House of the Day: Price Cut at 112 Butler Street
When the modern house at 112 Butler Street hit the market last fall, almost everyone agreed that it was a great example of modern townhouse design. There was significantly less agreement about the $2,250,000 asking price. After being off the market for several months, the price has recently been cut by $100,000. Will this be…
When the modern house at 112 Butler Street hit the market last fall, almost everyone agreed that it was a great example of modern townhouse design. There was significantly less agreement about the $2,250,000 asking price. After being off the market for several months, the price has recently been cut by $100,000. Will this be enough to get a deal done? Hard to say, though the market is arguably stronger now. Of course, the shooting directly across the street earlier this week can’t be helping the sales effort.
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The POS house in question is not across the street.
The POS house is a few houses off of Hoyt Street right up the block from the Gowanus projects.
Here’s a picture.
Sorry my middle finger got in the way.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/StoneWaller/Misc/112ButlerStreet.jpg
Hey Scott,
I’m a freakin yuppie and I couldn’t agree with you more. stonerbrown
In regards to the post made by Anonymous 6/3 11:57 AM………
I’m not sure who is who here because it appears the same name is overlapped somehow & the replys appear to mean different things. So I’m not sure who said what.
Every neighborhood changes & growing up on Butler St. for me in the 60’s & 70’s may have been a completely different experience. Old neighbors, new neighbors, who knows what motivates their behavior for one another. Old generation values, new generation values? We all played hard, worked hard, and were a pretty tight bunch back than. Today, who knows, people are far too busy maybe with their careers & self-worth to worry about what powers a community. I don’t like to generalize but when I see a statement as I have reacted to I find it appalling that that would be of concern, especially when it should have NO bareing on the overall worth of the neighborhood as it’s an isolated incident. So feeling welcome as you said, I wouldn’t be sure how to respond to that, maybe people feel that all the “trendy” business that is apparent in the building up of the area does not appeal to the older residents as well & don’t feel welcome by the trenders……if that makes any sense….. ;0)
I think in a sense most of New Yorkers attitudes have cahnged over the years & people are becoming more self-absorbed and dis-interested because there seems to be no hope. I’m not sure if you actually live in the Butler St. area but I grew up on that block & have just seen recent pictures of it and am amazed at how much its changed.
Bottom line, tragedies will happen but to deface them in plight of the almighty dollar is appalling and I think brownstoner should pull that remark & the referance to the incident.
While I agree with Scott and Ben who said it was disgusting to be so crass in discussing someone’s death, the post at 9:58pm is pure conjecture. How do you know what I or anyone new to a neighborhood would do for an elderly neighbor? What is your opinion based on? Our neighbor’s son won’t help him with housework or yardwork, is just a layabout. Yet your claim is this son is more likely to help his father than us simply because they’ve lived here longer and paid less for their house than us. Doesn’t even make sense. I definitely have witnessed myself certain types of residents of the most gentrified neighborhoods (i.e. Park Slope) are quite self-absorbed and don’t bother knowing their neighbors very well. But don’t make a huge generalization of ALL new homeowners all over Brooklyn. That’s ridiculous. Plus have you ever considered new residents might seem aloof because, here’s a thought, they don’t feel welcome? By YOU? It takes two.
When does drama turn to tradegy?
When it happens to you.
The new crew of homeowners wouldn’t even
come to the aid of an old person .Only old time neighbors come out and help.
These new kids, they aren’t smart, they aren’t stylish, they aren’t anything.
If the oldtimers move out you will have a
crime wave.
” Of course, the shooting directly across the street earlier this week can’t be helping the sales effort.”
What a pitiful comment……Parts of that neighborhood have more history & fond memories for some that grew up there & lived a real city experience than you’ll ever know….Freakin yuppies worried about their market value, what a shit thing to say.
Having also personally known & grew up with the family of the victim I find the above comment very disrespectful and way out of line & can’t believe that this site would even promote a statement like that….
And to anonymous……It’s not drama moron, human compassion rather than the almighty dollar is a bit more valuable. But obviously that’s a concept you are not capable of.
I agree wholeheartedly with the above poster. Do any of you people who obsess about property values in Cobble Hill actually bother to get to know those who have spent their lives there? Who the hell do you think kept Brooklyn alive for all those years before your sorry asses got wind of it? Would it be “drama” if this had happened to someone close to you? I feel bad for you.
It’s called having a little compassion anonymous for a person who was killed asswipe.
spare me the drama Mitch.