Co-op of the Day: 28 Old Fulton Street
What’s it cost to live in one of the most photographed buildings in Brooklyn? About $750 a foot, according to the latest listing to hit the market in the Eagle Warehouse at 28 Old Fulton Street on what we think of as the borderline between Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo. (In his profile of the street…
What’s it cost to live in one of the most photographed buildings in Brooklyn? About $750 a foot, according to the latest listing to hit the market in the Eagle Warehouse at 28 Old Fulton Street on what we think of as the borderline between Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo. (In his profile of the street in yesterday’s New York Times, Christopher Gray noted that a 1939 guidebook called Old Fulton a “sort of Brooklyn Bowery, with flophouses, small shops, rancid restaurants, haunted by vagabonds and derelicts.) The photos of the interior of the apartment reveal a much brighter, lighter (paying attention Nick Drake fans?) space than what we would have imagined given the heavy Romanesque, almost fortress-like exterior. This 1,775-square-foot, three-bedroom co-op on the 5th floor is probably reasonably priced at $1,350,000 given that the same apartment one floor below closed for $1,275,000 back in August of 2006. (This two-bedroom in the building recently went into contract for $1,595,000.) We generally dislike curved anythings when it comes to interior design, but it looks like the open eating counter makes sense in this layout. Otherwise, everything looks very clean and attractive, likely to please both modern and traditional palettes.
28 Old Fulton Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
From Ghost Town to Park Gateway [NY Times]
Photo by thegirlsny
i went to the open house on sunday. i wasn’t impressed with the building or apartment at all. the building itself is very dark, and it’s like a maze to find the apartment. the apartment itself needs some work, imho.
Oh, everybody’s a critic!
Never liked the building. Too heavy and oppressive feeling. Windows are too small and the building and the area does not feel residential.
the market was not in fact considerably stronger last year. there was certainly a lull around christmas but things have picked up steam considerably this spring. my apt in the same building was appraised this spring at a 5% premium to last spring by my broker. plus note my comment about the east facing windows in the main living area, which the apt below did not have.
I would put pocket doors in the middle room and have it be a study/guest room that can open into the main space. The third bedroom looks a little weird. the door is in the wrong place, but that is easily fixed. This is not a brownstone in Clinton Hill so the negative comments on this blog are to be expected, but looking at it objectively, it seems like a really nice space in a very interesting historic building. the maint. is a little on the high side especially since there is no parking. The DUMBO buildings are better in that regard.
i have always found the building hallways oppresive … kind of like being in a rathskeller
Sheesh, the guy doesn’t like round stuff–piss off, already, if you do. Or say so. There ya go! This building is wicked-cool. I once saw a great spread (the Times, I think) on the unit behind that glass clock face. Unbelievable….
I know nothing, but I like it.
why have a blog if you can’t express an opinion??
you’re pathetic 1:39.
a human being disguised as a frail little bird.