Wide Brownstones
Looking to (hopefully) purchase a brownstone that’s a bit wider than the usual 20-22 ft. Are there any brownstones in Park Slope that are 30 foot-wide or bigger? Has anyone seen any in the past four years or so? I’m having trouble finding them.
Looking to (hopefully) purchase a brownstone that’s a bit wider than the usual 20-22 ft. Are there any brownstones in Park Slope that are 30 foot-wide or bigger? Has anyone seen any in the past four years or so?
I’m having trouble finding them.
Park slope has some 30 footers on carroll st president btw 7th ave and the park
There are quite a few 25 footers on 1st and 2nd Place in Carroll Gardens, although don’t know how often they come on the market. And, there are a group of 28 or 30 footers (don’t know how wide) on 2nd Place between Clinton and Henry. I don’t know if many of those are used as single families, but they are some of the widest brownstone buildings I’ve seen in brownstone brooklyn. Very rarely those wide ones are for sale, and are scooped up in a minute, usually even before being advertised.
this one was brought up a little while ago:
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/03/house_of_the_da_473.php
you now get half a felled tree in the front tho.
Mr30S: there will be fewer and fewer houses on the market for a while yet. Two reasons, one, the market is slower and sellers with the really great houses will wait until they can get more money. Secondly, the new homeowners who have spent so much money and time and sweat equity fixing up these houses will not be selling anytime soon. About 75% of our brownstone block are people who bought houses in the last 5 years and they won’t sell for another 10 years at least.
Thanks for the help, guys. Yeah, 1:14 and 9:56, I’ve looked over in Bay Ridge, Midwood and along Atlantic Ave and although some of the houses are more house-like, there are issues with neighborhoods, distance to trains etc, that the family doesn’t want to deal with.
Problem is, I really, really like the Slope and CG, FG and CH areas. You’re definitely right about the standard being 20 feet, 8:54.
I’m going to look into Sackett and Hoyt, too. Haven’t heard of that one yet.
9:33 don’t think I seriously haven’t thought of buying both and doing that. The only thing stopping me is that I can afford only one of them.
The center stair is another thing I’m trying to look for as a concession — but they’re hard to find, too. Not going to surprise anyone here, but the housing market just sucks right now. And now is supposed to be the “busy” season.
Thanks again for the help, guys and gals. I’ve got some looking to do. I will try and re-align my search for corners (three exposures might help make it less claustrophobic) and two less expensive houses together.
Mr30S
Yep, every time I walk past that State Street place (which is basically twice a day) I drool a little just thinking about how many classic motor scooters I could fit in the apparently unused garage and STILL have room in that 30 foot wide (at least) house for a tenant apartment.
Contra these haters, there are a _few_ 28 or 30 foot wide townhouses in so-called Brownstone Brooklyn, if that’s a good-enough proxy for Park Slope. 1:14 AM is right, though, that the Victorian and Edwardian neighborhoods are a far better bet for large houses. There also are lovely large houses in Bay Ridge, and I think also in the various neighborhoods closer to the ocean. I am not as familiar with those neighborhoods.
Closer to downtown, I can think of one on State Street one door down from the tiny 12 footer that Mary Stuart Masterson was supposedly in contract to buy, and there is are a couple in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens. I think there is also a a house over 25′ wide on Hoyt just down and across from the Brooklyn Inn, but I am just guessing on width there. It might only be 25′ but it has a center colonial style entrance which may be what you are seeking stylistically.
There’s also that lovely corner house at Sackett and Hoyt — I think the lot be L shaped, but it’s probably more what you have in mind.
Of course, none of those are for sale, but at least you know that they do exist.
If you are willing to do without a yard, look for a corner building that is over 20 feet wide and reorient the entryway to the side street and voila, you would have a very wide (but shallow) house. Or combine the two houses on Park Place like the earlier poster suggested.
It’s not a fake post. Just somebody unfamiliar with the Park Slope brownstone housing market. Get over it.
OP, if you want a wide large house you should look at the freestanding Victorian, Edwardian and Craftsmen houses in Brooklyn. Prospect Park South; Midwood; Ditmas; PLG; Bay Ridge.
I live in a 22 foot wide brownstone and it is exactly like a bowling alley. Why is this a fake post?