House of the Day: 1265 Dean Street
What’s a beautiful house in Crown Heights North worth these days? We have no idea, but this listing at 1265 Dean Street should help provide a data point. The four-story Romanesque Revival house is dripping with original detail, including some serious wood paneling, and is located on “one of the loveliest blocks in all of…
What’s a beautiful house in Crown Heights North worth these days? We have no idea, but this listing at 1265 Dean Street should help provide a data point. The four-story Romanesque Revival house is dripping with original detail, including some serious wood paneling, and is located on “one of the loveliest blocks in all of Brooklyn,” according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The corner location means lots of light but, on the downside, it also means higher taxes. The asking price is $925,000. Any guesses?
1265 Dean Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Just saw this property back on the market again:
http://corleyre.com/2010/01/09/for-sale-2-family-townhouse-dean-street-crown-heights-brooklyn-new-york-11216-crg1001/
BrooklynLove, you can get a construction loan with 3 percent down — as long as the mortgage is conforming. No jumbos. And you have to live in it. No investors.
love this place but it’ll be years before you can finance any reno unless you put down 70% of appraisal val.
Hello all, I am a newbie to Brownstoner blogs and beautiful brownstone-rich Brooklyn. Just moved in with my girlfriend to Park Slope. Things are progressing and we are beginning to talk buying a fixer-upper in an affordable neighborhood. From my limited research, I would say that outskirts of Fort Greene, Bed Stuy, and Crown Heights are the reasonable spots for a fixer-upper brownstone in the 500-600K range. I will await some wisdom and will continue to read. Thanks.
Ugh, why, oh why am I adding anything to this lengthy thread?! Just pointless, I’m sure.
I was also surprised Jonathan and the folk(s) at Brownstoner didn’t manage to mention that this house was heavily discussed quite some time ago.
Anyway, I wanted to address NOP that now that this house’s price is dropping, you need to snap it up. Maybe it’ll drop a lot more…but please think about it.
NOP, Leave your overly taxed, overly coop fee’d, and possibly very costly-to-repoint Manhattan apartment house (you know, when all apartments get a $10,000 monthly assessment for 3 months to help cover facade work) and swing back over to Brooklyn.
Look, I think this house has parking and the kids have grown up at this point so do you really need to stay in Manhattan. Look, you’d be that much closer to JFK!
You and your brother can stop just discussing it and reminiscing on the phone already. Just take the plunge and come on HOME!
Look, even though there are trade offs, I’m VERY glad we escaped Park Avenue and the Upper Eastside years ago. I think I’d have gone out of my mind (…maybe I have anyway? But that’s another story.).
See you around Mr. Nostalgic,
BG
I never heard “crotchfruit” til today.
Ohhh…what a pretty house. Montrose Morris, is that near you? I love it. It’s a pretty front – I wonder why that building wasn’t built with windows on the side, seems like they would be great there…
Great house. Maybe a little overpriced, but not much IMO.
I live on a bus block and you certainly get used to the traffic to the point that you don’t notice it after a while.
I would imagine you get great cross breezes as you have exposure on 3 sides. The idea of a deck that can’t be viewed from the street or a neighbor’s yard and the garage are really nice pluses. You can still garden in the front.
slopefarm, your post at 2:38 is dead on. Sad part: That means that poster has some serious mental health issues but I guess we all knew that already.
OH…and they have something that no one else carries anywhere in NYC…Mother Goose Liverwurst!!!!