Co-ops of the Day: Head-to-Head Studio Battle
Douglas Elliman put up two new studio listings last week, one in Prospect Heights and one in Brooklyn Heights. The Prospect Heights pad, at 55 Eastern Parkway, is on the fourth floor with an asking price of $285,000 and monthly maintenance of $435; the Brooklyn Heights unit, at 54 Orange Street, is asking $319,000 with…
Douglas Elliman put up two new studio listings last week, one in Prospect Heights and one in Brooklyn Heights. The Prospect Heights pad, at 55 Eastern Parkway, is on the fourth floor with an asking price of $285,000 and monthly maintenance of $435; the Brooklyn Heights unit, at 54 Orange Street, is asking $319,000 with a maintenance of $333. Which do you think is a better deal?
55 Eastern Parkway, #4F [Douglas Elliman] GMAP
54 Orange Street, #1E [Douglas Elliman] GMAP
ha! I work in the music industry and live in BH.
Anyway, I like both neighborhoods. I never go out in BH, but I go out all over the place and BH is easy enough to get to Harlem or LES or Park Slope, etc. I have my neighborhood bar — henry st ale house — and I’m happy to taxi or subway it elsewhere.
Besides all that — what’s the better deal? The brooklyn heights one for sure.
That’s understandable in general, Heather at 2:54 but these are studios and studios sell to singles. Young singles would be the targeted buyer for these two apartments. So discussing which neighborhood has more of a singles scene is important.
as a PH resident I can say its not as cool as everyone is making it out to be.
however Barette and Soda are pretty cool. Its a 10min ride on the 2 or 3 to get there from BH.
I actually prefer to have neighbors that have lived in their neighborhood a while than twentysomething account executives who think they’ve invented cool. Back in the dark ages of the nineties at least working 60 hours a week to be able to afford an overpriced co-op with bad mid-century modern furniture wasn’t particularly happening or cool, but I guess the times, they have changed. Bring me my walker and get off my lawn!
A similar studio two floors up in the same line just closed for $310K in 54 Orange. Its a great building in a fantastic location (2 blocks from Promenade, 2/3/A/C, Cadman Park and the Brooklyn bridge & 5 minute walk to Manhattan Bridge, Dumbo and the parks down there and the new Brooklyn Bridge Park). This will go quick.
BH has better grocery stores than PH by a long shot, as well as better liquor stores & some OK restaurants. Henry’s End & Noodle Pudding vs. Franny’s & James? There is one decent (not great) bar on Henry St too.
The B/Q from Grand Army Plaza is a great commute. Nothing wrong with it at all.
I don’t know one single young person living in Brooklyn Heights. But then I work in film and music. So maybe they’re all young bankers in BH?
2:18, why would you pay top dollar to live in a glorified shoe box in a neighborhood with crappy amenities…?
If I lived in a small place, I’d want the nearby area to be fun, and that it much more true of the Prospect Heights Place.
You must lead a pretty boring existence with the 60% of BH residents who are over the age of 75.
The question is “Which do you think is a better deal?”, not “Where would you prefer to live?”. It’s a financial question.