Brooklyn Celebrity Real Estate Roundup
We know some of you can’t stand it when we go into star-fucking mode, so we’ll apologize in advance. Sorry. Now to the two snippets of Brooklyn celebrity real estate. Adrian Grenier (top), the HBO star who’s buying a place not far from us in Clinton Hill, gives us a glimpse of his renovation plans…
We know some of you can’t stand it when we go into star-fucking mode, so we’ll apologize in advance. Sorry. Now to the two snippets of Brooklyn celebrity real estate. Adrian Grenier (top), the HBO star who’s buying a place not far from us in Clinton Hill, gives us a glimpse of his renovation plans in this week’s NY Magazine and it ain’t pretty:
I just bought a place in Clinton Hill…My summer plan is to fix up my house. I have a bed already. I’d buy some Föm pillows ($75 at Brookstone) and an above-ground pool for the backyard ($140 at Sports Authority). The rest of the furniture, I’ll find on the street.
There goes the neighborhood. And in more tenuous news, the NY Observer is reporting that actress Rachel Wiesz (bottom) and director fiance Darren Aronofsky may be ditching their recently acquired $3.5 million East Village townhouse for a place in Brooklyn.
Star of Entourage Buying in CH [Brownstoner]
How Would Adrian Grenier Spend $9,000 [NY Magazine]
Manhattan Transfers – 2nd Item [NY Observer]
215 East 11th Street [Corcoran]
Hey, did you know that Poohbahs have been marked down at Toys-R-Us! I just picked up an orange Zing Zing Zingbah for $5.99 down from $19.99. And he wasn’t even on the shelf, he was just thrown into a big pile. Hollywood celebrities have such a fragile existance. Maybe the inflatable above ground pool IS a good idea, for now anyway.
I’m a she — and yes I do live in Clinton Hill, although brownstoner keeps trying to claim that my block is actually bed stuy = (
love bed-stuy, but I’d hate to change my moniker…
PS we do have actual celebs like Jeffrey Wright and Rosie Perez keepin’ it real in FG
and once my daughter was playing with John Turturro’s son in the tot lot in Prospect Park, I don’t care what anybody says it was great to talk to him, he’s an amazing actor and really f-ing cool. so there.
The homeless crew that we dislodged from our stoop a few months ago seems to have settled in quite comfortably to Grenier’s front porch in his absence. Bet they’ll be in favor of the pool, too!
and by the way, across the street is not a crackhouse
I’m the one who was outbid. Don’t necessarily think funny business went on, just outbid our verbally accepted offer at the 11th hour. We were definitely disappointed but all’s well that ends well though as we bought a better place that is a brownstone in the 2fam config we wanted originally wanted (garden floor apt with owners triplex) in Clinton Hill. I think the article was not supposed to be terribly serious in terms of what Grenier is going to do with the house. Who knows. I like it that minor and major celebrities are buying into the hood, just further evidence of its popularity that should improve services in the area.
The fact that we — brooklynites — continue to defend our star power is gettin’ me down. This guy is thisclose to a nobody and you know it. Yes, it’s true, Paul Auster and company live in Brooklyn. Don’t forget to trot out the fact that Jennifer Connelly and Health Ledger (whoever he is!) live here too. We heart Stanley Tucci!
But people, once you can actually name the “celebs” in your burrough, you are kinda disproving your point. And acting lame, in general. AND WE ARE NOT LAME!
Sorry, I just posted the comment about the Adrian Greneir house (below) and, having misread the other attributions, thought it was Clinton Hillbilly who was the losing bidder. I’m assuming, though, that Clinton Hillbilly does live in Clinton Hill and I hope that he, and all others in this gorgeous and wonderful neighborhood/community will be kind and forgiving to any or all nouveau smart asses and “celebrities” who have recently “discovered” the neighborhood..
Yeah, it’s kind of depressing to imagine Turtle and Johnny Drama macking on groupies in the… above-ground pool.
Word. Plus Wiesz is a cutie.