House of the Day: 465 Clinton Avenue
We’re in love! This limestone Clinton Avenue mansion is just a few blocks from Brownstoner HQ so we get to pass by almost everyday. Until we checked out the listing, however, we’d never seen the interior. While we wish there were more pics, the two shots of the inside reveal some truly killer woodwork. Because…
We’re in love! This limestone Clinton Avenue mansion is just a few blocks from Brownstoner HQ so we get to pass by almost everyday. Until we checked out the listing, however, we’d never seen the interior. While we wish there were more pics, the two shots of the inside reveal some truly killer woodwork. Because this is a corner house, it was able to be built out on the entire lot, resulting in 6,300 square feet of living space plus a two-car garage. This results in the property’s only downside as far as we can see: The lack of a real backyard. With a price tag of $2.5 million, the big question is whether someone will step up to convert the 12 existing units back into an owner-occupied two-family or whether this has condo conversion written all over it.
465 Clinton Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I don’t know whether I’d want to buy the place (even with my imaginary money), but I’d be interested in a condo conversion.
That shadow study is so odd. I lived in a 40 storey building on the upper east side (third avenue) and it cast no shadows whatsoever on the brownstones on Madison. (I know this because I used to work in a cafe on MAdison basically across from my building, and it would get sizzling hot because of the sun.
And third is much closer to madison than AY is to Ft Greene park.
Just seems strange — I wonder if the shadows are so intermittent you don’t notice them? Or are these buildings, being 20 stories higher, that much more shadow generating?
Bob999, I checked on ACRIS and it is not an SRO but classed a C1 building which is an apartment building and according to the records it has 8 stabilized units (don’t know about the other 4). I have my own money pit too, but checked just in case I win the lottery.
Some of us — you should pardon the perversion — like the neighborhood for its history and architecture. The building is gorgeous, a stunning example of the Victorian neo-classical style, complete with Tiffany windows, the monument to an early vendor of Persian carpets.
Slice and dice it as you will, speculators, I just want neighbors who promise to maintain the building as one of the jewels in Clinton Avenue’s crown.
http://www.southoxford.com/images/Real_Shadow_Sweep_lg.jpg
here’s the shadow:
http://www.southoxford.com/pages/shadows.html
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I agree with you about civility, Donatella. Where’s that douchebag William Bennett when you need him? (Ha.) Meanwhile, instead of just blindly speculating when none of us seems to know whether this is or isn’t an SRO, is or isn’t occupied by hostile, rent-stabilized tenants, is or isn’t falling apart, how about somebody emails the broker and asks her a couple of questions? I would, but I don’t care enough–I already have my money pit. Meanwhile, in re AY, regardless of the BS from Ratner’s minions in this thread, obviously this site will be affected–it’s a block away, so construction hassle and noise will be a constant for a decade, easy, and it’s north of the job site, meaning that shadows are likely in winter. Maybe not a deal-killer for everybody, but definitely a factor.
What happened to typekey?