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Co-op of the Day: 28 Old Fulton Street, #3-M

Categories: Brooklyn Heights, Co-ops

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We find that the interiors of the Eagle Warehouse rarely live up to the exterior. Case in point: This third-floor studio that just hit the market asking $450,000. We like the high, beamed ceilings and the rustic painted floors, but the kitchen's a bit of a downer and who wants to climb up into that sleeping loft every night? We also wish that for $450,000 you'd get more than one window in the living room. Still, good location, especially with the impending opening of Pier 1. At least the maintenance is a reasonable $613 per month.
28 Old Fulton Street, #3-M [Warburg] GMAP P*Shark




By Brownstoner at January 21, 2010 12:42 PM | Comments (25)

25 Comments

By denton on January 21, 2010 12:45 PM

We looked at an apt in there years ago. Dark........ not enuf windows and as you can see they are small and set deep into the brick.

By Yllebdael on January 21, 2010 12:51 PM

I would buy this if I was a moron.

By Abe Froman on January 21, 2010 12:57 PM

i will wait for the clockface apt to come on the market

By Nomi on January 21, 2010 12:57 PM

Yes, the lack of windows in this building are a real problem I think. Brings down the positives greatly. For me, anyway. I guess some people don't need/want much light.

By Nomi on January 21, 2010 1:00 PM

It looks like it's around $700 a foot too. I guess not out of line with the area, but a lot to pay for a place with these negatives.

By tybur6 on January 21, 2010 1:04 PM

Umm... it's not one window "in the livingroom" -- it's one window in the WHOLE PLACE!

So, you're buying 285 sq ft living room, a big closet, and a bed pressed against the hot ceiling.

Yeah, that's definitely worth half a million dollars plus another $7,300 a year. Definitely.

By Gallstoner on January 21, 2010 1:04 PM

Just love the "Mommie Dearest" tribute wall treatment!

By A CrownHeightsLady on January 21, 2010 1:06 PM

Now that just a stupid apartment!

By bklyndoug on January 21, 2010 1:09 PM

I used to own in this building. Comments about the light are accurate - to a degree. If you look closely at the building you can see that the rear part was originally a separate structure built later. This part of the building tends to have many more windows and the walls are not as thick. My old 3 BR corner apartment had 7 windows, some of which looked out onto the bridge.

Also - this building came on line in the '80's. Jon's comment about the interiors not matching the exterior is certainly valid when you are talking about units that have not been renovated since the conversion. However, the majority of apts in the building have undergone renovation - to a varying degree. Therefore it's hard to make a blanket statement about the interiors of the apts in this building given that so many of them have changed.

By Nomi on January 21, 2010 1:10 PM

"Just love the "Mommie Dearest" tribute wall treatment!"

The hangers?

By daveinbedstuy on January 21, 2010 1:12 PM

$700 psf might be fine for a normal place with a normal bedroom. This is ridiculous.

By Nomi on January 21, 2010 1:20 PM

"$700 psf might be fine for a normal place with a normal bedroom. This is ridiculous."

Well, they're obviously trading on location here. It IS a great location despite certain inconveniences.

By DitmasSnark on January 21, 2010 1:28 PM

Ah yes, a perfect bunker in which to spend the End Times, easily defensible against the Armies of Darkness.

By etson on January 21, 2010 1:32 PM

Yes, it's a shame the interiors in this building are so odd given the attractive exterior and location.
It's hard to get much sense of the apartment here because it is so full of crap. Also, not a fan of sleep lofts personally (not practical for drunks or people that sleep fitfully).
It'll be OK for someone though. Prob goes in the mid to high $300's.

By panamac on January 21, 2010 1:37 PM

is this the building across from Grimaldi's? i'm sincerely having trouble appreciating the location. it looks like a 10 minute walk to the nearest subway (and it's the F-train at that), and that area is saturated with tourists. huge buses full of them! plus limos full of wedding parties. you're also wedged between the brooklyn bridge and the bqe, including all the traffic going from one to the other. oh well, at least you can watch the out-of-towners queueing up around the block for pizza...from your ONE window.

By tybur6 on January 21, 2010 1:37 PM

Etson, it's not really all that full of crap. It's just a VERY small space (with a hot platform for your bed). If you own anything, it would probably look this cluttered. Though, i guess you could just not have things... that might work for this space.

By 11217 on January 21, 2010 1:40 PM

"it looks like a 10 minute walk to the nearest subway (and it's the F-train at that),"


Or a 5 minute walk up the hill to the 2/3 at Clark Street or a 3 minute walk to the A/C at High Street.

One stop to Manhattan on all of them.

By tybur6 on January 21, 2010 1:46 PM

I'd take the ferry!

By panamac on January 21, 2010 1:46 PM

have you actually walked to the A/C or 2/3 from here? i think it takes longer than 3 or 5 minutes respectively.

By 11217 on January 21, 2010 1:50 PM

I have walked it more times than I can remember. I walk fast.

It's certainly no more than 4-5 minutes for a slow walker.

Think about how long 3 minutes really is...if a healthy adult can't get up to High Street in 3 minutes, they need to cut back to a pack a day.


By Nomi on January 21, 2010 1:55 PM

"i'm sincerely having trouble appreciating the location." (panamac)

It's still a beautiful location with incredible views. That's why the tour buses (yes, many many!) stop there.

By denton on January 21, 2010 1:58 PM

"have you actually walked to the A/C or 2/3 from here? i think it takes longer than 3 or 5 minutes respectively. "

I would say maybe 60 seconds to the A?

Or you can just walk over the bridge. imo the location is great and will be even better with the new park. But that doesn't address the other negs of this pad.

By Nomi on January 21, 2010 1:59 PM

"is this the building across from Grimaldi's?" (panamac)

Oh, but, no, it's not the building right across from Grimaldi's. It's further east by about a block.

By Nomi on January 21, 2010 2:08 PM

Oh, wait, wrong -- it is across from Grimaldi's.

By STARGAZER on January 22, 2010 9:59 AM

HATE IT, Anything without windows would have to be a definate No.

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