Co-ops of the Day: Turner Towers Side-by-Side
Which apartment is a better deal? ( polls) 135 Eastern Parkway, #6E [A&H] GMAP 135 Eastern Parkway, #3D [Corcoran]
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Brownstoner:
It’s comforting to be half way around the world and find something as familiar as Turner Towers on the Web. I know both of these apartments from my boyhood days in Crown Heights.
Of course, issues of condition and view contribute to their relative desirability, but my familiarity with the apartments makes the choice easy: 6E.
There’s no competition, really. I remember my parents’ friends’ “D” (or similar) apartment feeling cramped while their other friends’ “E” (or similar) apartment stretched forever — a real “house” in the city.
Eastern Parkway apartment houses were always very interesting to visit. Because they were so big and the apartments so varied, the experience of visiting the same building could be completely different, apartment to apartment. Turner Towers, though, was the grand daddy of them all. And the location, opposite the Brooklyn Museum and Botanical Garden couldn’t be beat.
During the 50’s the building was beginning to slide. This was before it went co-op and its halls and public spaces were getting thread-bare. Still, for kids in Brooklyn it seemed pretty grand. And people who lived there took real pride in it. (Most were Jewish, as were my parents’ friends living there. I remember one, knowing my mother was raised in Park Slope, saying that Turner Towers was built to be superior to apartments on Prospect Park West that were “restricted” against Jewish families — an unpleasant fact of life back then.)
Nice to see the building coming back.
Nostalgic on Park Avenue
Mr. B can you put more of these side by sides up in the future?
They both suck.
Not to nitpick here but 3D is only 1 3/4 bath…and, as THL points out, there doesn’t seem to be a sink (and no room for one) on the floorplan for the 3/4 bath.
THL I am with you here 600 extra footage is too much to overlook plus I like the design features here also. Believe it or not that extra half bath is a huge luxury and by itself nearly compensates for the price differential not to mention the extra space.
Like DIBS said “The three bedroom is a three bedroom – hard to come by and highly desirable”.
Bonus Points: Corcoran sucks! LOL
Both seem to be “viewless” but to get the extra space at less than $20/sq ft??? Also, you have to be commited to always paying 50% more in maintenance, assessments etc. too.
touche’ Dave
Anyone else notice that 3D doesn’t have a sink in the 2nd bathroom? Maybe it’s just a mistake on the drawing.
Sorry, THL. You’re comment was the correct one!
6E is technically move in ready. So you don’t HAVE to spend more money for reno. unless you want to. I’d get it for the possibilities. You have options for making the space work better. However, even if you don’t do a thing you still have more space.