Condos of the Day: Park Place Doubleshot
It took some price cuts to get there, but as far as we can tell the Park Place Condominium development overlooking Flatbush Avenue at 7th Avenue in Park Slope has been pretty much sold out since the end of last year. There are still three units on the market, however, and two of them happen…
It took some price cuts to get there, but as far as we can tell the Park Place Condominium development overlooking Flatbush Avenue at 7th Avenue in Park Slope has been pretty much sold out since the end of last year. There are still three units on the market, however, and two of them happen to be right next to each other on the fifth floor, raising the possibility of assembling a pretty large spread. All you have to do is come up with $2,105,000. Apartment 5F is a 1,360-square-foot two-bedroom asking $1,050,000; 145 Park Place, #5G is a 1,330-square-foot three-bedroom asking $1,055,000. Think these will get their prices?
Lots of Price Cutting at the Park Place Condominium [Brownstoner] GMAP
Park Place Condos Gettin’ There [Brownstoner]
Park Place Condominium [Street Easy]
Oh, and Chinatown? Who’s spending gobs of money to live there?
Perhaps the west side of Chinatown that is rapidly becoming “Tribeca”?
“Why would this be any different?”
Because it’s not Manhattan. All those other places are.
If you want to live in Manhattan, you have to accept the noise.
If you want to live in Park Slope, the noise is optional.
Oh, and Chinatown? Who’s spending gobs of money to live there?
What’s with all the “If I were spending that kind of money I wouldn’t live on a noisy street stuff?”
People pay MILLIONS to live in the Plaza (on the corner of tourist trap and Central Park South), gazillions to live at 15 Central Park West on the corner of Broadway and Central Park West, buttwads to live in converted lofts in Soho, Chinatown, East Village, etc etc etc.
Why would this be any different? This is an absolutely terrific location.
If you don’t like the place itself, fine. But the noisy complaint doesn’t really hold up.
City noise is fine if you are living in midtown Manhattan and there is no escaping it, but I don’t see the point in moving to park slope, where 95% of the blocks are pretty darn quiet, and picking one of the loudest spots in the neighborhood.
I live a few blocks from there and commute via the 2/3 at Bergen/Flatbush daily, so I know the area pretty well.
It is a great neighborhood and Park Place is a great street, but the traffic noise (buses, emergency vehicles, trucks) from Flatbush is pretty much nonstop. And most weekday mornings you can count on bumper-to-bumper traffic (and honking) from about prospect park to the bridge.
For that money, you can find a nice place within a few blocks of there that will have all the advantages of the north slope without the ambulance sirens at 1:30am or the honking and rumbling of the morning rush hour.
Just my $0.02. I understand different people like different things, but who the heck likes bus noise?
I found them very unattractive. There is no central heating, but those big window units that motels have. The room shapes are odd with pillars here and there in the middle of the rooms – I guess they hold up the building. I can’t imagine anyone paid a premium to live there.
Park Place is a nice street, I would move there if I had the money.
Lived on this block for many years- don’t anymore, but it’s a special little block. Insofar as people with 7 figures to spend are buying in Park Slope at all, it totally makes sense that they would buy here.
Strong block association (and many of the new condo people are now active on it.) Lots of trees. No real problem with Flatbush- it always seemed further than it actually was- partially because of the 7th ave intersection butting in between. It’s a block that’s included in the historic disrict- and people take very good care of their houses. The transportation options are park access are great from here- 2/3 and Q all close by. Atlantic Ave is walkable. The park is close, and so is Fort Greene and Prospect Heights.
Flatbush Ave between Bergen and the Park is really kind of sleepy- especially at night. The traffic kind of falls off around the mall and picks back up again after the park. There aren’t a lot of late night businesses.
Some people live in cities because they actually enjoy the noise, energy and movement of people. And its also a new condo building which attracts a different type of resident compared to your average brownstone homeowner. Different strokes for different folks. 🙂
I don’t understand why people who can afford 7 figures for their living space would knowningly move into such a noisy location.
Even being on the other side of the building would help, but that kind of money I think I’d like at least 2 blocks between Flatbush and me.