Heights Brownstone Going to Auction

It’s rare that a brownstone comes up for auction, but the four-story Neo Grec-Italianate house at 29 Schermerhorn Street is scheduled for December 11. From what we can piece together from online documents, the history of the house is complicated, but it appears the current owner bought it in 1978, and it is being sold at the request of her guardian.

There have been several tax liens and lis pendens on the property over the years, and at least one court case related to it. The house is currently classed as “over six families without stores,” according to PropertyShark.

The official listing doesn’t give much info on the property, but a listing over at Weichert says it is divided into nine units, eight of which are studios and one of which is a garden level floor through apartment. “Deferred maintenance needed throughout,” it continues, and says “sold as is no interior viewing.” A tipster who spoke to the broker tells us it will be delivered vacant.

29 Schermerhorn Street Listing [BS&A]
Photo by Nicholas Strini for PropertyShark