Condos of the Day: 794 St. John's Place
A reader who lives a couple blocks away from the newly renovated and converted condo building at 794 St. John’s Place in Crown Heights stopped by the open house last weekend and sent us the following report: These places are actually pretty nice. The finishes aren’t trying too hard to be fancy but are edging…
A reader who lives a couple blocks away from the newly renovated and converted condo building at 794 St. John’s Place in Crown Heights stopped by the open house last weekend and sent us the following report:
These places are actually pretty nice. The finishes aren’t trying too hard to be fancy but are edging toward hip. But the unique thing about these is: the price. They are priced low enough that a young person, who is just starting out, might actually be able to afford one. They are all one bedrooms. The two bigger ones have underground rec rooms (with one dark window) and private outdoor space. Downside is this block is far from pristine and still needs a few more years of makeover. Upside is great train access: 2/3 is two short blocks away and the 5 during rush hour. Plus Franklin Avenue stop is only a 10-minute walk.
Has anyone else checked these places out? According to the agent at the open house, they are 50% sold.
794 St. John’s Place [Apartments & Lofts] GMAP P*Shark
I checked out the open house and got a number of the questions raised here answered. Aptsandlofts took this on as a new venture and given the success in the neighborhood will probably do more in this area. But, I’ll say my experience with the first broker I dealt with this property was not positive.
Whoever priced the units screwed up – not because of the low price but because they priced the sunny, window filled apartments that are slightly smaller lower than the slightly larger, dark, nearly windowless back apartment. So, the sunny ones flew of the market and fairly rightly so.
There’s also a great looking roof deck being built with an awesome view BUT to get to it you go through a fairly easy to break into door on the fourth floor. The roof is easily accessible through other roofs so the safety issue this presents made me pretty darn nervous.
It’s one of the only new developments in the 225K range and it’s decent for the price. Somewhat cheaply renovated (cabinets are IKEA looking) but what do you expect right? It is on one of the less safe feeling blocks in that neighborhood (I like the neighborhood – very working class and such).
This looks like an interesting building. Great for someone young just starting out.
considering yours is the 2nd most troll-like comment on this thread, 2:44 i find your comment incredibly hypocritical.
these are great places at great prices in a newly gentrifying neighborhood. it’s what clinton hill was 7 years ago.
try opening your brain up a tiny bit, if that’s possible.
The brokers from Apts and lofts constantly troll blogs. They also don’t know much of any neighborhood besides Williamsburg. Not sure how they stay in business.
Murders are down year-on-year in Crown Heights… Just defending my hood. This block definitely needs some more, dare I say, “gentrification” but these are cheap. I actually think the market for these should be people who already live in the hood and won’t be freaked out by the block.
I agree with the defense of Crown Heights (2:02). I Moved to St. John’s & Bedford early this year.
Before buying, I read the all the posts on brooklynian, and was frightened out of my mind before moving to the neighborhood– I have to say that many of the posts on that board bear little resemblance to my experience with the area. If that’s all you read you may be doing yourself a disservice.
I do not deny crime happens, however it’s not the blighted war zone it was made out to be.
It IS loud, that’s a given, people like their music. But the proximity to the Brooklyn Museum, Botanic Gardens, and everything else has been fantastic.
Stop with the red herring, 2:11. Take a moment to compare crime stats between UES and Crown Heights and you’ll see that the latter’s is significantly higher. There are some nice sections of CH, but this ain’t one of them.
someone also got murdered in the upper east side yesterday. what your point?
As someone who just bought a house a coulpe of blocks away from here (St. John’s and Franklin) I feel the need to defend the hood. I haven’t even moved into my place yet but have already met several of my future neighbors, all very welcoming homeowners, some of whom have owned their homes for decades. St. John’s is close to the express trains and while I agree this is not Prospect Heights, it is also not a very long walk to the park.
In response to 12:55, some comparison to other more “desirable” neighborhoods is warranted. Until a couple years ago I lived in uberhip northside Williamsburg, on Kent Avenue where all the new developments are popping up. There were several resident crack whores (although I couldn’t see how they ever did much whoring given their apparent constant state of intoxication) and there were a number of armed robberies right in front of my building. Not to mention the constant parade of drunken 20-somethings on weekend nights — once one of them started feeding my dog a beer through the window. This somehow bothered me even though I was still 20-something at the time myself.