Co-op of the Day: 141 Lafayette Avenue
As anyone who’s ever been in the courtyard of 141 Lafayette Avenue can tell you, this 21-unit co-op is one charmer of a building. (The casement windows seal the deal for us.) This two-bedroom apartment has lots of original architectural detail and plenty of windows; the one drawback, for some, may be that there’s only…
As anyone who’s ever been in the courtyard of 141 Lafayette Avenue can tell you, this 21-unit co-op is one charmer of a building. (The casement windows seal the deal for us.) This two-bedroom apartment has lots of original architectural detail and plenty of windows; the one drawback, for some, may be that there’s only one bathroom. The 950-square-foot pad has a monthly maintenance of $744 and is asking $635,000. There are open houses on Saturday and Sunday this weekend from 2 to 4 p.m.
141 Lafayette Avenue [FSBO/NYT] GMAP P*Shark
As a member of the Coop concerned, let me add a few comments to this conversation. The last 2-bedroom to sell in this building was offered at $685,000 two years ago and sold for the full asking price after the first open house. In this context, $635,000 seems like a good price, even in the present economy. The apartment was completely renovated four years ago, including the kitchen and bathroom. The windows have been aligned and tightened in the last couple of years and are as air-tight as they can be. A new roof was put on the building two years ago. The back garden is indeed beautiful. As is Fort Greene in general. And the neighbors are friendly.
How does this one compare. I think that it is in a better location, although in PH, because it is close to all trains, close to the park and not only the stuff on Vanderbilt, but close to PS and FG http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/detail/253-NS81112645/250-PARK-PLACE–11238
11217,
Oh, I thought you were in FG they way you support the neighborhood. By the way, cohousing is not “commune living”. The project the Brooklyn Cohousing group has put together looks rather high-end.
I like the flea market though it caters more to a younger crowd. I have bought some nice things, not so cheap but reasonable for what they are. Aside from the trendy furniture people this summer (bought nothing from them but took their cards), I keep gravitating (and buying in some cases) the nicer (best in my opinion) things I come across.
Admittedly, there is a lot of junk there but some nice things too. One vendor who only came about 5 times had to be the oldest vendor there and carried very nice historic (mostly American and some British) silver and Staffordshire and we just picked up some very nice chairs the Sunday before last…all things we don’t need most probably when all is said and done!
Thanks BrooklynGreene, but please don’t lump me and racist, bigoted PropJoe in the same sentence again. I might come across as abrasive sometimes (it’s mostly my dry sense of humor, I think), but I am nothing if not welcoming of ALL people and races.
Good luck with the Potluck Party on Friday…sounds fun!
I think that co-housing thing sounds really interesting. I’ve often had fantasies of commune living.
I’m quite happy with my pad down in Park Slope, although.
I’m looking forward to heading up your way on Sunday…it’s been a while since I’ve hit the Flea and I’m excited to check out the new holiday section indoors!
Oops!
“They I certainly cannot…”
READ: “Though I certainly cannot…”
Sorry…chalk it up to age!
Brooklyns_da_Boro,
That building is nice but it is on Atlantic Avenue in Clinton Hill, not prime Fort Greene near all the subways, park, shopping and farmers’ market.
In terms of storm windows, you can have sliders or in-swing casements made. They do help a lot. It is kind of too bad the people who converted these townhouses last century did not keep the original window configurations though.
I guess by 1920 they considered brownstone and period brick rowhouses to be the living end, hence the “Tudor” redo. It probably seemed quite stylish at the time.
the chicken,
Did you actually to post rentals (rather cruddy ones), some in Prospect Heights, as a comparison to this coop for sale? Also, the one on Prospect place is really a one bedroom considering the layout…and can come as a furnished rental if required. These are a bit different from the coop being discussed.
11217 and PropJoe,
They I certainly cannot always agree with the two of you (for different reasons of course), I appreciate your Fort Greene enthusiasm!!! I hope you make it to Friday’s Fort Greene Association Holiday Potluck Party hosted this year at the art space 138 S. Oxford in the Oak Room. I thought Roslyn H. would finally have her house finished up enough to host it this year but I guess we’ll have to wait until 2009. See you there!!!
PS, considering your pro-Fort Greene stance, the two of you should look into the cohousing Carlton Muse project. You might get a kick out of it!
This is about as prime a location as it gets in Ft. Greene.
Terrific pad.
Hi Chicken.
The first listing is in Prospect Heights, about a mile or so away. Might be nice, but not sure of what block of Prospect Place it is on – in any event it would be worth a look, even though it is in a different neighborhood.
Second one on St. James is in Clinton Hill and is not as good of a location.
Last one is not a good location either, on Cumberland between Atlantic and Fulton – right beside the footprint for Atlantic Yards.
Brooklyn da Boro’s listing for the condo on the corner of Atlantic and Washington in Clinton Hill looks ok, but the location is not as good, especially with busy Atlantic.
I sold a place near this FSBO coop years ago. The location is key – lots of interest because of that (plus the strong market 4 years ago). If you were familiar with Fort Greene, you’d know what I mean about the location.
Just a quick note:
The main building in this coop is really multiple brick rowhouses made to look like one unit in the 1920’s/early 30’s and the underlying houses date from the 1850’s I believe. The buildings actually have quite a bit of the 19th century detail. The conversion was a way for buildings that were single family homes that might have had boarders to be transformed into aparments, one per floor.
The coop includes the smaller house to the right set back a little farther (quite an attraction for pedestrians and strollers) which has the ground floor unit opening on the street side and the upper unit accessed via the backyard and the small Tudor style (Americana Collegiate?) from the 1920’s or 30’s that sits behind the main buildings in the backyard.
I have known many people who have lived or who still live in these apartments.