House of the Day: 121 Vanderbilt Avenue
This new listing at 121 Vanderbilt Avenue has a very charming rustic vibe going on. In addition to the wide-plank floorboards and original moldings on the lower floors, the top floor has a log-cabin-meets-Parisian-garrett thing happening. It’s safe to say that plenty of buyers are bound to take a liking to this place, but given…
This new listing at 121 Vanderbilt Avenue has a very charming rustic vibe going on. In addition to the wide-plank floorboards and original moldings on the lower floors, the top floor has a log-cabin-meets-Parisian-garrett thing happening. It’s safe to say that plenty of buyers are bound to take a liking to this place, but given the location on the north side of Myrtle and the relative shallowness of the house (35 feet), it’ll be interesting to see if the asking price of $1,499,000 is realistic.
121 Vanderbilt Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
This is my block… was just at the open house yesterday. Some fun facts. The facade is ugly–the owner stripped the previous (ugly) facade off and found that someone had decided to break all the bricks to make the brownstone adhere better. So she put on a new (ugly, but not quite as ugly) facade.
The upstairs apartment is now totally vacant, so no more boxes and such.
117, 119 and 121 were all constructed at the same time in the mid 1850s. 119 is about to be added to the National Historic Register.
The NYTimes did a Streetscapes on this block: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/realestate/11streets.htmlÂ
The location is actually great. It looks bad on the map, but the buses are fantastic. I know “buses are fantastic” is an oxymoron, but if you stand on the corner of Vanderbilt and Myrtle (at rush hour) you can take the B54 to Jay Street/MetroTech or the B69 to High Street/York Street or the B69 in the other direction to either the C or G Clinton-Washington stops. I get from here to Manhattan in under 25 minutes.
And Myrtle Avenue is really taking off–I think it’s a better retail strip than Fulton.
Also, the BQE is a blessing in disguise–there is abundant parking and the city is super close.
$1.5 is a crazy price. On the other hand, the small one-family wood frame at 112 sold for $948,000 only 6 or so months ago. Maybe 1.1 or 1.2?
Noki, worth dropping by for a look. as finished stuff is almost 90% more and it’s someone’s taste
Ha! More4, looks sweet but cannot imagine the work and time that would need to go in… what do you think?
“the top floor has a log-cabin-meets-Parisian-garrett thing happening”
Parisian? Because of the all boxes all over the place.
Street view is interesting. Shows that it’s part of a row of four similar houses, the one at the opposite end being identical, but in a better state of preservation.
Noki, just get that ft greene fixer asap so you can host kick ass parties in the late summer / early fall
Whoa, who whacked the facade with the ugly stick?
“if the asking price of $1,499,000 is realistic”
You kidding me? The market is “roaring back”!
***Bid half off peak comps***
Lovely home, but yes, I make that G hike everyday. It’s not so bad given the architectural splendor of Clinton Hill but you are schlepping.