Co-op of the Day: 160 Henry Street
Are there still buyers out there looking to drop $4,250,000 on a Brooklyn Heights co-op? We’ll find out soon. This 3,000-square-foot penthouse at 160 Henry Street just hit the market with that price tag. The photos look nice, for sure, but it’s really the floorplan that makes a better case for the high price. Now…
Are there still buyers out there looking to drop $4,250,000 on a Brooklyn Heights co-op? We’ll find out soon. This 3,000-square-foot penthouse at 160 Henry Street just hit the market with that price tag. The photos look nice, for sure, but it’s really the floorplan that makes a better case for the high price. Now that’s an apartment! Oh, in case you were wondering, you are allowed to use this place as a pied-a-terre. Phew.
160 Henry Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Of course Brooklyn has beautiful trees, but CP has many trees. If you have ever been in any of the apartments facing CPW or Fifth Avenue, or even CPS you will understand what I mean. When I say the same view, I mean the city views. I lived on Columbia Heights and the views are always the same, the only view that changes is perhaps the street views (the city is build by humans, nature is nature.) The views change especially when it snows, leaves change, rain, etc.
“If you are going to pay 4 million for an apartment, you better live on 5th avenue or cpw with views, that change from season to season of the park, instead of the same old views all the time.”
Why wouldn’t you see the seasons change from this apartment? There are trees in Brooklyn. And no view is ever the same twice, not season to season, day to day, nor even hour to hour.
I guess it all depends on who you are buying from, you could get a deal for $4 million (an apartment in need of TLC and has been in the same family for many many years) and of course much more. Did you ever hear of private sales, meaning not going through a top broker. When you go to a top broker you are also paying for rent, name, reputation and advertisment.They are so many deals that are done privately that you never really hear about.
“If you are going to pay 4 million for an apartment, you better live on 5th avenue or cpw with views, that change from season to season of the park, instead of the same old views all the time.”
Uum, it’s going to cost you just a liiiitle bit more than $4M to live on 5th Avenue with views of Central Park.
For a similar size apt, probably at least 4X more.
i live across the road from this apartment (and down the Henry St a bit).
your comment about parking is correct.
if you have $4 to spend you might also have a weekend place and there is no parking in the building – and no where near by to park either.
I dont think the maintenance fees are that high, we pay $1,000 a month for a little under 900sqft but thats because it’s a small 8 apt building and we own 2 of the apts (now combined) – and nope no doorman here…. or maintenance people either.
the views would be great, BUT not entirely unobstructed (eg i dont think you can see liberty from there as there is a taller building about 300 meters east between you and the harbour but yes you would have a great view of manhattan and pretty much zero chance of being built out because of the density in henry st etc.
this being said, those bedrooms really are very small for a $4m apartment, and although i’d probably be one of those people who come in and rip the guts out of it in an update (and i did spend 15 minutes last week thinking of a design that would work) i think by the time you finish updating it you would be $1.2-1.5 into renovation costs – at $5.5m there are far better apartments.
There was also a $3m sale of a carriage house in college lane about 150 meters away (I have no idea how they got that much for it though looking from the outside).
Will they get the money probably (or close to it) only because there is a real lack of alternatives in brooklyn heights so for the right person (and it only takes one) it wouldn’t be a problem to spend that money.
Would i stay living in brooklyn heights if i was spending $4m maybe probably i love being able to chose from 3 subways all within 800 meters and the area is nice – however there is a lack of good restaurants which i find a continual problem since i moved here.
Cheers,
Dean
If you are going to pay 4 million for an apartment, you better live on 5th avenue or cpw with views, that change from season to season of the park, instead of the same old views all the time. This is an apartment building and not a great one, I believe just about 4 or 5 years ago this use to be a rental building. The layout is fabulous, but the maintence is very high. You better have alot of money to pay each month. Someone could probably purchase this apartment for about $3 million all cash. I bet the developers will take it! I will check to see if I am right when it closes. Does it come with parking too?, probably not. The bedrooms seem very small in size.
abattoir is a slaughterhouse. jeez, do i always have to be the polished articulate one here?
No, English.
Abattoir? What are ya? Rorschach?