Co-op of the Day: 2 Grace Court

“There are entire families in this world that get by in a one room bamboo hut.”

Is it a doorman hut? Manhattan views?

This appartment looks like a 1 bedroom in stuy town. What do those rent for these days?

so basically…the one on 8th avenue from yesterday is way better…

Let me put an end to all the speculation here… I went to an open house at this apartment a few months ago. First off, it needs better staging. The realtor should tell the owner how to place the furniture so it shows better. That open kitchen archway is a great selling point but how can a buyer envision the potential if it’s blocked by a couch and kitchen furniture?

While this was obviously originally a one bedroom with a seperate dining room/den complete with french doors, the second bedroom is a full size room. There is a closet right outside the second bedroom. Anyone who is familiar with pre-war apartment buildings in Brooklyn knows it’s not uncommon to have a bedroom without a closet and instead find several closets for that room in a hallway. I grew up in an apartment building on Kings Highway that was exactly like this.

If the lack of a closet inside the bedroom is of such a big concern, it would cost only a few hundred dollars plus labor costs to construct a closet in the room. There is definitely enough room to do so. There is also enough room for a full size dining table in the living room/foyer area.

There is a tremendous amount of closet space in the master bedroom. Although, I can’t imagnine anyone wanting to keep the floor to ceiling mirror doors in place. Mirror walls/doors = tacky.

The apartment building itself is very well kept and a desirable place to live, especially given it’s close proximity to the promenade and a roof top deck with a view of the Manhattan skyline that is almost impossible to beat. The roof top deck is enormous.

The biggest drawback to this apartment is that the building is situated right next to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway where it turns away from Atlantic Avenue and enters the space below the promenade. Sound is obviously an issue because in addition to the primary windows, there are secondary windows built into some of the room. In other words, there is no window sill space because it’s taken up by two windows placed back to back. Picture having to open up your window twice every time you want to let in some air. While this may be a reason to pass on this apartment for some people, the fact is there are new, sound proof window technologies out there. A new owner could potentially replace both sets of windows with one window and sufficiently block out the noise of the BQE. My friend moved into a new apartment on Atlantic Avenue right by 4th Avenue. She has these sound proofing windows in place and when they are closed, you can’t hear the traffic on Atlantic Avenue inside her apartment at all.

And to the poster at 1:18, if you have that much closet space and you still feel like you need more, you need to get rid of some of your crap my friend! You’ve got way too many possessions. There are entire families in this world that get by in a one room bamboo hut. And you don’t think you’ve got adequate closet space? Seriously, time to take stock in what’s an important possession and what’s just taking up space.

The seller definitely has a problem, though, if the same apartment two flights up sold for that much less as a one bedroom. Thanks for the info 1:25 PM.

No park, sorry.