in the 'choicest' nabe.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 1:03 PM

Makes you wonder if there's any light in there, but agree, should go fast. Especially if parents can buy for their darling young child. Looks like they accept financing also!

Posted by: denton at February 11, 2009 1:05 PM

Totally agree. No way this is still available next week.

Posted by: infinitejester at February 11, 2009 1:06 PM

Wow, good stuff. Even with the high maintenance (for the footage) it's a good deal. This should go quick.

Rob, start tucking away those pennies! There are deals to be had.

Posted by: TownhouseLady at February 11, 2009 1:11 PM

street easy has another studio in this building thats pretty ugly looking thats in contract at 250k. Its main room is 16x13. 700 maint
http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/329187-coop-70-remsen-street-brooklyn-heights-brooklyn

Posted by: Santa at February 11, 2009 1:16 PM

actually this place is better
http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/358905-coop-155-henry-street-brooklyn-heights-brooklyn

looking at a wall but cheaper maint and for 249k

Posted by: Santa at February 11, 2009 1:18 PM

quote:
Rob, start tucking away those pennies! There are deals to be had.

no. why can't *I* have parents who would buy *ME* something like this. it's not faaaaaaaair!!

and i dont think 1/4 of a million dollars for a dank studio with high maintenance in brooklyn is a "deal" anyway.

*r*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 11, 2009 1:20 PM

Hookah, anyone?

Posted by: Biff Champion at February 11, 2009 1:24 PM

WOW Santa, Christmas is coming early in Brooklyn Heights!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 1:27 PM

"and i dont think 1/4 of a million dollars for a dank studio with high maintenance in brooklyn is a "deal" anyway."

I concur. Paying more than $2000/month for a studio doesn't feel like a deal, regardless of neighborhood.

That said, I agree that it'll sell fast.

Posted by: cwbuecheler at February 11, 2009 1:31 PM

Is this close to where Biff lives???? :(

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 1:31 PM

At these rock bottom prices for these studios, it might be worth buying as a 'love pad' to put up a 'hookah'.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 1:33 PM

A perfect pied-a-terre for my powdered wig collection.

Steep maintenance. This one at 57 Montague recently sold, and appears a better deal.
http://www.bhsbrooklyn.com/detail.asp?id=959278

Posted by: buttermilk channel at February 11, 2009 1:34 PM

"The one-act play opens on a drawing room with Second-Empire style furniture and a massive bronze statue on a mantelpiece. A quiet yet mysterious looking Valet leads Garcin, a journalist from Rio, into the room. Garcin is at first very confused as to what is going on. He claims that he does not like Second Empire style furniture, asking if all the rooms are like this one. The Valet is evasive but Garcin then admits that he actually had a habit of living with furniture he didn't like. Garcin then exclaims that this is not what he expected hell to be like.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 11, 2009 1:35 PM

I just clicked on the link and it said it has been removed. Any idea why? Listing error that was too good to be true?

Posted by: newsouthsloper at February 11, 2009 1:35 PM

ann boleyn found another job so it turns out she doesn't have to sell it afterall

*r*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 11, 2009 1:38 PM

The listing is gone!!! What happened?

Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 11, 2009 1:38 PM

SOLD!!!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 1:40 PM

someone posting above just bought it

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 1:41 PM

BRG, that would be something! A record perhaps. Now the whole Elliman site is crashing...that might be the reason.

Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 11, 2009 1:44 PM

"Now the whole Elliman site is crashing...that might be the reason."

Prices are crashing...that might be the reason.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 1:48 PM

Did Elliman forget to insert a "1" at the front of the offer price?

Posted by: Biff Champion at February 11, 2009 1:49 PM

Does anyone know what the apartment number is?

Posted by: columbiatch at February 11, 2009 2:02 PM

The seller(s) were obviously horrified the commoners on Brownstoner were attempting to look into their affairs.

Posted by: infinitejester at February 11, 2009 2:21 PM

If you don't want people looking into your "affairs" then you should sell the place privately, not on a broker website where the whole world can see!!!! :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 2:27 PM

Hm, interesting, when I saw the comments here to an Oceana (Brighton Beach) apartment with an IDENTICAL interior design a while back, EVERY comment said how distasteful it is ("Russians don't have taste", "How good we, American hipsters, are", etc).
BTW, I'm neutral to Russians, this interior style, hipsters, or anything about the two listings. At the same time I knew back then that if I saw that kind of apartment in a fancy area, all of a sudden the design would rule! After that when someone tries to rationally approve or disprove a design, all I here is "Blah, Blah, Blah.." It's all relative anyway.

I like the building though.

Posted by: Gravis at February 11, 2009 2:36 PM

(Spoken through clenched teeth): "Yes, you know Remsen is really my LEAST favorite street in the Heights!"

Posted by: infinitejester at February 11, 2009 2:37 PM

Did we ever figure out what happened to Petit Petit Petit Petit Petit Trianon?

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 2:38 PM

I have always loved the building but if I remember correctly, one could not have a dishwaher in the buidling (plumbing issues) and the apartments seemed dark... There are some combined studios -- even duplexes -- I think.

Posted by: BH76 at February 11, 2009 2:42 PM

Gravis,

Make no bones about it, this is NOT my cup of tea design wise. The yippee is regarding the building it's in the location, the square footage, the fact that there are 2 closets combined with the price.

The draperies- blech!!

Posted by: TownhouseLady at February 11, 2009 2:50 PM

Gravis...since you brought it up, I think this place is owned by an old lady or an old gay man. Probably the latter. I was surprised that there weren't more comments on the decorating!!!! But the haters seem not to be here...THL, BRG, etc!!! :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 2:52 PM

What's wrong with the decorating?
Who doesn't want to live in Brooklyn Heights and feel like Marie Antoinette lounging around a 400 sq. ft. studio?

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 2:55 PM

an old gay man? (honestly ive never seen a gay man over the age of about 50 in real life). sometimes i dont even really think they exist.

*r*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 11, 2009 2:56 PM

You met me, asshole!!!!!! :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 3:07 PM

rob, maybe cuz by the time they get to that age they look straight!

Posted by: denton at February 11, 2009 3:10 PM

Why thank you, denton. But that's about one of the funniest characterizations I've heard.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 3:13 PM

lol dave i didnt think you were a day over 49!

*r*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 11, 2009 3:14 PM

Gay is the fountain of youth!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 3:19 PM

Bitch. :)

Don't come crying to me looking for a sugar daddy!!!!! :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 3:20 PM

"sometimes i dont even really think they exist."

You'll be one someday, Rob. That is, if everything goes according to plan, eh?

Posted by: East New York at February 11, 2009 3:20 PM

Who you calling a Bitch?!?!?!

And who wants an old gay man as a sugar daddy?!?!?!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 3:22 PM

Who you calling a Bitch?!?!?!

And who wants an old gay man as a sugar daddy?!?!?!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 3:22 PM

You know Barney Frank & Ed Koch, don't you?? Kevin Spacey turns 50 this year.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 3:26 PM

I wasn't talking to you.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 3:27 PM

Ooooh, Rob!!
That makes sense. He is a bitch!
DIBS, you should buy this studio for Rob, keep all the decorations. Buy him some Rococo dresses and he could be your own Madame de Pompadour.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 3:31 PM

How did they come up with 400 sq ft based on that floor plan?

Posted by: broadwayron at February 11, 2009 3:36 PM

BRG, I'm not really into drag. That said, my Mexican bf looked really hot dressed up as a puta.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 3:41 PM

Ahhh, thanks broadwayron....the listing is back up. You're right...looks closer to maybe 350 tops.

Brokers take great liberties with the "Approx. sq. ft."

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 3:44 PM

And you were dresssed up as a pendejo.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 3:49 PM

Yeah, the listing says 400 sq ft, but if you do your math based on the floor plan, it's 280-290 sq ft.
Reminds me of an apartment I saw yesterday. Listing broker says 1300 sq ft, while I measure it at (including everything + wall space) 870 sq ft.

Posted by: Gravis at February 11, 2009 3:50 PM

Based on that lovely coctkail napkin scrawl of a floorplan, that place barely clocks in over 300sf.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 11, 2009 3:53 PM

you can have dishwashers - just not washer / dryers - there's a laundry room in the basement, so for me that's no big deal. does anyone know the apartment number?

Posted by: columbiatch at February 11, 2009 3:54 PM

Besa me culo, BRG.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 3:55 PM

ed kotch? seriously? hahahah too funny. oh yeah and supposedly abe lincoln.. and oh what's his name.. richard simmons lol i guess they were both over 50. some of you are right tho, someone should buy this place and make it into a classy ladies of the night booty hutch (no clue what they used to call booty hutches back in the day), but brooklyn heights could probably use a modern day one!

*r*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 11, 2009 3:55 PM

Me llama BRG, DIBS.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 4:02 PM

^^^ Leave me alone, I don't know any other spanish!!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 4:02 PM

People will automatically know that Richard Simmons is gay no matter how old he gets.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 11, 2009 4:09 PM

"And who wants an old gay man as a sugar daddy?!?!?!"

BRG, wouldn't you rather have that than an old straight man?

Posted by: denton at February 11, 2009 4:24 PM

I dont get buying studio apartments. Chances are, you will want to live there for a realtively short amount of time. If you get married/co-habitat, you're going to want a 1 bedroom. If you start a family, you're going to want 2 bedrooms or more. Unlike houses where there is little rental invenotry, there are a ton of studios available for rent, so you have a wide choice.

Posted by: Boerum Hill at February 11, 2009 4:27 PM

Denton at this point, I'll take any kind of Sugar Daddy!

No, I'm married. I found my Sugar Daddy. Actually my husband is not that rich he's more like a Sweet 'N Low Daddy. Which is better than being with an Equal Daddy cause they expect you to pay for half of everything.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 11, 2009 4:37 PM

Boerum Hill,
I bought my co-op studio 4 years ago when I was in early twenties and single. When I needed something bigger, I rented mine pretty well. The good thing about studio is that in my neighborhood, the $return on a studio is the same as the return on a 1-bedroom, because the X dollar difference in rent is eaten away by the same X dollar difference in co-op maintenance.

Posted by: Gravis at February 11, 2009 4:51 PM

If you buy a studio in your twenties because that's all you can afford, and the price rises and you sell it, you will have cash to buy something bigger.

Posted by: mopar at February 11, 2009 11:16 PM

But, uh, the bathroom opens directly into the living/bedroom.

Posted by: mopar at February 11, 2009 11:20 PM

Rob, you have to be the biggest nitwit in the world. No wonder your mother gave you up and your litter mates are turning up on craig's list.
What, oh what, are you doing on a site dedicated to expensive real estate? You can't afford a Happy Meal.
This is NY hon, get your act together and keep your bad-news buffet family problems to yourself. The idea here is to re-invent yourself into a better person not to talk about your childhood in jersey city and say dumb, uneducated things. I am saying these mean things for your own good. NY is a mean and snobbish place. Shape up or ship out!

Posted by: sam at February 11, 2009 11:25 PM

An old gay man? Old gay men tend not to live in studios; it's all those school fees they've saved. I happen to live next door to this apartment and its owner, an artist, is in her thirties and straight.

Posted by: Topham Beauclerk at February 12, 2009 11:58 AM

I have a place in this building for $269K. It is really airy and renovated bath and floors. If you are interested, e-mail at petriasell@gmail.com. Thanks.

Posted by: ladylike at February 20, 2009 4:44 PM

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