Co-op of the Day: 152 Prospect Park West, #4B
The living areas of this 1,100-square-foot co-op at 152 Prospect Park West in Park Slope, with their detailed woodwork and plaster work, are gorgeous. The kitchen and baths? Not so much. The two-bedroom apartment has been on the market for about two months at $775,000, and there’s an open house tonight from 5:30 to 7:30….
The living areas of this 1,100-square-foot co-op at 152 Prospect Park West in Park Slope, with their detailed woodwork and plaster work, are gorgeous. The kitchen and baths? Not so much. The two-bedroom apartment has been on the market for about two months at $775,000, and there’s an open house tonight from 5:30 to 7:30. You like?
152 Prospect Park West, #4B [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Nomi, it appears the living room area was once divided into two rooms — presumably a double parlor. One of the photos of the living room clearly shows where the former walls/arch/grille was — you can see the divisions on the ceiling and in the floor patterns.
I presume the other rooms haven’t changed (except for turning the back bedroom into a walk-in closet with a window).
Mopar, can you explain that more for me? Where would a double parlor have been? Are you saying the kitchen was not originally where it is now?
“The two bedrooms opening right up into the living room. It would feel really uncomfortable.”
Somebody made an unfortunate decision to “open up the space” and “add storage” by eliminating the front hallway/double parlor and putting closets in the third bedroom. Oops! Bad move.
Why do some people on this site get hung up on the definition of “bedroom.”
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Because 90% of people filter real estate ads in NYC by # of bedrooms.
When you lie about the # of bedrooms, you make people who would have ignored your ad pay attention to it.
This wastes their time.
Time is money.
So you are stealing from them.
This pisses them off.
QED.
Why do some people on this site get hung up on the definition of “bedroom.” People aren’t idiots; they can see what rooms are suitable for sleeping and what aren’t. It’s not like the Housing Dept. is going to conduct midnight raids and steal all the children who are sleeping in windowless rooms, or converted dining areas, or “home offices.”
Oh Sam, too bad you posted this too late to be considered for QOTD, that was really very good.
sam — all good points, but you must admit that being across the street from Prospect Park this place at least has some quality outdoor space.
Only in New York would a modern American family even dream of spending over half a million dollars to live in a fourth floor walk-up with no washer/drier, no second bath, and a closet for a bedroom. Not to mention no parking, no outdoor space and no second means of egress in case of fire. Compare that with what most poor families get in any housing project namely: fireproof construction, elevators, outdoor recreation space, parking, and two bathrooms.
> You can’t actually put a bed in that room AND open the closet doors!
Put submarine style bunkbeds in each of those closets and you could sleep 4-8 people. At $200/mo each, that’s a good chunk of your mortgage.