Condo of the Day: 55 Berry Street, #5D
55 Berry is positively old-school when it comes to the condo-ization of Williamsburg—some listings at the converted knitting factory came on the market as long ago as late 2005. This particular 1,168-square-foot loft on the fifth floor has been kicking around since then, with its asking price getting as high as $930,000 in early 2006…

55 Berry is positively old-school when it comes to the condo-ization of Williamsburg—some listings at the converted knitting factory came on the market as long ago as late 2005. This particular 1,168-square-foot loft on the fifth floor has been kicking around since then, with its asking price getting as high as $930,000 in early 2006 before selling somewhere south of that in 2007. Halstead got the listing for the resale last month and just trimmed the asking price last week to $839,000. We love this kind of large-windowed, high-ceilinged space. Bachelor paradise.
55 Berry Street, #5D [Halstead] GMAP P*Shark
Building photo from Curbed
i love the gretsch, but this nabe is better for many reasons if you have kids, and i still think that many buyers are couples with kids or thinking about it.
north williamsburg in the 94th precinct west of the BQE is always going to be priced highest per psf although i’m not saying that this price won’t come down – it will.
I hear you, I was frustrated with my apartment search over there too. That’s how we ended up in Clinton Hill. Or Fort Greene. (I think we’re on the Clinton Hill side of the street.) You should look over here, I see postings in the 1600-2K range in the parent website messageboards all the time. It is also, actually a lot nicer here — although I miss the restaurant options.
“some listings at the converted knitting factory came on the market as long ago as late 2005”
first units went on the market in march or april 2005, fwiw.
“Anyways, I guess I really have no idea”
Sorry if I sounded hostile – I’ve just been very frustrated with my current search!!
It’s just a weird market as the higher end stuff is priced so high and isn’t really moving, but there is such a low inventory of the regular stuff (the avg williamsburg railroad in an ugly house)
2 years ago it seemed like u could get a decent 1 bedroom for 1600-1700 and that seems to be around 1900-2100 now for northside (there’s still garbage out there for 1800ish however)
DH, guess you had way sweeter deal than you realized with your pad
haha jester – incredible, and infuriating.
There’s some cool stuff and good deals out near Morgan. Roomies can still find a good sized spot and pay under 1k per person.
Ugh, dh, that sucks. I’m basing it on the fact that when we were looking for a new place in 2007 that much space on the northside was at least $4500 and we quite literally couldn’t even find a 2-bedroom for $3K or under. (We did want under, a lot under.)And not just new construction, there wasn’t anything much in the old construction, non-renovated railroad apartmentland either.
But a neighborhood like Williamsburg will probably always have strong demand at the lower end of its rental market, so there’s probably more pressure there to raise the rents — even if stuff in the higher end isn’t moving at all. There will always be another recent college grad looking to pay $1200/month for a share. That’s probably in the city charter.
Anyways, I guess I really have no idea.
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Dooooooooshy.
dh, that’s incredible.
Have a friend who moved into a three-bedroom in East W., near the Morgan stop. Huge loft, finished roof deck, elevator. Not sure the price but I was very impressed.