Co-op of the Day: 59 Pineapple Street, #5I
While we weren’t able to find a floorplan on the listing, this one-bedroom at 59 Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights looks like a nice apartment, the only major drawback (for some) being the lack of a separate kitchen. Otherwise, it has a cozy, prewar feel to it and a tolerable monthly maintenance of $718. Asking…
While we weren’t able to find a floorplan on the listing, this one-bedroom at 59 Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights looks like a nice apartment, the only major drawback (for some) being the lack of a separate kitchen. Otherwise, it has a cozy, prewar feel to it and a tolerable monthly maintenance of $718. Asking price: $449,000. Too pricey?
59 Pineapple Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
These are small apartments. The block is not one of the nicest ones; there is construction going on (empty lot near the corner of Henry). The building is charming, but I can’t imagine this is going 400K any time soon.
The widget has disappeared. I vote $275,000.
Ugh. This is a two room apt. In Brooklyn Heights. Ugh ugh ugh.
Someone said the other day that some widget users seem to be intentionally trying to drive price down but I think the opposite may be true. I mean, who could seriously think this would sell for $628K? Same thing was happening with HOTD today, where some appraisals came in so much higher than ask that it was patently absurd and I can only surmise some desperate measure to drive up the average, from an owner freaking out by what’s happening these days. (Sebb?)
Back before the last real estate bubble, an apartment with a kitchen like this would have been called an efficiency. Thus not a real one bedroom.
you both are probably right. . .but OTOH, from the listing
Pvt. Outdoor Space: Yes
We seem to be sharing a brain lately, Snark.
Jinx, you owe me a coke. Or a dirty martini.
As many of you probably know Brooklyn Heights has a lot of apartments with really, really tiny kitchens. This one probably used to have a wall and door. If a renovation is done well, a tiny kitchen can be great.
I had a place on Henry near Pierrepont in the Heights with a 4′ by 8′ kitchen and a full window on the short wall. I was able to put in a small island and grab a little space on the inside return wall to put in a 1 deep recessed pantry. It ended up being a great kitchen to store all I wanted and cooking was a pleasure.
For benchmarks, that apartment was about 575 sf and sold in 2002 for $295K. Maintenance is now about $100/month less than this place.