Co-op of the Day: 147 South Oxford Street, #3C
This two-bedroom at 147 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene looks like one of the better deals we’ve seen in a while. Even discounting the fact that the pre-war apartment has magazine-worthy stylings, the asking price of $525,000 for a real two-bedroom in an elevator building so close to the C train seems very reasonable…
This two-bedroom at 147 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene looks like one of the better deals we’ve seen in a while. Even discounting the fact that the pre-war apartment has magazine-worthy stylings, the asking price of $525,000 for a real two-bedroom in an elevator building so close to the C train seems very reasonable to us. Decide for yourself: There’s an open house tomorrow from 5 to 6:30.
147 South Oxford Street, #3C [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
FYI, the apartment does not face the Atlantic Yards, and should not be affected by any construction that may or may not ever happen there. And yes, eminent domain sucks, but do we really want train yards there? Have you no vision? Wouldn’t it be better for the community if there was some development there – even if it were a park? And as far as this not being the prime Fort Greene spot…if it were on the park, you’d be spending a whole lot more. And if walking 3 blocks to the park is too much for you, then I feel sorry for you.
The bedrooms are small — but bedrooms aren’t for entertaining or hanging out, they’re for sleeping, and other, um, bed-centric activities.
The place works well for someone who lives alone and wants a separate bedroom for an office, or for a young family who seriously needs a separate bedroom for the kid but can’t afford to pay more. Or maybe for parents buying for two siblings.
If the bedrooms each had another ten square feet, you’d be paying an extra 100 grand for the place. Also an extra 100 grand if this were in a building on the west side of Fulton. Anyway, my opinion — Fulton is much more interesting (and has more conveniences) than DeKalb.
i saw 9 of these apt. in 1999. Eva Daniels was selling for the owner (he owned all 9). There was a co-op issue with 1 person owning that many units. They ranged from 1-2 bedrooms. The 1 bedrooms were nicer and larger but again 1 bedroom. The 2 bedrooms all had small bedrooms. The owner was being forced to sell by the board and was offering 100% financing (thru himself). The most expensive apt was $190k – which i thought was alot, almost 10 years ago. I was single and passed. Had a few regrets but ending up buying a brownstone in bedstuy in 2003. So i still made out. I have a friend that still lives in the building and it is quiet and very pleasant. Close to all transportation.
Yes, close to the C train, Brownstoner…AND two minutes up from all the trains at Altantic-Pacific, hello.
There are some very nice houses and institutional buildings on that block. There’s the yellow set back clapboard house with the big front garden and the huge, interesting brick Florentine-styled Henry James era building (using “Henry James era” the way anything from 1950 is now sold as “Eames era”).
The apartment looks a little small to me but my perspective is skewed.
My aren’t you snotty, on the parkway. I’ve done my research – thus the “i knows” in parenthesis. I was trying to pre-empt comments exactly like yours.
my bust: *bedrooms*
not only are the bathrooms ridiculously small, they are both placed awkwardly. One at the entrance and the other looks like it’s off the “dining room”. The pictures aren’t much help, either.
verovee, the broker is paid to say stuff like that. . . do some research, please
I went to the open house last weekend. Very cute apartment and I think it is reasonably priced. There is already a dining room “nook” so I don’t know about the conversion of the dining room into a bedroom. We actually thought it would work better to open up that bedroom and combine with the dining area to make a bigger bedroom and use that as the master bedroom. AS it is now the master bedroom is teeny. Barely room to move around the bed that is there; no room for a dresser or much of anything else in there besides the bed. Both bedrooms are currently baby sized- would seem roomy enough for a crib, but not roomy enough for adults.
Also I had the same thought about it facing Atlantic Yards. Was assured by the broker (I know, I know) that it was too far down and away from the footprint and therefore the sunlight (which is currently good) wouldn’t suffer.