Foreclosure of the Week: 395 Van Brunt Street
This small two-family house at 395 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook has been up for foreclosure before and never actually gone to auction so we probably shouldn’t get our hopes up, but given the location and the fact that the lien on the property is a measly $12,981, it’s hard not to get excited….
This small two-family house at 395 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook has been up for foreclosure before and never actually gone to auction so we probably shouldn’t get our hopes up, but given the location and the fact that the lien on the property is a measly $12,981, it’s hard not to get excited. The 1,700-square-foot two-family house has obviously seen better days, but we bet those boarded up windows would clean up pretty nicely and make a great storefront! The property is scheduled to be auctioned at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Room 261 at 360 Adams Street.
395 Van Brunt Street [Property Shark] GMAP
Follow up:
House did not go to auction. Shady types on one side of struggle over ownership did some kind of payment to avoid auction. I heard there has been some kind of federal
oversight because of irregularities connected to this property.
Would be great to know what happened at the auction. Brownstoner, any chance of a follow up.
I want to know more about the FARMHOUSE!!!
21 years ago, we almost bid on a house in PLG (freestanding frame on a block otherwise composed of rowhouses) that had a BARN in back (being used as garage) with REAL FARM IMPLEMENTS in a HAYLOFT. It must’ve predated everything else around it. We didn’t go for it, for various reasons, but I’ve never ceased wondering if someone preserved that farm-barn…also wish I could remember where the heck it was. Near a corner, perhaps Maple St.?…it was overshadowed by at least a six-story apt bldg jammed up next to it…
…anyway, I hope someone can tell us more and dig around for artifacts.
Someone needs to get in the back and snap a pic of the farmhouse
Wow, that IS a great location. What is going on to the right and to the left of the actual building? I always look at this place when I’m at the nearby bus stop and the bus is taking its sweet time.
This little beauty has been the object of a tug-of-war between the “owners” and the occupant for years. It has been on and off the market, but the title issues have been complicated enough to keep anyone from buying.
And though it may not look like much, it’s actually a desirable property for a few reasons. As a multi-story building on an M1 strip, the building is overbuilt FAR-wise. But because it’s grandfathered in, the new owner could renovate and keep all that square footage. An owner-user could put a gallery or restaurant space on the ground floor and might even be able to get residential space above. The location, for Red Hook, is divine – two doors down from the Good Fork, across from Tini and the former Lenell’s (RIP).
The long-time occupant (who may have a legitimate claim to ownership) inspired enough goodwill in his neighbors that locals have steered clear. I don’t know what happened recently, but this is as close to those farm foreclosures from the ’80’s as we get in Brooklyn.
I’m sure my ignorance is showing, but why a forclosure with only a 13k lien? Couldn’t that be ‘worked out’ wit the bank by restructuring a loan or something something?
I thought this is where the progressive co-housing for cats project has been operating. All the cats have equal say in the household chores and rodent scavanging.
yes my friend owns the “junkyard” next door and by the way there is an actual shipping container house be hind that fence. the house is dilapidated and has been in a legal tussel for a number of years. I just put in a call to see what the deal is.!!!