Co-op of the Day: 495 1st Street, #2
We’re hot-to-trot for this one-bedroom co-op at 495 1st Street in Park Slope. Sure, we wish it were a tad bigger but for one person this would be a great pad. Admittedly, we’re seduced by the gorgeous woodwork—but the private deck doesn’t hurt either. The monthly maintenance is a low $375. And what about that…
We’re hot-to-trot for this one-bedroom co-op at 495 1st Street in Park Slope. Sure, we wish it were a tad bigger but for one person this would be a great pad. Admittedly, we’re seduced by the gorgeous woodwork—but the private deck doesn’t hurt either. The monthly maintenance is a low $375. And what about that asking price of $575,000? Too much?
495 1st Street, #2 [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
sam, this LR is also 17 feet wide, most 1 bedrooms lrs were at best 12 feet wide.
If I can manage(as well as mark bittman) to cook for 14 with my 45 sq foot kitchen, this 60 sq foot would be a dream.
Oh, and as to area. I agree. If you never leave your home, then go live in Forest Hills – plenty of space there and a quick 20 minute E/F ride into midtown. And if you are lietrally home 20 minutes a day, then sure, live in a box like that couple that bought the 100 square foot coop up near Columbia University. But for many adults in this city – its about both. You want to live in a neighborhood that you enjoy walking around every day, where you are near your friends, that is near your park, your gym, amenities, or whatever else is important to you. But you also want to live and spend time in a home that you love being in – and for many that means a decent space for coexisting adults. This is a site about housing, isnt it…
As a born and bred NYer, I have been in hundreds of one-bedrooms, and this is not large, by any means. Check out one-bedrooms in many pre-war buildings, and you’ll see the difference. 20-foot living rooms, separate kitchens, usable foyers. Alcove dining areas. If you cannot fit a usable dining table into the apartment, its not large. Its doable for a couple on a budget, sure, and the layout for the square footage is better than many, but its far from ideal. When you are in your early-mid 20s, and you have dorm living as your only comparison, then this is grand. But for an adult couple, its way too small. You either can sit on the couch in the LR or lie on the bed in the BR. (Not to mention the fact that the kitchen is open to the main room, which further limits your ability to get your own space). Entertaining is tough, and having one person get work done, while the other cooks or watches tv, is difficult. Doable but far from ideal for a couple that actually lives in their home.
m4l, I’m not so sure, that kitchen is bigger and it’s an easier climb out to the deck.
11217, funny. Had friends up to the lake and one said “This reminds me of Lake Lucerne”. Mother almost choked on vodka tonic.
North Jersey….Europe…same difference.
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I’m on your page. As I often seem to be.
Aren’t Park Slope one bedrooms the new two bedrooms? When I moved into my Park Slope one-bed in 2001, most of the one beds in my building were owned and occupied by one person. Since that time, almost every one-bed that has sold in my building has been purchased by a couple. Often a couple who quickly has a baby. I think it is absurd to raise a child in one bed, but apparently my neighbors don’t agree.
11217, I’m from North Jersey. Home boddies we weren’t. If one worked from home then maybe this space too small. I know a couple in southhampton who have a 7K square foot mcmansion for 2 people. All about ego. Some just don’t escape high school. That second bedroom commands a premium but in most cases on a sq foot basis it wasn’t worth it.
Oh I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Ditmas. I love that place.
Another place for you to try if you haven’t already is Lot 2 on 20th Street and 6th Avenue. There’s also a great vintage store next door called Robert Henry Vintage. And they’re open till 9pm Wed-Sunday. Such great stuff.
The new Giuseppina’s (Lucali spinoff) is also opening on that corner but nothin’ yet.
HIGHLY recommend Lot 2 though. Their dinner is great and then they do a “sunday supper” price fix for $25. SOOO GOOD.