Condo of the Day: Slick Townhouse Duplex
This has got to be the most expensive condo ever in Carroll Gardens. The top two floors of this 24-foot-wide building on Union Street have been gutted and tricked out to create a luxury pad with expansive views of Manhattan. We’d love to see a real picture of the limestone facade (can anyone hook us…
This has got to be the most expensive condo ever in Carroll Gardens. The top two floors of this 24-foot-wide building on Union Street have been gutted and tricked out to create a luxury pad with expansive views of Manhattan. We’d love to see a real picture of the limestone facade (can anyone hook us up?)–the rendering ain’t doing it for us. And now for the big question: Is it worth it? We imagine most of the people looking to drop $1.7 million bucks in Carroll Gardens would rather buy a house than a condo, but that isn’t to say there’s not a market for a luxury pad like this. We just bet it’s not very big.
Union Street Condo [Brown Harris Stevens]
the real problem here is that the owner/rehabber in the bottom wants to retain voting control over the two-condo “asociation.” i almost burst out laughing when the broker told us.
Okay, you’re right. I wish the bus WOULD come more often!
Union Street bus going by all the time?
It hardly ever runs.
I lived in one of those 70s things! It was my very first apt in NYC in 1989-90. The walls and floors were paper thin; the building shook and flexed when you moved. The 4th floor plan is the exact same as my 2BR apt next door. My roomate and I paid $950 a month. Junk.
off topic, but wanted to weigh in as well that Royal’s is a great restaurant. Forget the condo, have the bouillabaisse and keep them open.
Absolutely ridiculous. I am actually fond of those “Queen’s house” simply because they are unpretentious. This might not look so ridiculous in another context, but on that block it is really trying too hard. Not to mention the bus going by all the time, etc makes the location less-than-glamorous. And Royal is really good, btw. Not sure how they stay open–maybe the catering?
I agree — it’s good to see someone try to do something with those queens style houses, but a better approach was the one taken with the new construction just west of Smith St. on Warren — they gave them Queen Anne-style gables and mullion windows.
The one real sore thumb on this building is the vent stacks on the side. They make it look even more horrific.
It will help if they do mix some brick onto the mausoleum-like facade.
Best,
GT
heard a mets or a yankee player bought the penthouse…
This thing truly is hideous. I walk by it every day and I’m still appalled by the pastiche of awful styles applied here. I can’t believe anyone will pay anywhere near that much for it.