Change Coming for Old Bergen St. Buildings?

Call them Boerum Hill’s mysteriously languishing buildings: A few adjoining, dilapidated properties on primo Bergen Street between Smith and Court have been sitting boarded up, apparently immune to redevelopment schemes. They may not be immune for much longer, however, as their owner’s put them on the block for a sweet lil’ chunk of change. According Prudential Douglas Elliman’s website, 51-61 Bergen Street is on the market for $25 million, and they may be sold along with a rental building right around the corner, the Trolley House at 129 Boerum Place, for an eye-popping $49 million. In the name of due diligence, we called up the Elliman broker handling the sale to double-check on the Bergen Street addresses (which didn’t jibe with the building numbers we recorded while walking by), and were told we had no right to write about those buildings. Oops. Maybe someone’s a little touchy about these listings not generating much interest.
51-61 Bergen Street Listing [Prudential Douglas Elliman] GMAP