House of the Day: 621 Morgan Avenue
At $949,999, this three-family house in Greenpoint might be kinda interesting for a single person or young couple with no immediate space needs to grow into. The existing three floors are a deeper-than-normal 55 feet and there’s still enough FAR that one could build a fourth floor as of right. More interestingly, judging from the…
At $949,999, this three-family house in Greenpoint might be kinda interesting for a single person or young couple with no immediate space needs to grow into. The existing three floors are a deeper-than-normal 55 feet and there’s still enough FAR that one could build a fourth floor as of right. More interestingly, judging from the interior photos, the house has a decent amount of old-world charm, a reminder that the faux siding now on the exterior wasn’t always there. We curious why more people haven’t restored the facades of the houses in this part of town. Presumably, the answer is money, but at some point hopefully one by-product of the upward pressure on prices will be a renewed interest in returning the houses to their original state. What do you think the facade was originally made of?
621 Morgan Avenue [Nest Seekers via Trulia] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Scott Bintner for Property Shark
anon 1:25,
A firewall is a wall that is constructed of fire-resistant materials. The wall construction is typically “fire-rated”, meaning that the wall construction has been tested in a laboratory for its fire resistance qualities. Usually the ratings are measured in hours, such as 2-hour or 3-hour rated.
This house, like most houses in Greenpoint, is a wood frame tenement originally built in the cheapest manner possible to warehouse the working poor circa 1900. There is no “old world charm” here. There is only an ugly, worn-out building at the end of its miserable working life. Of course you could keep fixing it up for years, but we’d all be better off it were replaced by safer and longer-lasting housing made of cement and brick. The shared attic spaces in these buildings are an extreme fire hazard (a few blocks away, several of them quickly burned down last year as fire jumped from house to house). For what it’s worth, the building almost certainly had wood shingle or siding originally; it might still be under the aluminum or vinyl, but it would hardly be worth uncovering.
he said, “cock loft”
Here’s the link if anyone wants it. You can also get Andrew Cuomo’s wildly underwhelming bio there too.
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/reports/oil_spills/oil_spill.html
AnonymousNegro at 1:21,
What you said just didn’t seem right…I just found this in a NY Attorney General’s report:
Health effects from exposure to petroleum products vary depending on the concentration of the substance and the length of time that one is exposed. Breathing petroleum vapors can cause nervous system effects (such as headache, nausea, and dizziness) and respiratory irritation. Very high exposure can cause coma and death. Liquid petroleum products which come in contact with the skin can cause irritation and some can be absorbed through the skin. Chronic exposure to petroleum products may affect the nervous system, blood and kidneys. Gasoline contains small amounts of benzene, a known human carcinogen. Animals exposed to high levels of some petroleum products have developed liver and kidney tumors. Whether specific petroleum products can cause cancer in humans is not known; however, there is evidence that occupationally exposed people in the petroleum refining industry have an increased risk of skin cancer and leukemia.
Can you tell me what a firewall is? I have a frame rowhouse in Greenpoint, with a short fourth floor, which I, based on what you are saying am now assuming is also a ‘cock loft.’
West,
good one.
Love it.
-black gold, texas tea….
Why do people keep harping on the oil spill? It’s not like anyone uses well water in this neighborhood…
The only danger would be to dig down into the earth, then eat the dirt.
If you are a ditch digging, dirt eater…then you have tons of other problems..
Ugliest house in Brooklyn?
I guess you could make like the Clampetts and discover oil in your backyard when digging your garden, then move to Beverly Hills.