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House of the Day: 100 Albany Avenue

Categories: Crown Heights, HOTD

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This brownstone at 100 Albany Avenue in Crown Heights could use some touching up, but the new listing has some pretty nice bones to work with. The two-family house is only three stories though. Asking price: $559,000. What do you think?
100 Albany Avenue [Realty Collective] GMAP P*Shark




By Brownstoner at March 17, 2010 1:15 PM | Comments (21)

21 Comments

By mopar on March 17, 2010 1:25 PM

They've already removed the linoleum and painted. That'll save you some money. Personally, I'm not crazy about bedrooms in an English basement, but that's just me. I'm guessing the kitchen and baths need work. Just realized the other day you can put together a perfectly functional, temporary kitchen with appliances and a $200 solid wood Ikea counter-island.

By BrooklynGreene on March 17, 2010 1:29 PM

Am I the only one? I've never been a fan of all that spindle work. It rarely, ever looks really good and even when it happens to be spectacular, I still don't go for it.

By bessie2 on March 17, 2010 1:33 PM

What's this block like now? Some years ago I had an appontment at 196 Albany. A couple of older women told me not to take Albany from Eastern Parkway but to walk the long way around.

By dirty_hipster on March 17, 2010 1:41 PM

bessie - perhaps because of the PJs?

By newelyork on March 17, 2010 1:52 PM

Looks well maintained, floors are nice, good layout and details. But on that block I wouldn't consider it at any price... one of the more depressing blocks in CHN, no trees, looks out across an empty lot to atlantic ave, LIRR, and the heinously ugly Interfaith Medical building.

By daveinbedstuy on March 17, 2010 2:07 PM

You can get buildings at this price in bed Stuy, closer to nicer amenities and on nice streets for this price. Upside at this location, on this street?????

By moreteasir on March 17, 2010 2:21 PM

Zero DIBS. Northern CHN is shit...

By daveinbedstuy on March 17, 2010 2:24 PM

There is a good sports bar not far, with decent bar food...Essence on the SE corner of Atlantic & Troy.

By daveinbedstuy on March 17, 2010 2:25 PM

Also, if I'm out in my yard I can sometimes hear the whistle of the LIRR...right next to this house.

By Bob Marvin on March 17, 2010 2:32 PM

BrooklynGreene is probably not the only person who dislikes spindle work, but others, like me, are very fond of it. This house has two really beautiful examples IMO. No accounting for taste.

By Maly on March 17, 2010 2:50 PM

Lovely details, crappy location. I did a street view to scare myself a little. This block needs a lot of love.

By Brownstones Half Off on March 17, 2010 2:53 PM

3-story's, my ideal 1-fam. I wish there were more of these northwest of here. I love the broker's floorplan/bldg style website directory.

Comps will bottom at 3 or 4 buck gees for this. Yeah, another -37.5% down like everything else.

***Bid half off peak comps***

By Pigeon on March 17, 2010 3:55 PM

BrooklynGreene,

That spindle work makes a very strong statement!
It's lovely, although I, too, would rather live without it.

What would one do if a non-lover of spindle work were to buy a home with beautiful old spindle work in it?

By Montrose Morris on March 17, 2010 4:06 PM

Love the spindle work. The fact that it survived is a minor miracle. Pigeon, if you buy a house with this stuff in it and you don't want it, let me know.

Sad about the location. Having to look at the science fiction-like Fortress of Fugliness that is Interfaith, would be worse than the LIRR. I live near enough to the same train to hear it every once in a while, and it just becomes background noise. The hospital endures until some rich benefactor with taste buys them a new building. Oh, blessed day!

By donatella on March 17, 2010 5:36 PM

I am not a major fan of spindle work either, but that is quite intricate and pretty. The facade looks in good shape as do the floors, but I don't know enough about the location to determine if the price is good.

By lula_mae on March 17, 2010 5:50 PM

I'm curious, what locations in places like Crown Heights & Bed Stuy does everyone like? (I ask b/c I was thinking about buying a condo or co-op in Carroll Gardens or Cobble Hill, but the idea of a whole house for under $600,000 is amazing, of course.)

By chbadger on March 17, 2010 5:59 PM

Apparently there's been a run on houses that I've checked out this week. I can't really add anything to the discussion of spindle work and kitchens, but the location is a big problem. I don't know what would need to happen to bring development to this part of crown heights, but as far as I'm concerned my search ends before Albany.

By sluggita on March 17, 2010 6:56 PM

Sweet little house in an absolutely shitty location, those projects are the worst, and that's only part of the problem. And I LOVE the spindle work. Shame about the location.

By Nomi on March 18, 2010 12:41 AM

"Am I the only one? I've never been a fan of all that spindle work." (BrooklynGreen)

Not the only one. I think it's impressive, and even beautiful in isolation, but I find it somehow slightly depressing the way it is used.

By Brenda from Flatbush on March 18, 2010 11:23 AM

The Fresh Direct box is so distracting, I nearly bypass the content every time...

By tina24hour on March 19, 2010 9:16 AM

It's not just the spindle work - the tin ceilings upstairs are in amazing condition, and the plaster details are great. The basement has brick archways - it's really a neat house. The floors are the pine subflooring, so you won't find any herringbone and parquet, but the fireplaces are intact. We're having an open house on Sunday from 11:30 to 1pm - come check it out (You don't have to buy it, we'll be there anyway...)
Tina Fallon
Realty Collective

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