Condo of the Day: 110 Livingston Street, #6W
This one-bedroom condo at 110 Livingston Street hit the market last week for $729,000 and was trimmed to $714,000 this week; according to StreetEasy, the 893-square-foot unit was initially purchased from the sponsor two years ago for $545,000. This place has a great layout and personally we really like the kitchen finishes as well. Hard…
This one-bedroom condo at 110 Livingston Street hit the market last week for $729,000 and was trimmed to $714,000 this week; according to StreetEasy, the 893-square-foot unit was initially purchased from the sponsor two years ago for $545,000. This place has a great layout and personally we really like the kitchen finishes as well. Hard to see how it fetches $800 a foot now when it barely cleared $600 a foot back in the heyday.
110 Livingston Street, #6W [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Seems to me like the appropriate comparables for this type of building are DUMBO, Manhattan, and other highrise type areas. This is a big building, it’s not a small Brooklyn Heights Coop, and I would guess the maintenance and other costs probably reflect that. As far as the location, that block has been greatly improved with the recent plantings, and there is a lot more streetlife recently (I walk by pretty regularly). Seems like a solid (if not bucolic) place to be, and a gorgeous building.
Ringo,
–“I think in NY the block you live on is very important, yes.”
Then maybe you should’ve said that 110 is not on a great block instead of writing that it’s “not a great neighborhood”. Huge difference between block and neighborhood.
–“There are blocks I’d live on in almost any neighborhood. This isnt’ one of them.”
And I wouldn’t live north of Clark. I’d also say the 540 apartments (and conservatively 700+ residents) on this one block of Livingston just goes to show that there are different strokes for different folks.
–“And Cranberry Street? Are you kidding? I dont care how close it is Montague Street (who would?) — it’s a charming street.”
Read my post carefully. I didn’t compare Livingston to Cranberry. For the record, I agree that Cranberry is “charming” (although I’d also make a case for boring or fuddy-duddy).
I merely brought up the proximity of each block to the neighborhood’s “main street” (Montague) to point that just because a single block doesn’t meet your particular aesthetic sensibilities doesn’t mean it can’t be part of a neighborhood.
Proximity to neighborhood touchstones, be it a main drag like Montague, a church like St. Ann’s or St. Charles, or a school like Packer (all of which are closer to 110 than Cranberry, for what it’s worth) counts for a lot.
–“People know each other.”
–“I’d much prefer to walk an extra block to Montague St but live on a street…where we block off the street for a dunking tank once in a while.”
–“I guess that’s where you and I disagree”
Since you have friends at 110, you might know that there’s a resident run forum at 110 that neighbors use to get together for group exercise sessions, share advise about doctors and nannies, organize “stoop sales”, and cat sit for each other when we’re out of town. Our kids play together in the common courtyard. My fellow neighbors have dropped by to set up my wireless internet, have given me legal assistance, and even helped me move a giant tv to my apartment when the delivery company refused to deliver it beyond the entrance of the building.
And while I personally don’t want or need my neighbors to be intimately familiar, I think it’s a bit insulting of you to insinuate that only people who live in brownstones can form a vibrant, friendly, helpful, community.
I dont follow these threads so I’m a little slow to reply to this
“Jeez, how narrowly are we defining “neighborhood”? The block your house sits on? A one block radius from your house?
I’m not picking on you, Ringo, but I have to ask why some people condense 110’s entire neighborhood to a single block.”
I think in NY the block you live on is very important, yes. There are blocks I’d live on in almost any neighborhood. This isnt’ one of them. And Cranberry Street? Are you kidding? I dont care how close it is Montague Street (who would?) — it’s a charming street. People know each other. People have lived there for generations. I guess that’s where you and I disagree — I’d much prefer to walk an extra block to Montague St but live on a street where I knew people who lived across the way and where we block off the street for a dunking tank once in a while.
I do think it is a great location if you’re single.
It’s obvious the seller is not serious about selling this place. We are talking about out of pocket monthly costs of over $4,000. For a 1BR (which I doubt is over 850sf), with no outdoor space and no bonus space, this is way overpriced.
$450,000 is my appraisal. That’s about a 20% decline from the top of the market, which is essentially in line with what’s been happening throughout NYC.
Agree with Nightcruiser, I do not find this apartment style attractive. It lacks charm.
110res– Thank you for correction and glad it feels safe on your block. Cobble friends were talking about the area in general, and the walking around one does conducting business — not just walking from subway to home.
Specifically, I think the mention of Livingston was on the about 2 blocks that would be more easterly of you toward Smith and Hoyt. Not so good late at night. Gotta go, no time to try to write this better.
speaking of Michael jackson- did you hear the news? He just died of cardiac arrest. Lord.
BH76- He was a great guy too but the man I am thinking of was a big heavyset guy who was named Johnson. He disappeared, then one of the other guys told me he had gotten very ill with a kidney disease and didn’t wnat anyone to see him in his condition. I felt so badly for himm.
bxgirl — was it the guy at the loading dock with the skin conditon (like Michael Jackson — large white spots)? He was so nice and we were so sorry to see him go. Great guy.