House of the Day: 484 East 17th Street
We got a tip from a regular reader on Friday about a new listing on Mary Kay Gallagher that he said was the nicest house he’d ever seen in Ditmas Park. The reason he’d been inside is that it was on last year’s Victorian Flatbush house tour. (We even included a photo of the kitchen…
We got a tip from a regular reader on Friday about a new listing on Mary Kay Gallagher that he said was the nicest house he’d ever seen in Ditmas Park. The reason he’d been inside is that it was on last year’s Victorian Flatbush house tour. (We even included a photo of the kitchen in our recap below.) From the photos on the listing, we’d have to agree that the 1902 Queen Anne Victorian looks spectacular. In addition to the tip-top restoration of the historic details, the kitchen and bathroom renovations look beautiful to us — a rare perfect balance of the modern with the traditional. So the question isn’t whether there will be demand for this house (we bet there will be a line around the block), it’s whether the asking price of $1,950,000 will fly. We bet it’s not far off.
434 East 17th Street [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
Victorian Flatbush House Tour Recap [Brownstoner]
15 minute drive to park slope? it is 3 miles, do you mean a 15 minute bike ride?
This house was one of the highlights of the Victorian Flatbush tour, it had it all both inside and outside.
Can’t believe the owner is parting with it after all the care and effort that went into the restoration.
Cortelyou Road is getting new trendy shops and restaurants all the time. It’s got the same feeling that Smith Street in Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens had when restaurants and shops started opening up there.
Hey Brenda from Flatbush, I know you’re exaggerating (a little) about the heating costs, but what have your heating bills been like? And do you have gas or oil heat? I continue to be very angry with KeySpan’s gas supply charge for the latest bill period.
Agreed.. once you have a family, it’s not that important to live walking distance to restuarants and bars. You go so infrequently that you can just drive or subway it. And from Ditmas it’s a 15 min drive to Park Slope, etc, where it’s easy to park on a given evening. Also, there are plenty of supermarkets with parking lots including Pathmark, Fairway, etc.
I don’t get the obsession of having to live next door to resturants and bars. Why would you want to anyway? Those blocks are noisy and congested. I grew up in Brooklyn so maybe I am used to just hopping on the subway and going a few stops to places I wanted to hang out, but as long the commute is not 2 hours plus or something ridiculous like that, I just don’t see the big deal about this.
Also the commute to Manhattan from Ditmas Park is soooo convenient. Union Square is appx. 20-30 minutes on the Q train. And I prefer the B or Q lines over the A or G any day of the week. Those lines and people riding it are grimy.
I don’t get the obsession of having to live next door to resturants and bars. Why would you want to anyway? Those blocks are noisy and congested. I grew in Brooklyn so maybe I am used to just hoping on the subway and going a few stops to places I wanted to hang out, but as long the commute is not 2 hours plus or something ridiculous like that, I just don’t see the big deal about this.
Also the commute to Manhattan from Ditmas Park is soooo convenient. Union Square is appx. 20-30 minutes on the Q train. And I prefer taking the B or Q train over the A or G any day of the week. Those lines and people riding it are grimy.
5:16. In case of intruder, you can clang on the Waterworks fixtures with a spoon. Surely that counts for something?
Anyone know what’s coming to the former Shoe Repair shop on Cortelyou (next to Belle and Maxie’s)? I heard DUB pies.
Also, how ’bout a gym in the former furniture store space… Lots of new mommies out here who’d love the convenience.
PPS’er, I’ll make a deal with you. Invest that extra $200,000 to 300,000 over asking with me and I’ll put in a restaurant you want to eat at every night. I’m not a restauranteur but I know TONS of chefs that would be just dying to open their own little place in Ditmas.