Co-op of the Day: 200 Hicks Street
This three-bedroom co-op at 200 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights is gorgeous. The recent renovation managed to inject a modern, light feel to the place without stripping it of its prewar character. (For some reason, we don’t even mind the recessed light–perhaps because it’s embedded in the soffit.) While the listing doesn’t say so explicitly,…
This three-bedroom co-op at 200 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights is gorgeous. The recent renovation managed to inject a modern, light feel to the place without stripping it of its prewar character. (For some reason, we don’t even mind the recessed light–perhaps because it’s embedded in the soffit.) While the listing doesn’t say so explicitly, we’re guessing that this is the ground floor unit, based upon the shape and size of the windows. This is the only negative we can find with this place, but it may prove to be a meaningful one given the asking price of $1,995,000. Thoughts?
200 Hicks Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
“If they get ask, they’ll be LUCKY to get a 950 sf, 2 bedroom for the same price in London. Remember that when you say NYC is outrgaeous. In the major world city category, it is actually still quite inexpensive.”
That is because the dollar has CRASHED AND IS WORTHLESS! Actual prices in London, Paris, etc are not that expensive if you are earning pounds or Euros. NYC is only a tad cheaper because our currency is crap.
it’s 1.995.
not 2.1
I’m glad that the loft like flare didn’t start a fire!
I’m in the 21st century but thanks for the concern. Paying 2.1 for an APARTMENT anywhere is idiotic.
This is one of the best apartment houses in Brooklyn Heights.
Lovely, sturdy gorgeous old building.
People are buying the prestige of living in a building filled with multi millionaires and yes…even a billionaire or two…
There is status here tho. 200 Hicks is nice building. See it? In that picture there? There are only 2 apartments per floor and a couple apartments are full floor. Also part of this co-op is the building behind it (also pictured). Btw the two buildings there are only 17 units. It’s full of pretty impressive people that you’d know about if you knew anything about Wall Street.
4:43…
I live in Park Slope and I’d guess that a good 20-30% of my neighbors on my block used to live/own on the Upper West Side, so not really sure all of them can be chalked up as brokers. A lot of them do indeed move to Brooklyn.
“brownstoner readers don’t get this kind of place — but there is an audience”
I agree!
I think Stoner puts these listings up every so often so as to rile up the “but you could buy a whole house instead!” contingent. It works every time.
To the brokers spouting about how cheap this place is compared to Manhattan:
Please show me comps for other apts in Bklyn! That’s really the only way to make sense of price. Course, til we know what true sf is, it’s hard to say what psf is for this place – folks on this list estimate 1200-1700 which is a huge variation.
Though I do wonder what happens to comps in a softening market?