155 Freeman Street: Extremely Tempting
We just sat here staring at the photo of this building for the last ten minutes seriously contemplating whether we should sell our house to by this. The high ceilings, the rounded windows, the color of the old brick, the old storefront, the parking…beautiful. And it’s huge ‘ 7,500 5,700 square feet. Dunno how much…
We just sat here staring at the photo of this building for the last ten minutes seriously contemplating whether we should sell our house to by this. The high ceilings, the rounded windows, the color of the old brick, the old storefront, the parking…beautiful. And it’s huge ‘ 7,500 5,700 square feet. Dunno how much it costs as the folks over at North Brooklyn Realty haven’t put the darn thing up on their website yet. You can give a call to 718.383.5553 to find out. Just remember to let us know. Update: North Brooklyn’s out, Massey Knakal’s in. See the listing link below.
155 Freeman Street [Massey Knakal] GMAP P*Shark
re: the CANCER CLUSTER issue.
I don’t WANT Greenpoint to be a cancer cluster–I love Greenpoint!
But I think some verification of the cancer cluster issue is needed.
The published maps I saw–in some local paper–showed Freeman Street distinctly within the cancer cluster area. (NOTE: not ALL of Greenpoint, that northern area in particular.)
Also, the sewage stench on summer nights could be overpowering.
Jen-koo-yeh. (sp?)
Greast link anon 8.17. Shame about the horse head going missing.
Tara, bad odors don’t hurt you. Just ask any ruddy-faced pig farmer. You more likely to get something from the second-hand smoke which seems to be an omnipresent hazard in the neighborhood.
Anon 4:48, yes Newark, and try Jersey City too. Also Staten Island has some old industrial buildings people are making into loft live/work spaces.
Thank-you for that clarification and explanantion of the health effects. I have called the city to get my home tested (I live on Clay between Man/McG) and they said we were too far outside the “spill zone” to qualify for testing, so this property too is outside the zone. The only other health concern here is the waste water treatment plant, very rarely there are some very strong odors in the air, do you any info. on health effects from that plant?
The stories about the cancer cluster and toxins are being pushed by Williamsburg developers trying to cover up the cancer cluster that was reported on Devoe Street in Williamsburg, not Greenpoint. These scare tactics have been going on ever since Greenpoint was able to get it’s East River waterfront rezoned. The NYC Dept of Health studies are available at http://www.nyc.gov and show that the cancer rates in Greenpoint are no higher than the rest of the city, and that the rates of certain types of cancer are dramatically lower than the rest of the city. There is an underground oil spill however, but it is nowhere near north Greenpoint. The spill is under the mostly eastern industrial section near the creek and the East Williamsburg Industrial Park. There are homes on Morgan, Sutton and Van Dam in that area which may be affected by the spill.
10:36 I have toured this property while it was raining outside and add to your list, two levels of new roofing, about 60% of the cross beams on every floor in the building replaced because of rotting from leaks, more than %70 of the exterior masonry replaced, and new all cornices. Anyone who is seriously interested in this building should make sure they get the owners to hand over the structural report they had done. If they don’t hand it over trust me it aint pretty.
8:17….great job…mr. b. should hire you to track these things down…now that i see the place i don’t think it needs as much work as everyone says…you can leave lots of this as open space…new floors, kitchens, baths, electrical, heating, plumbing and you could be set for around $200K.
http://freemanstreet.50webs.com/
This is all you need for this property –
enjoy!