Hey, Something Sold!
Here’s a refreshing ray of light in what has been a pretty bleak few months of real estate news: Apartment #3 at 210 Berkeley Place in Park Slope, which came onto the market for $599,000 in late September just days after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, closed just before Christmas for $592,500; the two-bedroom floor-through…
Here’s a refreshing ray of light in what has been a pretty bleak few months of real estate news: Apartment #3 at 210 Berkeley Place in Park Slope, which came onto the market for $599,000 in late September just days after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, closed just before Christmas for $592,500; the two-bedroom floor-through has a maintenance of $525. (Floorplan on the jump.) In fact, it looks like it went into contract in less than three weeks on the market. Any other anecdotes like this?
210 Berkeley Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
The Crest – on 4th Ave. Apartment 11H – a 684 sq ft one bedroom sold on 12/12/08 for $430,000. Originally listed at $564,00, then dropped to $495,000.The identical apartment on the 10th floor sold for the asking price of $549,000 on 4/23/08. So, where are we going from here?
i wish i could actually afford those same things i live near that 11217 talks about :-/ ha. i guess i can afford the park. ive only been there twice (honestly i wasn’t impressed by prospect park). when i saw horses it was a done deal, never going back!
*rob*
Agreed, CW. I walk by that old brothel all the time and admire it. The Brooklyn Conservatory and its garden is also a favorite building of mine. It’s so pristine and handsome.
I love living a 5 minute (or less) walk to the 2/3 or Q, The Farmers Market on Saturdays, Ozzie’s Coffee Shop, 5th Avenue, Prospect Park and ample restaurants, shops and bars to keep me happy.
So… that’s what a 1/2 million dollar mortgage buys you these days eh? i.e., AFTER the bursting of the bubble.
$4k a month for a modest apartment for a couple with a kid (maybe).
Am I the only one depressed by this?
11217 – Agreed completely. I love both Lincoln and Berkeley from 6th to 8th. They’re beautiful, close to the Q/B and 2/3, close to good restaurants and shops, close the the park … what’s not to like? I walk up and down them frequently just to enjoy them.
If I could afford it, I’d have already bought one of the condos in the former brothel on Lincoln. 🙂
As usual, awesome post Montrose.
I agree fully.
I think we forget, with all of the negative doom and gloom in the media, that many people are still doing well, many people are in jobs that are thriving and, gasp, growing, and many people are doing what they would have been doing had this mess not occured. People are still moving to NYC to follow their dreams, and people will still buy apartments and houses in the neighborhoods they want to buy in.
Seems to me that our media’s hyper attention to the minutia of every stock market jiggle, every business decision, and especially every business and personal disaster story, has turned us into a nation of hesitating, reactive, quivering masses of jello.
I’m not saying it’s not bad out there, believe me, I’m experiencing it, as are friends and family. Would that the media, Congress, the SEC and others who are supposed to be watching, had spent as much ink and pixels on preventing what was preventable, instead of wailing that life as we know it is over. It will indeed be interesting to see how that translates to real estate transactions in Brooklyn. I don’t think we are immune, but as we see from the Forum, and from sales, people have bought in this market, and will continue to do so, albeit more slowly.
Just blathering on to basically say, I’m glad this sold, it sold quickly, and let’s keep it going. Good news for buyer, seller, real estate broker, attorneys, movers, handimen and perhaps contractors, decorators, and more.
Not sure about that cw, but I do think this is one of the nicest blocks in Park Slope!
But I’m partial…
thanks bh 🙂
*rob*