Co-op of the Day: 374 South 2nd Street, #38
This one-bedroom at 374 South 2nd Street in Williamsburg isn’t going to end up on the pages of Architectural Digest anytime soon but, at $227,000, might be a good starter apartment for some young whippersnapper. The 525-square-foot apartment has a little old-school charm in the form of the living room wall and the bathroom and…

This one-bedroom at 374 South 2nd Street in Williamsburg isn’t going to end up on the pages of Architectural Digest anytime soon but, at $227,000, might be a good starter apartment for some young whippersnapper. The 525-square-foot apartment has a little old-school charm in the form of the living room wall and the bathroom and kitchen look perfectly functional. Waddya think?
374 South 2nd Street, #38 [OLR] GMAP P*Shark
agree with wine lover
go see the building, and especially who lives there
then you will see why its only 227,000
might be one of those buildings that i avoid the entire block so i don’t have to walk by
you guys don’t understand this building. there’s several on the southside that got in a bunch of very low income buyers years ago. this is not a regular market type of building and has nothing to do with new condos. i know someone who was able to buy a small 2 bed rm because she came into some money for a down payment but has a very low income. she’s happy, but it needed a fair amount of work and had to join the board immediately because thee place was run like a corrupt 3rd world country. she and some others uncovered fraud, stealing, placement of renters that was illegal, and also run of the mill terrible management.
i cannot see any parents buying for their kids, altho maybe.
williamsburg is pretty large geographically, and taking a psf price for the hood as a whole won’t help you get a low psf price in prime (north/west) burg in the 94th (very safe) precinct. the south and way east parts are whole different ball of wax.
I would really like to see a floor plan.
Vessel sinks ought to be the symbol of the real estate bubble, they were so trendy then and are now so out. And yes, the water gets all over the place. But it is easy to switch the sink — cost you about $60 to pay a handyman plumber person to put in a wall-hung sink. The selective brick exposure is also an abomination, but I guess that can be fixed too.
This area is a teeny bit sketch compared to the rest of gentrified Williamsburg, but it’s no problem. It’s latino. There’s Taco Bite there and you’re close to the Hasidic stuff on the other side of Broadway. The Lorimer L stop area is also easy to walk to.
Seems like a good price and yes, like Rob, I have also heard that these kinds of apartments are frequently bought by parents for college students, which just seems like a pathetic abuse of the whole point.
It’s nice for what it is – a starter apartment on a fringe block. A price around $227k is probably about right (bowl sink and all). The income restriction is indeed absurd, but makes sense if coupled with some sort of down payment assistance.
OK. But you still might be a comic genius.
Judgeing by the map, this place is in Illinois, so forget that.
Actually, the pocket this is in is not a bad area. Equi-distance to the JMZ and the LG make it work.
Someone could be very happy here.
i didnt make up “grrrrrob”
*rob*
Put me down for a ridiculous also, I hate those bowl sinks, they look so out of place in a tenement.
Also, the upper kitchen cabinets are way to high, I would need a step ladder to get into them.