House of the Day: Far Out Greenpoint Limestone
Here’s a nice looking 2-family limestone in the outer reaches of Greenpoint. And when we say outer, we mean outer. Apollo Street is on the eastern edge of the polish/hipster nabe a couple of blocks from the BQE. The location, combined with the lack of interior photos on the site (though that may be explained…
Here’s a nice looking 2-family limestone in the outer reaches of Greenpoint. And when we say outer, we mean outer. Apollo Street is on the eastern edge of the polish/hipster nabe a couple of blocks from the BQE. The location, combined with the lack of interior photos on the site (though that may be explained by the fact that there is no selling broker), makes us a little skeptical about the $799,000 asking price for what is really just a two-story house, attractive exterior notwithstanding. What can people tell us about this immediate area and transportation alternatives? There was an open house a couple of weekends ago. Anyone go?
Apollo Street House [Pepe Real Estate] GMAP
Recently some friends looked at a 2fam off of Vandervoort (or however it’s spelled) basically about the same distance from the bqe but in the other direction. It too had a price well over 700k.
WTF are people smoking? You basically live on the last block before the fetid canals, in the midst of god-knows-what industies, spitting distance from a major expressway, you have NO transport, no shops/stores/restaurants/bars, not even a convenience store (unless you count the gas station on Morgan/Meeker)
We actually drove by the day (on the way to bqe entrance) and sure, the 2fam/2story house they talked about is cute…but if anyone pays more that 450-500k for that place or this Apollo listing, they are insane.
greenwick, my ass.
Reading the Pepe ad – says 739,999, not 799k.
I take it that 3% -is because essentially FSBO – but will pay a broker 1/2 commish if brings buyer.
yes, in the scheme of things in greenpoint, apollo street is close to the treatment plant.
i live in gp. a few points:
– within the past 12-18 months, similar buildings on apollo were listed in the $499K range;
– although the gp transport situation is somewhat exaggerated, apollo is definitely a trek to public transportation;
– unless you’re driving, apollo street is not all that close to the keyfood on mcguiness;
– agreed that $799K seems way too high for this prop.
isn’t that near the sewage treatment plant?
who rates key foods?
I dunno-I actually like that area. Pretty quiet, not too far to the underrated Key Food @ McGuinness, lots of families, etc… As for mass-transit either a loooooooooong walk to the G at Nassau, or hop the #61 bus. That said, the price tag seems a bit extreme.
Might be over the oil spill. Not that people seem to care about that kind of thing in W-burg/G-point the way the prices keep going…
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/nyregion/01spill.html?ex=1288501200&en=3d64f37351276355&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland