Co-op of the Day: 30 Monroe Place, #5A
This one-bedroom at 30 Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights is described in the listing as “magnificent” but we think “mediocre” might be a better adjective. The fifth-floor unit is perfectly nice but it’s a postwar apartment to start with (so low ceilings and no moldings) and a recent renovation didn’t help the aesthetic cause too…
This one-bedroom at 30 Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights is described in the listing as “magnificent” but we think “mediocre” might be a better adjective. The fifth-floor unit is perfectly nice but it’s a postwar apartment to start with (so low ceilings and no moldings) and a recent renovation didn’t help the aesthetic cause too much in our opinion. Still, it’s a very nice location and the building has a new roof deck. The monthly maintenance is $680 and the asking price is $495,000. Seems at least 20 percent overpriced to us.
30 Monroe Place, #5A [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
BRG, I looked at it. No way to make even a small 2 bedroom out of it. You would need to cut A LOT of holes around to make it work. :o)
Ha^^^^^^. That made me laugh.
“That was back in the good old days, before 575sf was considered enough space for a 2br condo.”
Now that you mention it. This could be converted into a 2-bedroom. That Dining Alcove while only 5′-8″ wide seems ideal for a ‘bedroom’….how long is a bed? A crib?
Don’t care for the closetless chamber being right where you enter. But I don’t see this as being SO overpriced for Brooklyn Heights.
Table in Dining Alcove changes places in the photos.
> “That would have been one BIG studio (about 575 sq. ft.)”
That was back in the good old days, before 575sf was considered enough space for a 2br condo.
more than the usual animosity towards Brooklyn Heights today. Those of us in other neighborhoods should remember that the recovery will probably begin in prime blocks like Monroe Place and from there head out to the various and sundry Park Slopes and Park Slope spillover catchment areas and perhaps from there to the hipper but poorer neibs.
It doesn’t look like a converted Studio. That would have been one BIG studio (about 575 sq. ft.)
The living room is a very nice size.
It’s actually a pretty decent layout.
That’s a decent part of BH, although I’d prefer to be further from Cadman Plaza. But, for that price, I’d expect a mint kitchen, and it doesn’t have one. Actually, I’d probably want to gut the kitchen- looks like a mediocre rental-building kitchen.
Yep, definitely looks like a converted studio based on small size & location of main bedroom, layout, and photo of foyer area. Very pretty block, however. Guess it will sell 20-25% lower.