Co-op of the Day: 41 Eastern Parkway, #7A
Apartment 7A at 41 Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights hit the market three weeks ago with a price tag of $1,399,000 but has already undergone a price cut to $1,295,000. The classic seven apartment has a nice open common area and a total of 13 windows; its monthly maintenance is also a reasonable $1,633 considering…
Apartment 7A at 41 Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights hit the market three weeks ago with a price tag of $1,399,000 but has already undergone a price cut to $1,295,000. The classic seven apartment has a nice open common area and a total of 13 windows; its monthly maintenance is also a reasonable $1,633 considering you’re getting 1,826 square feet of space in a full-service doorman building. We’re not loving the look of the kitchen, but it does appear to have been renovated recently.
41 Eastern Parkway, #7A [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
truly beautiful living space, a lovely walk to the slope while all things near east improve…
What a beautiful space.
If you are paid a salary, you can tweak your withholding so you don’t get a huge tax refund every 12 months. That’s what we do. Ignoring the first 20 posts of gibberish on this thread, if this place was, say, 1,000 yards to the southwest it would be much more desirable. I don’t know the schools in this zone, but I’m sure they’re not as good as those in Park Slope, and this is very clearly a family apartment, with 2 kid size bedrooms. Methinks they chopped too fast, btw. Any one with any sense will smell desperation here.
Brownstoner:
This was one of the buildings I always admired growing up in Crown Heights during the 1950s.
Although I had many friends along the parkway, I didn’t know anybody in this building and could only wonder what life inside was like.
For a little kid, the building’s height, neo-Classical details, and enormous canopy spoke of comfort and luxury. And the name, Copley Plaza, made me think of the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, adding to its attraction.
And the location! Right opposite the entrance to the children’s section of the Brooklyn Public Library and across the way from Prospect Park. Could anything be better?
Back then, air conditioners weren’t universal as they are now, so in spring and summer months people in the building left their windows open, making it possible to see into the big volumes of rooms on the other side of curtains rustling in the breeze. On my way to the library or park, I’d always be sure to glance up, imagining watching Brooklyn from on high.
Turner Towers, where I had friends, was competitive with #41, but #41 gave a better impression from the street, especially with its marble and bronze-trimmed lobby visible through revolving doors — another of the building’s features which made it seem Brooklyn’s best apartment house.
Even then, however, the Copley Plaza wasn’t in the best shape. One of the revolving doors had been replaced by ordinary swing doors and the lobby was stripped of furniture. But these losses only seemed to add an enticing wistfulness to the place. If it was grand then, it was once even grander.
Come to think of it, the Copley Plaza set my standard for an apartment in New York, which is why I live where I do now.
Nostalgic on Park Avenue
Shows a definite downturn in the market (good frm my perspective, since I like the apartments in this building). I looked at a similarly-sized apartment in the same building (somewhat better layout, but in need of a lot of work) about 4-6 months ago, and it was listed for $1.5 mm, sold, I think, for about $1.4.
Interesting counterpoint to On Prospect. Seems a bit high and maintenance is high also.
Very funny.
Someone called????
This apartment might be very attractive if they hadn’t knocked down all the walls between the foyer, dining room, and living room. The kitchen is in very bad taste. It needs a Wall St. felon to fix it up.