Barbara Goes Long Stuy Heights
And so it ends. 408 Stuyvesant Avenue, a beautiful limestone mansion in Stuyvesant Heights that we’ve covered closely since December 2006, finally has a buyer, and her name’s Barbara Corcoran. According to The Real Deal, Babs shelled out $1,460,000 for the 4,000-square-foot pad, a good deal less than the original asking price of $2,100,000, but…
And so it ends. 408 Stuyvesant Avenue, a beautiful limestone mansion in Stuyvesant Heights that we’ve covered closely since December 2006, finally has a buyer, and her name’s Barbara Corcoran. According to The Real Deal, Babs shelled out $1,460,000 for the 4,000-square-foot pad, a good deal less than the original asking price of $2,100,000, but quite a bit more than the $1,115,000 a couple paid for 404 Stuyvesant Avenue last spring. It’s hard to take this as anything but a vote of confidence for the area and particular and the Brooklyn market in general, no? Then again, her foray in Red Hook real estate took a while to pan out.
Barbara Corcoran buys $1.4M Bed-Stuy townhouse [TRD] GMAP
Babs Buys in Bed-Stuy (After Monster PriceChopping) [Curbed]
Houses of the Day: 404 and 408 Stuyvesant Avenue [Brownstoner]
HOTD: Price Cut at 408 Stuyvesant Avenue (Again) [Brownstoner]
House of the Day: 408 Stuyvesant Avenue Revisited [Brownstoner]
House of the Day: 408 Stuyvesant Avenue [Brownstoner]
Thanks Amzi Hill!
As to anything for sale, we had the best luck walking around the neighborhood on Saturday mornings, taking down phone numbers and talking to everyone we met. It was a lot of work- but fun- and we saw a lot more houses that way than by just looking on craigslist and agency websites.
And calling it SH is fun – like ssshhhh … let’s keep it our little secret. Probably a little late for that now.
I’m looking to buy in SH. Any of you locals know of anything for sale?
thank you Amzi Hill. and 7andfive – the historic distric is called Stuyvesant Heights Historic District – not Bedford Stuyvesant Historic District. Read the signs, oh maybe b/c you don’t live in this hood – you’ve never seen the signs. Brokers do ‘stretch’ the true nabe but this home is most certainly in landmarked stuy heights. Infact it’s on what the old timers call – doctor’s row. at one time this block was mainly all physicans living as one families. i would love to see this as a one family again.
Welcome to STUYVESANT HEIGHTS jellystew…
I just bought a 2fam around the corner from these limestones and walk the dogs by them every day (scooping the poop). Love my new neighborhood (nabe? ‘hood? ugh) and glad to know I’m not the only one.
There is a lot of investment going on…you just don’t see the end results yet. There are 4 new shops that will open on Lewis between Macon & Halsey…a florist, a wine bar, an upscale market/cafe and an Italian restaurant.
Stuyvesant Heights Historic district is on all the landmarked street signs in the area. Read the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper archives online and you will see the area was called Stuyvesant heights section of Bedford in the 1880s-1920. You see the name also called that in the 1940s in the NY times. The name is not made up.
This area of Stuyvesant Heights is really nice.. It really has a peaceful vibe to it. As a resident of Stuyvesant Heights I hope that Barbara Corcoran and influence business investors to invest in Stuyvesant Heights.
I walk by this place every day to and from work. There have been a couple of instances this week alone of dog poop that was not picked up by the owners. I hope Babs doesn’t step in any of that in those heels.
Otherwise, this block is one of the grandest in all of Brooklyn.