House of the Day: Stuy Heights Gem
Another beauty from Stuyvesant Heights by way of Craigslist. The 4,300-square-foot two-family is configured as an owner’s triplex over a garden rental. By all appearances (and the broker’s flowery prose) it sounds like this is one of those jaw-droppers, complete with original restored woodwork, wainscotting, and pier mirrors. The 1899 house also has a center…
Another beauty from Stuyvesant Heights by way of Craigslist. The 4,300-square-foot two-family is configured as an owner’s triplex over a garden rental. By all appearances (and the broker’s flowery prose) it sounds like this is one of those jaw-droppers, complete with original restored woodwork, wainscotting, and pier mirrors. The 1899 house also has a center stair with an “intricate oak basket weave design” on the railings and restored golden oak lattice work overhead. Located on Bainbridge off Lewis Avenue, the house is only a couple of blocks from the A train. If all this is true, the asking price of $1,235,000 seems a little lower than we would have expected. What say ye?
Bainbridge at Lewis Ave [Craigslist] GMAP
I am repeating myself from a post some time back, but I am still in shock.
I tried to buy the $1.25M limestone around the corner for $450K in 2001 and the bank wouldn’t finance it because they said I was paying too much for the area. Sigh…
it’s a gorgeous block and house from what i can tell. i just don’t see how they arrive at that price. it seems steep to me. i live nearby so it’s good for my property value, but i worry about specultion and like someone else said pricing people out. where can people go now?
I think this place looks great. I’m the biggest cheerleader for the stuy but prices like this alarm me they seem to be moving too fast in terms of price which I suppose compensates for years of underpricing. anyway, bainbridge is a nice block, its close to the train and as far as the ride my bf works off broadway nassau and it takes him 20 min to get to work from the utica stop on the A train, there’s only 4 stops between utica and broadway so it makes since that it would take the same amount of time if not less than the C from clinton washington. there are also a lot of cute little shops on lewis. there’s a church on the corner of decatur and lewis and bredstuy on lewis between decatur and macdonough and brownstone books next to it. I love my neighborhood but 1.23? sheesh. its not that I don’t think it will sell at this price or that its not even worth it but where are these prices going to go eventually? I feel like everyone will be priced out very soon.
i’m confused…are they paying me $1.2MM to live in Bed-Stuy. And for all you who want to say its Stuyvesant Heights, you can call it what you want, but it’s Bed-Stuy and always has been.
Anon 01:26
Stuyvesant Heights is a smaller part of BedfordStuyvesant that is landmarked. But it’s Bedstuy! Smiliar to how Hamilton heights or Morningside is to Harlem.
Will the endless CH/BS wrangling ever end? It is so exhausting. I’ve lived in both nabes, and they both have wonderful qualities and much to recommned them. Yes, it is natural to compare, contrast, and generally prefer your own area. But ridiculously insecure comments like, “You can still park easily (NYC-relevant) in Clinton Hill so that 12:13 comment is not even worthy of a response” are so pointless. The original poster was not saying, “Move to BS, you can’t park worth a damn in Clinton Hill.” And, he/she wasn’t actually looking for a response!! Just stating a perceived truth.
Anyway, wow, this house is beautiful. It will be interesting to see what happens.
I think it’s a pretty valid to question to ask if there is a good school district in nyc, at least that’s how it feels. I can only think of three public schools in brooklyn that are regularly touted as great, and the houses near them are a pretty penny. many parents can’t afford to buy a home within the couple of good districts that exist, and we just have to try and work the system to get our kids in schools we feel good about.
You guys are so touchy and defensive. The poster Anon 12:13 was merely saying that in their opinion it was one of the best blocks. (<-- period, full stop, end of sentence!) Then they suggest that you can also park your car easily also. They weren't saying that because you can park your car that this makes this block one of the best blocks. Like the poster above said, layoff the caffeine!
Beautiful