Co-op of the Day: 90 Prospect Park West, #3R
This new listing at 90 Prospect Park West has a lot going for it—prewar charm, park views, lots of rooms—but is also has some challenges: railroad-y layout, small bedrooms and no doorman or elevator. The woodwork in the dining room is particularly impressive, though, as is the $825 maintenance, so there are bound to be…
This new listing at 90 Prospect Park West has a lot going for it—prewar charm, park views, lots of rooms—but is also has some challenges: railroad-y layout, small bedrooms and no doorman or elevator. The woodwork in the dining room is particularly impressive, though, as is the $825 maintenance, so there are bound to be plenty of families eager to take a look, despite the asking price of $1,295,000. Where do you think this ends up selling?
90 Prospect Park West, #3R [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
And I might add: Our rent was $86 per month. (Which Dad thought exorbitant.)
Edmiha: Which is exactly the gap apartments like this one (and my family’s old place) were built to fill. A “step up” for turn-of-the-century middle-class families who couldn’t afford a whole house but wanted facsimiles of the real thing (formal “public rooms”; bedrooms in their own wing; a little row house laid on its side). Remarkable how times change but somehow manage to stay the same.
I’ve always wondered why there weren’t more apartments in PS with these dimensions (3 real BRs and 2 baths). We live in a 2 BR/1 bath and feel certain that we’ll have to move soon (2 little kids). But the 3 BR/2 bath options in our price range (800 to maybe 1.1) seem to be limited to new-construction condos or houses in questionable condition. I have to believe there are thousands of families in PS and the surrounding areas that are looking to move up to 3 real BRs/2 baths, and aren’t happy with the options. I’d love to see this apt in a slightly less desirable location for 950…I’d make an offer. But such apartments just don’t seem to exist–there seems to be a gap in PS real estate between 2 BR/1 bath apts, which are too small, and houses, which are too expensive…
There was a building with layouts somewhat like this (one fewer bedroom, no dining) on Sterling Pl. off Flatbush. They sold in no time. I think they were about $900K and up and the finishes weren’t anything special. Obviously this location is superior and existing detail is worth something. The Sterling building had an elevator, but the view was of the delivery door at Natural Land.
As a youngster in the ’50s and ’60s, I lived in an apartment very much like this (but with only ONE bathroom) in a family of five (with three kids). It was great!
I suspect the kitchen here was reconfigured to provide a second bathroom. Lost: the pantry/serving area that was typical for apartments of this type and vintage.
Our pantry always held a power over me. It’s where my parents found letters hidden behind the cabinets. They were from German Jews begging Brooklyn relatives to sponsor their flight from the Nazis.
I remember my mother trembling at the swastikas on the old envelopes. Dad called in a German friend who translated them for us. The letters were increasingly desperate. Ultimately, we contributed them to what Dad called “a Jewish institution.” (Which one, he didn’t say.)
Because the apartment’s former tenant was an elderly lady who died, we never learned her family’s fate. And whenever I walked through the pantry I’d glance around wondering what other secrets might be hidden in the place.
Nostalgic on Park Avenue
Like the layout, has three exposures and two bathrooms. Just wonder which floor?
What’s wrong with this layout? Bedrooms in back, as they should be, as are the bathrooms. Price seems a tad steep but it’s on the park and has 3 usable br’s. Should easily clear 1.1 million. I think.
love the layout.
could this have of been 2 apartments combined?
This is too close to the notorious bike lane.