Co-op of the Day: 457 3rd Street, #3R
This charming 3-bedroom in an eight-unit limestone co-op at 457 3rd Street in Park Slope just held its first open houses this weekend. Given the combination of original woodwork and clean renovation (not to mention the old PS 321 factor), we suspect there will be ample demand at the price of $999,000 from family buyers….
This charming 3-bedroom in an eight-unit limestone co-op at 457 3rd Street in Park Slope just held its first open houses this weekend. Given the combination of original woodwork and clean renovation (not to mention the old PS 321 factor), we suspect there will be ample demand at the price of $999,000 from family buyers. Don’t you?
457 3rd Street, #3R [CBHKG] GMAP P*Shark
German kitchen = Siematic. So not your standard Ikea or even Kraftmaid variety. I don’t think this had much bearing on the price, though. It was only a few months old but the new owners ripped it out and but in… a new modern kitchen.
bitter bitter bitter.
just because you can not afford a million dollar apartment or your kid got rejected to ps. 321 does not make them awful.
btw, 5:04…i also live in a small 9 unit co-op and last i checked, we used majority rules when voting. meaning 5 votes.
not 1.
your board was lame.
living in a place like this as a hard working parent sounds tough. it’s so much money for 1 bath, walk up, no A/C. it seems cramped.
also, 321 is a myth. it is overcrowded and will get worse. and, being so far from manhattan, you don’t have the ease of putting your kids in the terrific downtown public or private schools because you are far from the village/union square.
we bought a a significantly bigger condo last year with a backyard, 2 brand new baths and central A/C. it is soo much nicer, and we paid $950K in prime williamsburg and sure our commute is a miniumum of 20 minutes shorter.
really, is having an old facade worth it to live like you just got out of college?
Not all buildings have stroller parking (thank god)
even if I have groceries delivered, I meet them at teh door. you make them walk up?
they spec. say there is no underlying mortgage
McFin – as posted above, insideschools.org is good for school data. You can get district maps at http://maps.nycboe.net/
321 has been too popular too long (especially with the brokers), and it got so crowded that nobody goes there any more.
I lived in a similar-sized 8-unit bldg, 3BR/1Bath, Park Slope walk-up for 5 years.
1st of all, as to strollers, groceries, etc., our bldg had parking for strollers in the 1st floor entrance. Second of all, Slopers live by delivery. We simply had our groceries, etc. delivered and let some young buck haul them up the stairs. Yeh, there is tip and service charge, but whatever… cost of living in the Big A.
Lots of people in our bldg had kids – people managed just fine. These apts are good for up to two toddlers or one tween/teen. Only problem is the one bathroom. But, living in NYC is all about making compromises and that was the one we had to make in searching for the perfect co-op apt.
I sold a few yrs ago and bought a brownstone. Now I have stairs to climb up and down all day long (it does keep you in shape though). At least in the walk-up, once I was in the apt, no stairs.
I’ve lost track of prices for these types of apts. Last I knew, a few years ago they were going for around $750K. I bet this one gets $925K given location.
FYI, loved my apt, but hated being in a small co-op. In these small bldgs, everybody is on the board, which means any idiot has a veto in matters (small board + can’t we all just get along culture = complete lack of ability to make any decision for fear of offending anyone). And watch out for that maintenance: $440/month means either (i) they have no debt (good co-op) – or – (ii) they are continually refinancing and rolling forward debt to cover capital expenditures, and not building a reserve fund from net cash flow (bad co-op).
this will easily fly. 1300 sq ft on 3rd Street in PS 321 for a million is a no brainer, 1 bathroom or not. Most 3 bedrooms with this square footage in lesser parts of the slop are in the mid-to-high 800s. Third Street is about as good as it gets in PS, among the best streets.
“And god help me if I’ve bought diapers or brought home groceries.”
riiiiight.
like you carry them home yourself.