Bay Ridge McMansion
Returning from our refinancing closing a couple of weeks ago, we drove down Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge for a few blocks. There were some very charming houses we saw. This one at the corner of 86th Street was not one of them.
Returning from our refinancing closing a couple of weeks ago, we drove down Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge for a few blocks. There were some very charming houses we saw. This one at the corner of 86th Street was not one of them.
At least he’s flying the flag, you don’t see that in PS.
I was born and raised in Bay Ridge and it breaks my heart to see perfect classic brick houses become converted into these tacky monstrosities. There was once a really nice house underneath the new wings and ridiculous embellishments. This is the 86th Street side of the house. To get a really good idea, you MUST see the Ridge Boulevard side!
I have passed this house many, many times, and I truly wish I could park in the garage and go in……oops, its not my house….
I absolutely love everything about it !!!!
I live a couple of blocks away and I cannot tell you how the residents of BR hate this house. Development has been a big issue in the last few years as developers are bulldozing old Victorians and building monstrous Fedders condos.
This house was built about 5 years ago after the owner bought the old house, a large red brick Victorian representative of Bay Ridge’s stately mini-mansions. The guy who bought it was Arab, and there was talk of a Mosque being built on the site.
It ended up being this disgusting display of suburban McMansionism.
This is what low interest rates and other people’s money gets you. I hope Bernanke starts raising interest rates so if homeowners what to build something like this they finance it with their own money and not “our” bailout money!
To be fair (much as I dislike this house), if I’m not mistaken this whole block is on a hill, so most of the fortress-look is probably functioning as a retaining wall. Most houses here are set back further and have a steep grass front lawns instead, but that probably wouldn’t work structurally once they tore down the original home, considering the gargantuan size of the new house.
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The house is not so bad. But the high fortress wall is creepy. It also ascends too steeply for the space. Too much house and garden are crammed into the lot. If they stuck to one type of topiary, it would look less busy.
The house looks awesome. I would take this over a brownstone anyday.