Bidding War at 538 16th Street?
The wind hasn’t gone completely out of Brooklyn market’s sails, at least if one house in Windsor Terrace is any guide. According to a tipster, 25 families came to see the 1,800-square-foot house at 538 16th Street this weekend and six of them ended up making offers—at or above the $999,999 asking price. Granted this…
The wind hasn’t gone completely out of Brooklyn market’s sails, at least if one house in Windsor Terrace is any guide. According to a tipster, 25 families came to see the 1,800-square-foot house at 538 16th Street this weekend and six of them ended up making offers—at or above the $999,999 asking price. Granted this price seems low to start with for a house with some charm just a block from Prospect Park but, then again, it also looks to be in need of some updating. So what do you think: An aberration or a sign that the pessimists have it all wrong?
538 16th Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Kate Leonova for PropertyShark
The idea that you can live in Bed-Stuy and “not have to worry about crime — more than we all do” is laughable. Just look at the statistics. And yes, I know Bed-Stuy is big. Doesn’t matter. The best street in that neighborhood — with the possible exception of St. Heights — is going to see more crime in the course of a year than the worst street in Carroll Gardens. And no one who lives in a neighborhood stays only on their street anyway. If you need a map to know which streets are safe, and which aren’t, then homes in that neighborhood are going to — and should — sell for a discount.
4:18…learn how to read and write and maybe someone would listen to you.
if you had finished up at high school, maybe you’d know that this is a perfectly fine area.
it’s no west village, but it’s safe, near a beautiful park and not yet totally filled with yuppies.
16st and 7th Avenue is not a great area.
I went to high school near. I do agree that some of the housing choices that some people make to avoid Black people questionable. This pat of Windsor Terrace, many parts of Sunset Park, and the wack frame houses in Greenpoint are perfect example of poor housing stock.
you can get a house like this in Carnarsie or East Flatbush for $375-$450K. But then you’d have to deal with those pesky Black Folks
I think anyone who buys this near ask will have a great house and will be happy with the decision ten years from now. It look “ok” as is and could be made very nice with a moderate renovation.
there’s a reason why homes in bed stuy are less than a million…
So why are you pumping your hood so much, 3:56??? Can’t people choose for themselves where they’d like to live without you dictating what would and would not be better?
It wouldn’t be because your neighborhood has the highest rate of foreclosure in the borough, would it??
3:50: I never made that post. I am 2:44.
How many times are you going to be wrong?
And for the record, you can get a bigger house, in better shape, near a park in Bed-Stuy and not have to worry about crime – more than we all do – with bars restaurants adn a food co-op within a few blocks. All for less than $1 million
So, yes, you are a loser.
My girlfriend was black and I’m white.
They don’t take to that too well in Bed Stuy.
Not big fans of diversity.
Keep pumping the hood though. It’s gonna need it.
To 12:48–Fuller and Howard Place houses modeled on buildings in Baltimore–Sailor’s Row or something like that. Calder built several different type houses in WT at different times and then moved on to Flatbush, Sheepshead Bay (some large single-family houses) and Marine Park (brick rowhouses)