High Winds the Last Straw for 194 Columbia Heights
163 Washington wasn’t the only property that suffered at the hands of mother nature yesterday. According to a tipster who snapped these photos, Columbia Heights had to be closed off yesterday because the high winds caused parts of the roof at 194 Columbia Heights to fly off yesterday. The accident came as no surprise to…
163 Washington wasn’t the only property that suffered at the hands of mother nature yesterday. According to a tipster who snapped these photos, Columbia Heights had to be closed off yesterday because the high winds caused parts of the roof at 194 Columbia Heights to fly off yesterday. The accident came as no surprise to neighbors: Ever since getting caught up in a divorce dispute in the 1980s, the property has been neglected, DOB orders ignored and fines unpaid. Perhaps there will be a silver lining to yesterday’s accident and the owner will now be forced to bring the building up to snuff. A recent close-up photo of the building can be seen here. The winds resulted in one worker death on Staten Island and lots of other destruction around the city. GMAP
Judging from the Elizabethan England house price post on the forum today, there’s someone here with an even longer memory than me 🙂
NorthHeights…from the calculator, that’d only be $133,562 in 2008 dollars. Brooklyn real estate has done better than inflation over MOST time periods.
Interesting data point. I was looking at some old tax and deed records for Brooklyn Heights and found a sale on my block in 1859 for $5,000. A brick townhouse, but not one of the mega mansions. I guess Brooklyn always has been expensive. 🙂
I think my parents home in Albany back in 1958 or 1959 was $5,000.
btw, sorry for the off-topic comment. I took it to the Open Thread.
Bob, my parents bought their first home in the mid-’60s…a decent sized place in the ‘burbs for $63,000 cash. Those were the days…
Whoops, sorry. Clinton and Remsen.
Which building? Clinton and Henry don’t cross
A slab of concrete fell off of the ugly building on the corner of Clinton and Henry and crushed a car yesterday.
inflation, Biff, inflation. Everything will be back to 1995 prices soon in Brooklyn and the game shows will be giving away CB radios again!!!!