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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. GRAVESEND $2,500,000
2234 East 3rd Street GMAP
There isn’t much information on this Gravesend property, but StreetEasy reveals that this is a two-family home converted from a one-family, and it is on a 4,800-square-foot lot. Entered into contract on 12/16/10; closed on 9/39/10; deed recorded on 11/18/2010.
2. COBBLE HILL $2,500,000
22 Strong Place GMAP
This three-family home sold in 2009 for $2,055,000, then went back on the market April of 2010 for $2,875,000, according to StreetEasy. The price definitely took a cut but at least the owners still came out with a profit. This brownstone was also bought by writer Martin Amis, a purchase the New York Observer called “a holy grail, of course, for writers and poseurs.” You can still check out the listing here. Entered into contract on 8/26/10; closed on 12/8/2010; deed recorded on 12/15/10.
3. PARK SLOPE $1,680,112.50
392 3rd Street, #2 GMAP
392 3rd Street is a rental-come-condo building that looks like it is pulling in more than decent sales. This unit that sold is a garden duplex with three bedrooms and 2,700 square feet. It has been on the market since 2008, first for $1,749,000, then $1,700,000, and finally down to $1,695,000. Entered into contract on 9/30/2010; closed on 11/18/2010; deed recorded on 12/16/10.
4. MIDWOOD $1,275,500
3534 Bedford Avenue GMAP
Sale was for a one-family home with 2,415 square feet. Very little via StreetEasy. Entered into contract on 8/5/2010; closed on 12/01/2010; deed recorded on 12/15/10.
5. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $1,267,721.25
360 Furman Street, #736 GMAP
Details of this unit haven’t popped up anywhere, but judging by the price we’d guess this is one of the larger two bedrooms, which usually come in around 1,500 square feet. Entered into contract on 10/27/2010; closed on 12/8/10; deed recorded on 12/17/10.
Photos via PropertyShark.
12/21/2010 11:30 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. GRAVESEND $4,700,000
2117 East 3rd Street GMAP
All we can gather from StreetEasy is that this house is 2,185 square feet. Entered into contract on 11/23/10; closed on 11/23/10; deed recorded on 12/6/2010.
2. MIDWOOD $1,500,000
1056 East 31st Street GMAP
This is interesting… this house was listed for $865,000 in 2009 and got price cuts for the significant time it was on the market. (The lowest it got was $799,000.) So it’s kind of mind boggling the Victorian home sold for so much more. Entered into contract on 11/15/10; closed on 11/15/2010; deed recorded on 12/6/10.
3. GRAVESEND $1,731,025
2085 East 3rd Street GMAP
Again, all StreetEasy has for us is that this house is 1,292 square feet. Entered into contract on 11/23/2010; closed on 11/23/2010; deed recorded on 12/6/10.
4. PARK SLOPE $1,495,000
17 Park Place GMAP
Marketed two years ago for $1,895,000 and then came back with a couple price chops. From the listing: “This uniquely designed three-story North Slope brownstone breaks tradition with skylights, glass transoms and tranquil, cool tones.” It is set up as an owners duplex with a first floor rental. Entered into contract on 8/14/2010; closed on 11/16/2010; deed recorded on 12/6/10.
5. MANHATTAN BEACH $1,425,000
120 Dover Street GMAP
This wraps up a Biggest Sales list which was dominated by South Brooklyn. StreetEasy shows that this three-bedroom detached home was on the market for awhile, sticking to the ask price of $1,725,000. It’s a duplex with a full-sized basement and a private driveway. Entered into contract on 9/8/2010; closed on 11/30/10; deed recorded on 12/9/10.
Photos via PropertyShark.
12/14/2010 11:30 AM
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Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Photo by iandavid.
Best “Old Brooklyn” Restaurants?
A Fort Greene newcomer asked New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton if he could recommend any “old Brooklyn” eateries, and Sifton replied: “You’ll want to visit the Mill Basin Kosher Delicatessen on Avenue T. You’ll want to have some clams at Randazzo’s in Sheepshead Bay. You should absolutely have pizza at Totonno’s in Coney Island and more at L & B Spumoni Gardens in the Gravesend neighborhood. You should jog back down to Sheepshead Bay to Roll-N-Roaster and get a roast beef sandwich, a meal that has been satisfying high school students for 40 years. You absolutely need a hero from Lioni’s in Bensonhurst.” Any other classic Brooklyn spots to add to this list?
Brooklyn Restaurant Openings
And outpost of Dao Palate is opening at 201 Fifth Avenue (between Union and Berkeley), in a storefront “that’s recently been home to a couple failed Japanese restaurants (Tamari, Hakone),” says Here’s Park Slope… At the forthcoming Brooklyn Heights restaurant Colonie, you can “expect seasonal, locally sourced American cuisine with an open kitchen and counter-top dining,” says ZagatBuzz. To help with start-up costs, the owners raised $15,371 from 91 backers on Kickstarter… Eater says that there’s new signage at the Greenpoint branch of Calexico, and a restaurant called Juniper is opening at Berry at North 7th in Williamsburg… Eater also notes that the owner of Le Barricou is “opening new restaurant Maison Premiere at 298 Bedford in early January. The restaurant is reportedly based on the 1890′s French Quarter New Orleans and will mainly exist as a bar and oyster bar, offering 25 different types of oysters along with cocktails and an ‘old world’ wine.” … And Bed-Stuy Blog reports on the openings of the new Mexican joint Alcatraz and the new market/sandwich shop Cinnamon Girl.
After the jump: 3 new Brooklyn bars, where to eat near the Dyker Lights, and another look at the underrated Umi Nom… (more…)
12/08/2010 11:30 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. GRAVESEND $2,950,000
1820 East 4th Street GMAP
According to Property Shark, this 5,405-sf home was built in 1920 and converted from a 2-family to a 1-family in 1994. Entered into contract on 8/10/10; closed on 8/19/10; deed recorded on 8/31/10.
2. PARK SLOPE $2,837,550
65 Prospect Park West GMAP
Major flip alert: As we reported on Friday, this 3,000-sf townhouse sold for $1,400,000 in early 2009. According to its listing, “This warm three-story classic brick home located across the street from Prospect Park, gives you all the comforts you desire, the convenience of location, ample indoor and outdoor space, and best of all it has its own driveway with garage. ” Entered into contract on 8/9/10; closed on 8/24/10; deed recorded on 8/30/10.
3. COBBLE HILL $2,747,500
194 Warren Street GMAP
20.83′ wide and 40′ deep, this was an Open House Pick back in May. According to its listing on StreetEasy, “this four-story, two unit brownstone has been lived in and lovingly maintained by the same family for over 40 years. It is one of eight row houses built together between 1853 and 1855.” Entered into contract on 6/8/10; closed on 8/24/10; deed recorded on 9/2/10.
4. PROSPECT HEIGHTS $1,500,000
295 Prospect Place GMAP
Another May Open House Pick, this 3,336-sf, 4-story townhouse is currently used as a owner’s triplex with a 1-bedroom rental on the 4th floor. According to its listing on StreetEasy, it has a 56′ deep garden. Entered into contract on 6/3/10; closed on 8/18/10; deed recorded on 9/2/10.
5. Park Slope $1,400,000
487 8th Street GMAP
This 2-family, 2,295-sf brownstone is 17′ wide, 45′ deep, and was built in 1901, says PropertyShark. Entered into contract on 6/17/10; closed on 8/4/10; deed recorded on 9/2/10.
Photos from PropertyShark.
09/07/2010 11:30 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $4,900,000
85 Remsen Street GMAP
This 5,000-sf, 1-family 1840′s brick townhouse has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, according to StreetEasy. Its listing, which has it priced at $5.6 million and offers lots of interior photos, says: “Its second-story bow makes it one of the most interesting of the Heights’s Greek Revival façades, and the home has been published in surveys of Brooklyn historic neighborhoods.” Entered into contract on 4/9/10; closed on 8/5/10; deed recorded on 8/9/10.
2. FORT GREENE $2,385,000
22 South Portland Avenue GMAP
This 4-story, 2-family brownstone was priced at $2,575,000 when it was an Open House Pick in April. “The owner’s triplex features 4 master size bedrooms, plus two office/dens and two baths,” says its listing, which also offers photos of the building’s ceiling detail and ultra-mauve bathroom (complete with bidet). Entered into contract on 6/2/10; closed on 8/6/10; deed recorded on 8/13/10.
3. PARK SLOPE $2,000,000
535 2nd Street GMAP
Not too much info on StreetEasy or PropertyShark about this 4 family, 4,312-sf home. Entered into contract on 4/22/10; closed on 6/16/10; deed recorded on 8/12/10.
4. GRAVESEND $2,000,000
408 Avenue S GMAP
According to the deed on ACRIS, this is a 1-2 family home with an attached garage. Entered into contract on 5/3/10; closed on 8/5/10; deed recorded on 8/13/10.
5. BAY RIDGE $1,755,000
106 83rd Street (a.k.a. 8301 Colonial Road) GMAP
This 3,281-sf, 2.5-story, 1-family Colonial home has 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and a garage and is located on a 5,000-sf corner lot. According to PropertyShark, the asking price was $2,100,000. Entered into contract on 6/21/10; closed on 8/2/10; deed recorded on 8/12/10.
Photos from PropertyShark.
08/17/2010 11:29 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. COBBLE HILL $2,900,000
254 Warren Street GMAP
An Open House Pick back in April, the dimensions of this two-family brick building are 21 ft x 42 ft (882 sf), and it’s on 2,097-sf plot — which includes the vacant lot beside the building. According to PropertyShark, the first asking price was $3,800,000 in April ’10, and it dropped to $3,500,000 a month later. Entered into contract on 5/24/10; closed on 7/21/10; deed recorded on 8/4/10.
2. GRAVESEND $2,550,000
1844 East 8th Street GMAP
This 1,660-sf, 1-2 family home is on a 3,495-sf lot, according to PropertyShark. Entered into contract on 5/13/10; closed on 7/26/10; deed recorded on 8/2/10.
3. MIDWOOD $2,200,000
975 East 8th Street GMAP
According to PropertyShark, this 1-family, 2,072-sf home has a garage and is located on a 4,000-sf lot. For whatever it’s worth, it’s in walking distance from Di Fara. Entered into contract on 3/15/10; closed on 7/27/10; deed recorded on 8/6/10.
4. COBBLE HILL $2,000,000
468 Henry Street GMAP
This 4-family brownstone was House of the Day in May ’08 (before we started using the reader appraisal widget), when the asking price was $2,600,000. Entered into contract on 5/28/10; closed on 7/22/10; deed recorded on 8/6/10.
5. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $1,650,000
23 Pierrepont Street GMAP
Built in 1856, this 4-family, 5,231-sf building has been in the same hands since 1967, according to PropertyShark. Unfortunately, the last sale price isn’t listed in the public record. Entered into contract on 6/10/10; closed on 7/22/10; deed recorded on 8/5/10.
Photos from PropertyShark.
08/10/2010 11:33 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $3,445,000
17 Garden Place GMAP
As we mentioned last week, ex-Jet John Dockery was asking for $3.7 million for this 3,500-sf, 4-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom single-family townhouse. It was House of the Day back in March, and the Average Reader Appraisal was $3,259,886. Entered into contract on 4/28/10; closed on 6/24/10; deed recorded on 7/8/10.
2. PARK SLOPE $2,733,000
854 President Street GMAP
According to the listing for this 4-story, 20′ wide two-family brownstone (converted from a single-family), “Museum-quality period detail abounds: exquisitely carved woodwork, inlaid mother-of-pearl detailing, brilliant stained glass, functioning pocket doors & shutters, original mahogany dressing rooms with working sinks.” Entered into contract on 4/16/10; closed on 6/21/10; deed recorded on 7/9/10.
3. GRAVESEND $2,000,000
370 Avenue T GMAP
This two-family, 1,952-sf house has a garage and is located on a 3,400-sf lot, according to PropertyShark. Entered into contract on 8/25/09; closed on 2/17/10; deed recorded on 7/9/10.
4. PARK SLOPE $1,940,000
344 1st Street GMAP
According to its listing, this single-family “modern masterpiece in a classic brownstone” has “custom built-in floor-to-ceiling cabinetry” in several rooms, a finished basement, central air, 3 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms. Asking price was $2,150,000. Entered into contract on 3/15/10; closed on 6/17/10; deed recorded on 7/6/10.
5. BOERUM HILL $1,750,000
117 Wyckoff Street GMAP
“This rare 25′ x 50′ 3 family, 4 story townhouse offers a soaring upper duplex plus two rentals and a large basement used as woodworking studio w/ tons of storage,” says its listing. According to StreetEasy, it was listed at $1,789,000. Entered into contract on 4/6/10; closed on 6/29/10; deed recorded on 7/8/10.
Photos from PropertyShark.
07/13/2010 11:27 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. PARK SLOPE $3,950,000
276 Berkeley Place GMAP
This 9,000-sf, 11-bedroom Romanesque Revival mansion was House of the Day in October ’09 when its price dropped from $4,250,000 to $4,200,000. Its listing describes it as “A grand and elegant home endowed with the most beautiful custom millwork all in fruit woods with matching coffered ceilings, built-ins, weighted moldings, paneled and pocket doors, leaded stained glass, extraordinary mantels (3 are gas burning), quarter-sawn oak floors and the most spectacular staircase, all in flawless condition.” Average Reader Appraisal was $3,757,916. Entered into contract on 4/13/10; closed on 6/14/10; deed recorded on 6/22/10.
2. GRAVESEND $2,750,000
1864 East 9th Street GMAP
This 1,960-sf house was built on a 40-ft x 100-ft lot in 1920, according to PropertyShark. Entered into contract on 4/22/10; closed on 6/15/10; deed recorded on 6/23/10.
3. CARROLL GARDENS $1,850,000
374 Bond Street GMAP
According to its listing on StreetEasy, this 4,250-sf building, which hit the market in late May, includes “Two residential units plus commercial space and THREE car garage.” Entered into contract on 5/7/10; closed on 6/10/10; deed recorded on 6/16/10.
4. MANHATTAN BEACH $1,537,500
159 Exeter Street GMAP
This 1,922-sf house on a 5,600-sf lot last sold for $1,400,000 in 2005, according to PropertyShark. Entered into contract on 3/24/10; closed on 5/20/10; deed recorded on 6/25/10.
5. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $1,354,272.50
360 Furman Street, unit 440 GMAP
This 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom, 1,709-sf condo at One Brooklyn Bridge Park was listed at $1,825,000, according to StreetEasy. Entered into contract on 4/19/10; closed on 6/15/10; deed recorded on 6/23/10.
Photos from PropertyShark.
06/29/2010 11:32 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. GRAVESEND $7,100,000
2009 East 3rd Street GMAP
This isn’t a typo — StreetEasy and PropertyShark confirm that this 2-story, 1-family, 2,758-sf home sold for $7.1 million. And according to ACRIS, it looks like the buyers are just moving (or picking up a new property) down the block from their old residence on 3rd Street. Entered into contract on 3/3/10; closed on 6/1/10; deed recorded on 6/11/10.
2. COBBLE HILL $2,700,000
277 Clinton Street GMAP
“This brick federal 2 family home has been lovingly restored and renovated to feature its beautiful, serene qualities — great light,wonderful parquet floors, marble mantel, restored plaster detail and fabulous original pocket doors. The cherry built-in bookshelves surrounding the fireplace echo the arched detail of the front parlor windows,” says its description on PropertyShark, which also notes that the first asking price was $2,490,000. It includes an owner’s triplex, 1 rental apartment, and 2,800 sf in total. Entered into contract on 5/7/10; closed on 5/26/10; deed recorded on 6/8/10
3. BAY RIDGE $2,100,000
7921 Narrows Avenue GMAP
According to PropertyShark, this 3,372-sf, 2-family brick house is on an 8,000-sf lot. It was built in 1950 and has a garage. It has been on the market since August ’09 and its first asking price was $2,295,000. Entered into contract on 3/4/10; closed on 5/25/10; deed recorded on 6/7/10.
4. BOERUM HILL $1,800,000
265 Hoyt Street GMAP
This this 2,400-sf, 2-family brick corner building with a garage on Court and Degraw sold for $1,225,000 in 2004. Entered into contract on 4/2/10; closed on 6/11/10; deed recorded on 6/10/10.
5. PARK SLOPE $1,439,000
430 10th Street GMAP
This 3-story house sold for $1,200,000 in 2005 and was asking $1,865,000 when it was House of the Day back in June ’08. When the price dropped to $1,595,000, in September ’09, it was House of the Day again. Average Reader Appraisal was $1,210,155. Entered into contract on 4/17/10; closed on 6/4/10; deed recorded on 6/11/10.
Photos from PropertyShark.
06/15/2010 11:37 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. GRAVESEND $3,750,000
1954 East 4th Street GMAP
For the second week in a row, Gravesend gets the biggest sale. This 1,972-sf home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, and according to StreetEasy, it was listed at $5,400,000 in May ’09. Entered into contract on 11/20/09; closed on 3/2/10; deed recorded on 3/17/10.
2. WILLIAMSBURG $1,527,375
1 Northside Piers #PH-1 GMAP
This 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath, 1,877-sf condo at Northside Piers was listed at at $1,799,990 in September ’09, says StreetEasy. Entered into contract on 11/7/09; closed on 2/25/10; deed recorded on 3/16/10.
3. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $1,425,550
360 Furman Street # 212 GMAP
Not much info on this condo except that it’s located in One Brooklyn Bridge Park, according StreetEasy. Entered into contract on 12/21/09; closed on 2/25/10; deed recorded on 3/16/10.
4. SOUTH SLOPE $1,250,000
353A 14th Street GMAP
According to its listing, this 1-family home “has been PARTIALLY renovated and restored but WILL require some TLC from its new owner. It is an unbelievable opportunity to create a dream kitchen off the FANTASTIC ‘greenhouse’ dining room extension on the lower level.” StreetEasy says it was listed at $1,200,000. Entered into contract on 1/13/10; closed on 3/4/10; deed recorded on 3/18/10.
5. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $1,188,819.09
360 Furman Street #1219 + parking space GMAP
Another sale at One Brooklyn Bridge Park. Entered into contract on 11/12/09; closed on 3/12/10; deed recorded on 3/17/10.
Photos from Property Shark and StreetEasy.
03/23/2010 11:02 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. GRAVESEND $2,650,000
2090 East 4th Street GMAP
This was one of our Biggest Sales in July 2008, when it sold for $2,000,000. PropertyShark says it’s a 1-fam, 4,290-sf house with a garage. Entered into contract on 2/12/10; closed on 2/12/10; deed recorded on 3/11/10.
2. PROSPECT HEIGHTS $2,545,625
1 Grand Army Plaza; 3F GMAP
This 3,199-sf condo in the Richard Meier On Prospect Park has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, says PropertyShark. According to its listing, it offers “stunning, unobstructed views of Grand Army Plaza” through “floor-to-ceiling wall-to-wall glass,” as well as “spacious living/dining rooms, balcony, master suite with oversized walk in closet, guest suite, separate laundry room and pantry.” Entered into contract on 1/29/10; closed on 2/24/10; deed recorded on 3/11/10.
3. COBBLE HILL $2,250,000
143 Amity Street GMAP
Listed as a “5 story 4 family brownstone, used as a grand 1 family,” this was a House of the Day when it hit the market in June ’09 at the whopping asking price of $3,900,000. According to PropertyShark, the price was reduced by 23% in December and listed at $2,995,000. Entered into contract on 1/13/10; closed on 3/8/10; deed recorded on 3/12/10.
4. PARK SLOPE $1,675,000
159 6th Avenue GMAP
This 4,332-sf, 2-family brownstone was built in 1901, according to PropertyShark. Entered into contract on 11/11/09; closed on 1/28/10; deed recorded on 3/10/10.
5. PARK SLOPE $1,660,000
702 President Street GMAP
This 3-family brownstone was originally listed at $1,895,000 in June ’09, says StreetEasy, and it was an Open House Pick back in October, when the asking price decreased by 6% to $1,695,000. Entered into contract on 12/1/09; closed on 2/16/10; deed recorded on 3/11/10.
Photos from Property Shark and Richard Meier on Prospect Park.
03/16/2010 11:01 AM
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Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. FORT GREENE $2,800,000
180 Washington Park GMAP
A House of the Day back in August, the 22-foot brownstone was owned by Spike Lee in the ’90s and hit the market with a price tag of $2,750,000. The new owner is British painter Chris Ofili, whom you might remember as the guy who offended Rudy Giuliani in 1999 when his Holy Virgin Mary” exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum. The NYT In Transit blog describes the controversial painting as “a black Madonna that included a clump of elephant dung and a background of pornographic images from magazines.” Entered into contract on 11/10/09; closed on 1/14/10; deed recorded on 2/17/10.
2. PARK SLOPE $1,800,000
540 4th Street GMAP
When this limestone row house—filled with original details and located on a park block—was House of the Day back in November, it was listed for $2,000,000. Entered into contract on 1/23/10; closed on 2/8/10; deed recorded on 2/16/10.
3. GRAVESEND $1,800,000
2022 West Street GMAP
According to Prop Shark, this is a 5,670 square-foot 1-family house. Entered into contract on 8/6/09; closed on 2/12/10; deed recorded on 2/19/10.
4. WILLIAMSBURG $1,562,500
156 Bedford Avenue GMAP
This 3-unit building with retail space on the first floor was once home to the Print Shop, which closed in March ’09. It was listed for $1,850,000 on February 4, according to StreetEasy. But according to the deed, it entered into contract on 2/1/09; closed on 2/1/10; deed recorded on 2/19/10.
5. BOERUM HILL $1,400,000
295 Pacific Street GMAP
This four-story, 2,744 square-foot home was House of the Day when it hit the market in January ’09 with a price tag of $1,899,000 — and was named HOTD again in October ’09 when it returned to the market priced at $1,595,000. Entered into contract on 12/15/09; closed on 2/9/10; deed recorded on 2/16/10.
Photo from Property Shark.
02/23/2010 11:00 AM
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Forgotten NY goes to New Utrecht
Intrepid wanderer, and master of Forgotten New York, Kevin Walsh, has journeyed into New Utrecht and Bensonhurst for his latest blog entries. Many people don’t know that Kings County was made up of 6 original towns Brooklyn, Flatbush, Bushwick, New Utrecht, Flatlands, and Gravesend. New Utrecht once encompassed all of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Borough Park. Bensonhurst was actually named for the Benson family, one member of which, Egbert Benson, was the first attorney general of New York State. New Utrecht is full of Dutch and Revolutionary War era history, with historic churches, cemeteries, and place names. Check out Kevin’s sojourn into this unique slice of Brooklyn.
Photo: Reformed Church and rectory, New Utrecht.
Forgotten New York: New Utrecht
02/12/2010 10:01 AM
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Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Now Open: Dewey’s and No Plates
The Brooklyn Paper reports that Dewey’s candy shop is now open at 41 Front St. between Pearl and Jay streets in Dumbo. “The new confectionery caters more to candy-loving grown-ups than kids, stocking an armory of nostalgic treats like Wax Lips and Fun Dip in addition to standard fare like Snickers bars,” writes Kristen V. Brown… And according to Gothamist, No Plates is now open at 280 Bedford Avenue, a space formerly occupied by Khim’s Millennium Market: “Menu options include sandwiches such as Pork Duo (tender braised pulled pork and pork belly with pickled daikon, greens, and spicy mayo. Served with fries for $13.) There is a soup of the day, Fried Calamari with Wasabi Mayo, Popcorn Shrimp, and entrees including Classic Steak Tartar ($13) and Pan Seared Tilapia.”
Coming Soon: St. Anselm and Dry Dock
Off The Presses says that Joe Carroll, of Fette Sau and Spuyten Duyvil, is getting set to open St. Anselm at 355 Metropolitan Avenue. Carroll says, “We’re doing burgers and dogs and also doing old school diner, blue-plate special things. A lot of offal, a lot of organ meat dishes, and a pretty sizable wine list. We’re trying to do something simliar in wine to what we do at Spuyten Duyvil with beer.” Off The Presses also reports that “work has been stepped up” at the new wine shop, Dry Dock, on the corner of Van Brunt and Van Dyke in Red Hook.
Behind the Bar with Freddy’s Donald O’Finn
485 Dean Street, Prospect Heights
Freddy’s, located in the Atlantic Yards footprint, has two years left in their lease and all intentions of sticking it out. Metromix chats with bartender Donald O’Finn and asks if the bar might relocate to “a rumored Third Avenue location in the Gowanus” in the future. His reply: “I’ve thought about it. What I would like to do is get one block down into the industrial area. To be really close to the residential areas, but you don’t have to worry about neighbors.”
After the jump: GQ checks out Brooklyn Kitchen, Chowhounds gripe about Mile End, and Edible Schoolyard is coming to Brooklyn… (more…)
01/27/2010 11:32 AM
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Brooklyn’s Biggest Residential Deals of ’09
Here they are, the five biggest sales recorded in public records this year. It’s worth noting that the One Brooklyn Bridge Park and Cobble Hill sales went into contract before ’09, and Cobble actually closed in 2008 but the deed didn’t hit public records until this year. The highest-end sales recorded in ’08, were, unsurprisingly, pricier than this year’s batch. They included a $10.8 million sale on Remsen Street, the highest price on record for Brooklyn Heights; the sale of Jennifer Connelly’s old Prospect Park West digs for $8.45 million; and the $7 million sale of a Dumbo condo, the most expensive condo trade in Brooklyn on record. Still, there were plenty of properties that sold this year that 99.9 percent of us could never afford to buy!
1. GRAVESEND $10,260,000
2111 East 2nd Street GMAP (top left)
The trade of this 8,206-square-foot one-family was, as expected, the biggest sale in Brooklyn this year, and one of the highest-priced houses ever to sell in Kings. Entered into contract on 9/16/09; closed on 9/16/09; deed recorded on 9/25/09.
2. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $6,322,711
One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Unit 1214 GMAP (top right)
Early this year, Elizabeth Stribling closed on her purchase of a penthouse at One Brooklyn Bridge Park. The pad sprawls over 3,442 square feet (with 1,900 square feet of outdoor space), according to a Real Deal article. The purchase price recorded in public records is a few hundred thousand below the $6.6 million Stribling was reportedly paying for the unit plus a parking spot. Entered into contract on 3/29/07; closed on 1/29/09; deed recorded on 2/5/09.
3. COBBLE HILL $5,400,000
155 Warren Street GMAP (bottom left)
This 7,000-sf, 25-foot-wide Greek Revival house hit the market in October ’07 with an $8.75 million asking price. The price was reduced several times, ending up at $5.9 million in late September, according to StreetEasy. Is this the highest price ever paid for a house in Cobble Hill? Probably. Entered into contract on 11/14/08; closed on 12/16/08; deed recorded on 1/13/09.
4. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $5,309,390
One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Unit 1220 GMAP (top right)
3-bedroom, 3-bath condo has 3,456 square feet of indoor space and 1,903 square feet of terrace space. Sale included a parking spot. Entered into contract on 6/15/07; closed on 3/25/09; deed recorded on 4/1/09.
5. GRAVESEND $5,002,000
2021 East 5th Street GMAP (bottom right)
Property Shark says it’s a 2,016-sf one-family. Entered into contract on 3/16/09; closed on 9/24/09; deed recorded on 10/6/09.
Photos from Property Shark.
12/31/2009 11:00 AM
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Priciest Brooklyn Sale of ’09 is in Gravesend!
Holy moly! The sale of 2111 East 2nd Street in Gravesend for $10.26 million just hit public records, and although the price tag isn’t high enough to make it a Brooklyn record, it’s definitely the biggest sale of this year, and probably one of the top 10 or so biggest house sales in the borough ever. (Houses in Brooklyn Heights, for example, have traded for more.) Here are the specs on 2111 East 2nd from Property Shark: It’s an 8,206-square-foot one-family house that was built in 1998. The buyer of the manse was cloaked behind an LLC.
2111 East 2nd Street Deed [ACRIS] GMAP P*Shark
Photo from Property Shark.
09/28/2009 10:30 AM
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CB6 Says Full-on Yes to Toll Brothers Rezoning
The CB6 land-use committee voted yes to the Toll Brothers’ request for spot rezoning back in October, which would allow them to construct a complex of buildings, some 12-stories high (along with creating a public park along the canal and some permanently affordable housing). Not surprising to many, the full board met for a general meeting last night and gave their collective thumbs up, too, says PMFA and Curbed. Much of the pro-rezoning sentiment came from a Field of Dreams vision for the polluted canal: If you build it, they will clean (they, ostensibly, being the city, which would be pressured by local residents; therefore you need local residents). But the consortium of local groups known as FROGG was staunchly against the rezoning. They sent a letter to CB6 (reprinted on the Carroll Gardens Petition blog) stating that “the environmental concerns are in themselves sufficient reason to predicate any change of use, involving a dense residential development along the FEMA flood way, upon a known and verifiable cleanup of the canal waters that include limits on the pathogens levels.” There’s also the problem of un-mitigatable smells.” Clearly, that didn’t change the minds of CB6 members, but all is not lost for those who oppose it. The next ULURP step is an 11/19 meeting with the Borough Prez.
Photo from PFMA.
Photo from PFMA.
11/13/2008 10:00 AM
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The New York Times Does Gravesend
The Times’ Living In column covered the south Brooklyn neighborhood of Gravesend this weekend, a largely Sephardic Jewish area sandwiched between Brighton Beach and Bensonhurst. But it’s not just Middle Eastern immigrants who inhabit the one- and two-family homes there—Chinese, Mexicans and Russians have been taking root as well. It’s always been an immigrant neighborhood, they say, but the geography of the immigrants changes over the years. As the neighborhood grows wealthier, it’s seeing the increase of a fad popular in other parts of the States: the tear-down. Five million dollar mansions are going in razed lots, though they say you can still snatch up an older home—one that doesn’t need razing—for $600,000. One local broker summed up why prices are so high: Sephardic Jews would rather pay a million dollars for a 2,000-square-foot lot in Gravesend than pay $500,000 for a 4,000-square-foot lot elsewhere.
A Neighborhood Both Insular and Diverse [NY Times]
Ocean Parkway at Avenue U. Photo by Lisanne!.
08/11/2008 11:29 AM
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Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
The Skinny on 5 New Neighborhood Haunts
Brooklyn Based shares their early impressions of the General Greene, Peaches Market Café, Abigail Café and Wine Bar, James, and Annabelle’s. We’re intrigued by their recommended cocktail at the General Greene: “We loveloveloved the Clermont Bubbly (a refreshing combo of St. Germaine, pear and Prosecco).” And the photo of Annabelle’s backyard (at right, by Melissa Sands) looks so inviting, but Brooklyn Based notes that “the pond, flower garden and multi-level patio out back has potential, but is still a work in progress.”
The Times on Peaches Market Cafe
393 Lewis Avenue (MacDonough Street), Bedford-Stuyvesant; (718) 942-4162
“Peaches is Southern with a difference. Smoked country ham is finished with dried plums and arugula, and fried grits are polished with sun-dried tomato marmalade. There’s fried whiting as well as fried Greenmarket vegetables and fried calamari with aioli. Barbecue, like baby back ribs and pulled pork sandwiches, make it here, too. The menu tops out at $18 for a grass-fed ribeye steak.” [NY Times]
Underrated Pizza: Sam’s and Italia
“Sam’s on Court Street is one of those old-school neighborhood perennials that Chowhounds rarely mention, but guttergourmet thinks it belongs in New York’s never-ending pizza conversation, right up there with the most celebrated places in Brooklyn and beyond. ‘Beautiful pizza, precious place,’ guttergourmet writes… Meanwhile, down in Bensonhurst and Gravesend, Brklynbobby puts in a word for another sleeper, the Sicilian pie at Italia on Kings Highway. ‘The crust is lighter than air and the sauce is heaven,’ says Brklynbobby.” [CHOW]
After the jump: A new coal-oven pizzeria for Red Hook, cheap tapas on Columbia Street, a new burger joint and vegetarian eats in Park Slope, news on the Red Hook vendors’ schedule, and a Williamsburg bar gets a taco truck right in their backyard… (more…)
07/23/2008 11:00 AM
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The Venetian: 16th-Century Living, Gravesend-Style
Is Brooklyn’s most expensive new condo in Gravesend? We’re not sure, but we know Avenue P’s The Venetian has gotta at least be in the running. Curbed reports that the entry fee to nab a unit in the development is more than $1 million, and Flatbush Pigeon has some fresh shots of the under-construction building, noting that if you look at the rendering “long enough, you will see Nero fiddling on one of the balconies.” The condo’s marketing materials say that the structure was inspired by 16th-century masterpieces like Veneto’s Villa Barbaro and Palazzo Porto.
So When You Think About Brooklyn… [Flatbush Pigeon] GMAP
Meet the Venetian: Brooklyn’s Version of Palazzo Chupi? [Curbed]
$2,000 a Foot in Gravesend? You Betcha [Brownstoner]
The Venetian [Official Site]
Photo from Flatbush Pigeon.
06/17/2008 10:01 AM
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