Co-op of the Day: 62 Montague Street, #7D
This new FSBO listing in the Brownstoner Marketplace isn’t huge (650 square feet) but it has a lot of charm; located at 62 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, it’s also got a great location. The bedroom looks on the small side but the kitchen and living area is very light and has lots of original…
This new FSBO listing in the Brownstoner Marketplace isn’t huge (650 square feet) but it has a lot of charm; located at 62 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, it’s also got a great location. The bedroom looks on the small side but the kitchen and living area is very light and has lots of original detail. There’s also a common roof deck with killer views. Price: $549,000. Worth it?
62 Montague Street [FSBO] GMAP P*Shark
“Oh, and by the way, I once again repeat my belief that apartment buildings designed by Montrose Morris are hulking, gloomy, ugly affairs (sorry present-day Montrose).”
Whatever, benson.
I do think it is highly annoying that this one idiot poster keeps hawking park slope listings and dissing other neighborhoods. He is an asshole.
I’ve lived in both neighborhoods: first BH, then a move to PS, then, after two years, back to BH. They are very different neighborhoods and each has its appeal, but they are not equivalent. In my experience PS is much more crowded, noisy, and poorly served by subways. BH is quiet, a little dull, far fewer nightlife options. The idea that one is “better” than the other is subjective and dependent on the taste and priorities of the individual.
By astringer on May 25, 2011 4:55 PM
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It is a nearly universal truth amongst buyers/shoppers of Heights apartments: if at some point you start a “don’t bother” list of buildings, 150 Joralemon is generally one of the first that comes to mind.
That said, if you can swallow the maintenance, accept mediocre amenities, and don’t have need to sell in the next 5-10 years (because this one WILL appreciate slower than almost any other comparable building), then by all means, go for the $psf metric and ignore all other factors.
Oh, and congrats Ditto!
ditto, my move was also motivated by a pretty strong sense that brooklyn is peaking – while values are depressed in westchester.
stencil, I assume you are trying to be sarcastic. My point was to highlight that the neighbors know each other and keep in touch with each other. A family a couple of blocks away recently had a baby – the email list was used to organize people cooking dinners for the family to lighten their load when they got the baby home.
“Whoah… a neighborhood email list!”
It’ll make a change from the sour self-sorry, bitchin and snarking on FiPS. Half the people on there have Park Slope dependency issues, the other half are envious and act out. Bleurgh.
Lech – congrats. I too made a very similar calculation – we’re off to Rye/Rye Neck at the end of the kids’ school year in June. The kids can walk or cycle to excellent schools, I have short walk to the Metro North Station which delivers me very conveniently to Grand Central one block away from my office. The downtown has a bunch of restaurants, the village park is on the Long island sound. And I can afford it of course. I can’t wait for my own outdoor space too. Even my cat is excited according to the kids.