House of the Day: 9 Lefferts Place
This charmer at 9 Lefferts Place in Clinton Hill is new to market. (In fact we heard that some neighbors already put bids in at the first open house this weekend.) The four-story, three-family brick house has only had a few owners and has a lot of original detail still intact. It’s one of six…
This charmer at 9 Lefferts Place in Clinton Hill is new to market. (In fact we heard that some neighbors already put bids in at the first open house this weekend.) The four-story, three-family brick house has only had a few owners and has a lot of original detail still intact. It’s one of six 22.5-foot-wide houses in a row built by developer William Alexander in the early 1860s. The Craigslist ad describes a “cook’s kitchen” and a landscaped garden but neglects to include any photos. If everything’s in decent shape, the asking price of $1,470,000 seems quite reasonable given the details and generous size (about 4,000 square feet). Thoughts?
9 Lefferts Place [Craigslist] GMAP P*Shark
I know Icewoman, the whore/slut extraordinaire! She gave me the claps….
In any event, what’s the significance of this info? I moved out of Manhattan five years ago….
know the place very well – my sister just moved out of it…
“you’re waiting 40 minutes for your C train (which incidentally doesn’t run on the weekends anymore)”
Again, another lie (incidentally):
The C Local runs every 10 minutes during rush hour and 15 minutes most other times during the week. You can then transfer to the A Express at Jay Street for a quicker commute. On weekends, the C train does not run. Why? BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXPRESS SERVICE AND THE A TRAIN NOW SERVES ALL LOCAL STOPS!
Listen to Yakov and one would think that on weekends everyone living east of Flatbush on the Fulton line simply walks 5 miles into the city since there is no train service! I agree, Yakov is simply a troll with no credibility to speak of. He doesn’t know the neighborhood or the fine people who live here.
http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/tccur.pdf
Yakov, where do you live? When was the last time you been to the area? How often do you visit? At what times?
Where am I going with this? Well, I think that you’re full of shit and don’t know squat about the area but just spouting a bunch of hate for reasons only known to you. Perhaps you’re in the market, either as a buyer or seller. In any event, you have no credibility because you don’t know the area one iota. Best of luck selling that overpriced piece of crap in CG, douchebag!
TEST: Tell me the four corner businesses at the intersection of St. James and Fulton?
This place is the bargain of the century. It as might as well be free at $1.1M, never mind the $2.4 in needed renovations. I would buy this in a heartbeat if a I were earning $250k per annum. Anyone who doesn’t understand the value of a block smack in between Fulton and Atlantic, in a hood where crack dealers sling early morning while your’re waiting 40 minutes for your C train (which incidentally doesn’t run on the weekends anymore) should hurry up and buy. Just let me know first so I can get the hell out of dodge.
I agree, and the people who have bought are families, which is nice, who are here for the long haul.
“Having lived on Lefferts Place, it still doesn’t cease to amaze me that any building in this part of Clinton Hill would sell for 1.4.”
There’s been 7 houses on the three blocks of Lefferts Place that have sold for $1.4M or better in the past year alone. The comps stand for themselves. The methadone clinic has no bearing on Lefferts Place which is further away from it then the townhouses on Clinton and Washington Aves that routinely sell for more than $2.5M. The hotel on the corner of Lefferts and Classon is under new management (24/7 security detail), after a court ordered closing last summer, and it is no longer being operated as a flophouse. From what I understand, the hotel is now 100% legit.
That being said, it appears that buyers after weighing all of the pluses and minuses are still very bullish on the nabe. The area is changing for the better and given the sheer beauty and size of these magnificent homes, I guess families view their purchases to be a good buy. Who am I, or anyone of us for that matter, to argue with that decision? It’s personal.
Well, a few houses on the street have already sold for over 1.4 in the past few years so your shock is a moot point now. The methadone clinic on Waverly and Fulton two and a half blocks away is close to other houses that have gone for far more. This house does not back onto the post office either. Drug deals do not regularly go down on this block. There is no hanging out on the block. It is very quiet. There is dealing and hanging out on Fulton Street as has been discussed ad nauseum on this blog. I suppose the brownstone condos on Grand should not have sold for such a high price, or the numerous other sales in the area one block from Fulton Street based on your reasoning. But, again, it is what it is and a relative bargain unless there are major structural issues with the place.
“As a person who lives on Lefferts Place I feel like Fort Greene and it’s amenities are miles away.”
Huh? It’s a five minute walk? What are you talking about? Fort Greene is FOUR blocks away (from St. James to Vanderbilt along Fulton). Put down the pint of Ben & Jerry’s, hit the gym and perhaps it won’t feel like a mile to you!