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 think my postings are very nice, the sense of embitterment comes from anon and annonymous.
What are you guys? The Brooklyn thought police?
Go blow it out your ear.
the brownstone for sale on my former block on the upper west side…i don’t know the dimensions, but a decent brownstone that probably needs some work but is beautiful nonetheless is going for 5.5 millions dollars.
this is half that and probably quite a bit larger and definitely there is the issue of the tenants, etc.
i do believe though, that comparisons can be made as brownstone lovers do cross borough borders….
it adds up when there seems to be a very distinct migration to brooklyn happening right now amongst certain people who are looking to cash out their places in manhattan.
i have 4 very good friends who are actively looking to sell their chelsea, upper west side, and 2 midtown apts. focussing their search almost exclusively in brownstone brooklyn.
it IS related, in my opinion when for 2.5 million you can either get a 3 bedroom place built from straw at Ariel Condos at 99th and Broadway or a 6500sf mansion in Clinton Hill.
we bought an sro and doing it very cheaply (we accepted the lowest bid – and paid for it) cost us 400k. so buyer has to assume that doing even just decent work on 6300 sq feet would be at least 1 million. ouch. and, comparing this to a brownstone in manhattan is apples to oranges. doesn’t add up.
agreed re: fran.
your first posting says “TWELVE FAMILIES??” and then you LOL that someone commented about whether it might not all be families.
C U Next Tuesday!
fran, your postings are so ignorant and bitter. please go move to atlanta.
12:49 you’re kidding right? 12 family is just terminology. It could mean family or single or roommates or whatever. It’s terminology.
The building is essentially the size of 3 brownstones. 12 rental units is not a stretch.
am I the only idiot that can’t see how floorplan and pictures line up? door on floorplan is on far right and in pic is on left. wish they included bowed window and bump out so I could make heads and tails out of it.