House of the Day: Willow Place on the Cheap
The same person has owned this brick townhouse at 39 Willow Place in Brooklyn Heights since 1974, which might explain why it’s priced so cheaply. The photos in the listings, however, show that the house is in decent shape, though certainly lacking the jaw-dropping interiors of some houses in the area. Still, $2.5 million for…
The same person has owned this brick townhouse at 39 Willow Place in Brooklyn Heights since 1974, which might explain why it’s priced so cheaply. The photos in the listings, however, show that the house is in decent shape, though certainly lacking the jaw-dropping interiors of some houses in the area. Still, $2.5 million for a 25-footer in Brooklyn Heights? Not only that, but the price was dropped from $2,775,000 within ten days of it hitting the market earlier this month. What gives? What’s the catch?
39 Willow Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
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With regards to 12:53 – is it possible to install, in addition to typekey, a village idiot filter?
Everyone’s entitled to their opinions etc. but wtf is the value in that paragraph of drivel?
I am well aware that I can buy half of columbia county for what I paid for my brownstone but there’s a reason!
As a former MTA employee, I can confirm the comment by C Hicks. There are East-West tunnels at Joralemon (IRT), Montague (BMT), and Cranberry (IND). I have never heard, however, of complaints of structural damage. At Joralemon in this area, the subway tunnel is far underground. One may hear rumblings, but not much more.
Dont have much to add about the price, but its in the Heights and 25′ wide. Even if its a total wreck, its worth lots.
hey geniuses, instead of arguing try some simple googling:
http://www.willowtown.org/
hey geniuses, instead of arguing try some simple googling:
http://www.willowtown.org/
Interesting, 12:53, that you’re still spending time on a Bklyn-focused web site like brownstoner when you are so happily ensconced in Green Acres. Not much else to do up there, eh? Or is it just a ‘professional’ interest?
The 4 and 5 run under Joralemon and part of Columbia. It’s actually called the Joralemon Street Tunnel. If you live on Hunts Lane and Remsen, you can also hear a low rumble. Subways also run under Montague and Pineapple or Cranberry, so there are certain areas of the heights where this is more noticeable than others. That said, Joralemon is on an incline and other posts in the past have suggested there is a structural problem to do with the road caving from underneath. I don’t know whether this is true or not but it has been asserted.
i understand it was a very motivated seller.
and that they priced low to initiate a bidding war.
looks like it worked.
bob999, I haven’t posted before, but 25 footers are incredibly expensive — cobble hill houses that wide are running more than 3 million dollars. Why do you think this is priced so cheaply (relatively speaking)? There’s been lots of discussion on this board before about those streets near the bqe/subway, so, while I have no direct knowledge, there is probably a catch with the location. The very same realtor is listing a significantly smaller house on DeGraw for more than this price (see yesterday’s discussion). Why else is this much lower than other houses? My guess is it is the location. Unless Carroll Gardens has become way more expensive than Brooklyn Heights these days.
Is it just me or does any else realize that there are no subway lines in that part of BH at all? All the lines run well east of that area….so I guess Henry Street is about to come crashing down. Maybe he’s confusing it with the rumble of double wide strollers