House of the Day: 338 Clinton Avenue
When we were looking at yesterday’s house of the day, we noticed that BHS broker Ann Macdonald also has another mind-blowingly beautiful but not inexpensive house on the market a little further east from the one overlooking Fort Greene Park. 338 Clinton Avenue is on one of the grandest stretches in the borough and is…
When we were looking at yesterday’s house of the day, we noticed that BHS broker Ann Macdonald also has another mind-blowingly beautiful but not inexpensive house on the market a little further east from the one overlooking Fort Greene Park. 338 Clinton Avenue is on one of the grandest stretches in the borough and is dripping with original woodwork. In addition, four of its five floors are 90 feet deep, according to the listing, which would mean there’s about 8,000 square feet of living space, as opposed to the 4,400 quoted by Property Shark. So that’s really what it comes down to: At 8,000 square feet, this looks quite reasonably priced at $3.2 million; at 4,400 square feet, it looks like a stretch. Regardless, you’ll want to take a look at some of the interior photos we have posted on the jump. Delish!
338 Clinton Avenue [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Supergirl @ 8:41: You’re right. Too bad people can’t handle the truth.
Anon 10:38: I’m with ya.
I’ve chosen to live a yummy child free existence, but if I did have kids, I doubt I’d even contemplate sending them to private school. What’s the point of living in the city if you’re not going to interact with a diverse group of people? I’m talking about financials, backgrounds, education, social and political views (even though I don’t associate with Republicans) as well as of course, race.
Anon 10:40 am. I am surprised you even got into college being from Long Island. Are there even private schools there? Oh yes, like the one that lacrosse player from Duke went to….good you got out of that GOD awful place! If I were a college admissions officer I would never ever ever accept anyone from there.
In response to Hal who asked about the house at 435 Clinton Avenue, it is estimated to cost between $50,000 and $75,000 to restore the front fascade of the house. This cost was taken into consideration when pricing it.
Schools and pedigree make a difference, but at the end of the day, it’s the individual child and his/her parents that really determine the child’s success.
My brother and I are products of NYC public schools. We both attended predominantly white elementary schools (mine in Canarsie and his in Bay Ridge). We then attended a public jhs in Bushwick (*gasp*) which was predominantly black/latino, and required an entrance exam and uniforms for its’ students. I went on to Bronx Science and he went to Stuyvesant; each of these schools is predominantly Asian.
I have friends who went to private schools and/or boarding schools like Exeter, Andover, Hotchkiss, Nightingale, or Trinity. Others went to the local zoned schools like South Shore or Canarsie. Most, if not all of us are doing relatively well, despite the differences in our educational paths. However, the common denominator is that we all had parents who were actively involved in our educations. That means showing up at PTA meetings, speaking with teachers, and staying up your kids’ @$$ and making sure they do what they need to do to excel. I’m not saying that you should send your kid to school next to a crack house, but as long as physical safety is not an issue and there are a reasonable amount of resources available, I don’t see the big deal with spending all that money for private school— especially if it will pose any kind of financial hardship.
“your kids will never get to college if they attend shitty public elementary schools. you will have wasted your money! a good foundation is the key to a good education.”
Just wondering – if your kid was tops at a NYC public school, which are (justly or unjustly) perceived as “bad” or “tough” wouldn’t they almost look better than if they were one of numerous overachievers at a private school? I went to a good private school on LI and many colleges favor public education – there were kids with way lower test scores and grades from my town who went to a better school than I did, because they went to public school. Just wondering.
None of the mentioned Clinton Hill/Fort Greene schools (PS 20, PS 11, IS113) is 99 percent black–the current Dept. of Ed. statistics show them around 85 percent, but my guess is that the upper grades have more black students than the lower grades.
Why is it that a school that is 85 percent white is called “integrated” and a school that is 85 percent black is “overwhelmingly minority”?
The NYC public school register has this racial breakdown:
Asian / Pac. Isl 137,095 13.45%
Hispanic 393,542 38.61%
Black 330,040 32.38%
White 147,365 14.46%
I made the comment about this being a support for the 3.8 house.
My parents bought their house on the next block for 75k, rented out a lot of it, and used the income to send us to St. Ann’s.
At the time, we were the only kids in the area attending SAS, and the area wasn’t particularly good. Guy got killed at the bodega next to the old keyfood/associated back in 1990.
To give some realistic valuation measures:
My parents rent out the ground floor apt of their 25′ brownstone (with extension) for 2050 + heat.
Extrapolating based on rent roll (assuming a rent roll of 10-12k and a multiple of 12.5-40), you come up with a max price of well under 2MM, which seems reasonable.
So if you buy this, you are either
a)trying to get a big contiguous space
b)paying 1.2MM+ for detail
Either way, this thing is way overpriced.
Though if it sells, I’ll tell my parents to put theirs on the market and move.
“George Bush say if he were reading this blog”
You’re doing a heckuva job, brownie?
can’t we all just get along..what would George Bush say if he were reading this blog