Co-op of the Day: 62 Montague Street
A sponsor unit at 62 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights has just hit the market. The 1,350-square-foot apartment has three bedrooms, two baths, a dining room and an eat-in kitchen. The sponsor has clearly just redone the kitchen and bathrooms—not particularly well, but not offensively either. While the listing wins big points for architecture and…
A sponsor unit at 62 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights has just hit the market. The 1,350-square-foot apartment has three bedrooms, two baths, a dining room and an eat-in kitchen. The sponsor has clearly just redone the kitchen and bathrooms—not particularly well, but not offensively either. While the listing wins big points for architecture and location (steps to the promenade), some folks won’t be thrilled with the fact that it’s on the ground-floor on the street side. For $1,425,000, think that’ll be a sticking point?
62 Montague Street [Squarespace] GMAP
62 Montague Street [NY Times]
No way. I don’t mind the first floor bit so much (though Montague is one of the busiest streets in the neighborhood), but $1000+ per square foot (which is VERY high for co-ops in BH) AND $1400/month maintenance? That’s ridiculous, esp. since that amount doesn’t appear to get you a doorman.
As the sponsor, I’ll take the opportunity to comment as well. The apartment is clearly above grade. There is a large living room and that is the ONLY room facing the street and this is a quiet block. All the other rooms face the rear or side. Our high ceilings provide for large windows and very good natural light. We did a complete gut renovation in a period appropriate style and kept the original layout of the apartment. Judge for yourself in person at the open house on Sunday 1-4pm
Ground floor is a drawback – I walk by it every day and can see right inside… the end of Montague is not too noisy though. Maintenance is on a par with other buildings in the neighborhood.
There are simply few 3 bedrooms in the heights. I bet they’ll get close to asking on this.
i actually love living on the ground floor. while you have to deal with the comings and goings of people, i like that i’m just a hop to going outside. it makes me feel more connected to the street and what’s going on outside my front door. which is kinda what nyc is all about.
also for some of us moving from manhattan to brooklyn, seeing the action on the street makes me feel a little less isolated (i’m on a brownstone block in ps, so not a TON of action, but still…some activity).
if you LOVE total peace and quiet, the ground floor is not for you, but my neighbors up on the 4th and 5th floors often comment to me about how nice it must be to just be able to pop to the store because they usually think about their “trips” out before they go so as to avoid all the stair climbing…
Agree that 1st floor on the street will be a serious issue at the price. Montague is a busy street with a pretty constant flow of pedestrian traffic to and from the promenade. Not like a quiet side street. Compared to other 3 bedrooms in the area this seems steep.
Over $1,000 per SQF for a CO-op? Money better spent on a shiny new condo development for less or teh same per SQF. For that money, you can get the top floor and not worry about the reno style.
It is kind of far from the Hotel le Bleu, so that’s a minus.
I’VE ALWAYS CALLED IT “FIRE ESCAPE CASTLE”.
If it rocks your socks…
It is quite a nice building,looks a little like Hogwarts Academy.
Once the Board has a little dough in reserve, they should restore the turret.
It is missing its cornice and its weather vane. The ground floor unit mostly faces the sideyard and the front windows are set beind a deep moat, but first floors are a drag, unless you like them. Some people do.
The maintenance seems in line with other 3-bedrooms in the area.