921 Greene Avenue: Pregnant with Possibility
On our way to pick up a new Argington trundle bed for the eldest of the Brownstoner brood over the holidays, we passed this beautiful brick and brownstone house at the corner of Greene Avenue and Malcom X Boulevard in Bed Stuy. Instantly smitten, we headed back to headquarters to find out what the story…
On our way to pick up a new Argington trundle bed for the eldest of the Brownstoner brood over the holidays, we passed this beautiful brick and brownstone house at the corner of Greene Avenue and Malcom X Boulevard in Bed Stuy. Instantly smitten, we headed back to headquarters to find out what the story was. Turns out that it’s an example of what can be scored via foreclosure auction. After the former owner defaulted on a $423,011 loan, some opportunistic investor picked up the four-story house for $575,000. This looks like a great condo conversion to us. GMAP P*Shark DOB
“This will be my last visit to your site.”
What a terrible, terrible loss. Certainly Mr. Brownstoner is quite distraught over this development!
“How do I start a blog where I write 1000 words/day and visitors write 10,000 words of nonsense, so I can buy my kid $1,000 bed?”
First, stop hating on this blog and start working on your own.
12:13–your post was the best i’ve ever read on this site.
1:06–you’ve got a lock on second place for the sound advice.
this place, having side windows, avoids the biggest downside of brownstones: gloominess indoors.
It’s a cute bed but face it, y’all spent that much money because it was modern and hip, not because it’s high quality. Hardwood construction is what lasts a lifetime. The sustainability of their materials is touted on their website, which is cool, but it still means the furniture is made with plywood. I love vintage furniture – it’s way more “green” than anything like this, because it’s not new furniture being made, it’s furniture being recycled and used again. And the quality to today’s furniture isn’t even comparable. Though baby and toddler beds of the past aren’t as safe as they are now.
I don’t think anyone will be sorry to see you go, 12:48. This country needs economic improvement, not the great depression. Anyone who wishes for that is mentally ill.
And if you hate black people, don’t buy in Crown Heights and Bed Stuy. It’s your choice. Who is making you go there? Some words on a blog? Nobody with any intelligence spends lots of money to buy in a neighborhood because Brownstoner talked about condo conversions there. People are not as stupid as you are. Certainly not the ones with money. If they are buying in those neighborhoods it’s because they’ve done the research and believe it to be a good investment. Period. Meanwhile, if you don’t think it’s a good investment then please give us specific facts, not your emotional opinion.
hey! we bought the same trundle bed in September. Did you get it at Mini Jakes? Best place ever! they delivered and set it up. we went with the toddler bars too. sure, we spent over $1200 for it all, but the kid can have a decent bed frame with an extra bed for forever versus some kiddie thing that’ll just have to be replaced.
FYI – Mini Jakes is on N. 9th in williamsburg bet. Bedford and Driggs.
also functions as a great free playground if you live nearby.
Re the other posts – there are still cheapish psf prices around in east williamsburg, but sounds like the above condo buyer got a good deal.
I said it before and repeat it again, in the interest of quality development and preservation, somebody should be hosting workshops on how to buy foreclosed houses in brownstone Brooklyn. PLEASE consider it.
It’s good for the community, especially during so much worry over foreclosures, to see some good coming out of it. It helps regular people buy an affordable property. And would help keep away cheesy flippers. Like the guy who bought our house in foreclosure then flipped it and sold it to us after having to cut his overly high price twice. After which we had to undo everything he did and had done wrong, and fix all the more important things that needed fixing that had been totally ignored.
B: your comments (i.e., “This looks like a great condo conversion to us.”) are becoming more silly (and dangerous) by the second. Actually, this whole website (concept) has become way to silly. I wonder how many people have bought into Crown Heights, Bed-Sty, etc because of you and now are “paying” for it.
This will be my last visit to your site.
Good luck! I wish you well.