House of the Day: 624 East 19th Street
This five-bedroom Victorian at 629 East 19th Street has some nice bones, a large lot and a parking garage going for it. On the inside, there are some nice original wood floors and beams mixed with a so-so kitchen and bathroom. Whether the house is worth anywhere near the $1,175,000 asking price really hinges on…
This five-bedroom Victorian at 629 East 19th Street has some nice bones, a large lot and a parking garage going for it. On the inside, there are some nice original wood floors and beams mixed with a so-so kitchen and bathroom. Whether the house is worth anywhere near the $1,175,000 asking price really hinges on the location. Can anyone provide a little context? What are the rest of the houses on the block like? Amenities nearby? And, oh, if you’re interested, remember to leave your broker behind. The listing agent wants to keep the entire commission for herself!
624 East 19th Street [Century 21] GMAP P*Shark
I don’t get it, for my money below newkirk ave is where it;s at as far as location goes in victorian flatbush. No coops, no condos,no people, ah! peace and quiet. I happen to feel the amenities within walking distance are of better quality as well .I went to see this house when they were asking 1.3,There seemed to be significant problems lurking in the basement, and I did not care for the interior layout.The backyard is adjacent to Foster ave which was a deal breaker for me.The 1.3 price tag was outrageous,Fillmore doesn’t have a clue.
Anon 2:24: There actually is a food co-op on cortelyou rd. It is moving across the street to where Associated was to take a larger space. There is also a new organic food store on stratford, I believe. 7th avenue it ain’t, but at least get your facts straight…
Kensington gal: Sure, Newkirk is a tad shady but you’re like the pot calling the kettle black.
I took my parents to Farm on Adderly recently. My parents live in the sticks so they appreciated the neighborhood.
They were also very impressed to see a drug dealer operating outside the door of the Farm.
(RE: 3:23PM)
Maybe a mix of ”ghetto,” as you deemed it, and “suburbia,” is actually a good thing. Everyone needs a little hood in their life, I mean, Park Slope still has Fourth Avenue! Plus, you know no one is getting shot up outside Connecticut Muffin, so I don’t understand how Cortelyou Road is ghetto anyway. You’re proving that sometimes it IS possible to be too ethnocentric.
I think Foster is scary… kind of the dividing line b/w ghetto and brooklyn suburbia. newkirk plaza is a scary place at night and the Q train stops (parkside, prospect, church, cortelyou, newkirk) are always getting written up. Foster has a TON of section 8 housing complexes that the landlords are slowly trying to move to co-op…. Maybe in 15 years PLG, parts of Ditmas Park and this little area will be great but for now still changing even if CT muffin is building on cortelyou
Are you for real, 2:24? I don’t live in this neighborhood, but I’m sure the folks who do are happy that miserable complainers won’t be moving in next door.
I guess someone from the Slope will not but it then. Not all well to do people need to stuff coffee down their throats. Some people are just looking for a nice quiet neighbourhood to raise their family. And this is it.
It looks very shabby outside, zero curb appeal. The block is a hike to cortelyou rd (on the map, not so far, but when it is nothing but tree-lined streets it feels far). For the new richer buyers that come from the slope or elsewhere and need their 3 or 4 familiar local amenities such as hip coffee shop, co-op or quality fruit and veg store, up-market brunch place with garden, stuff for babies, (soon to be 6 or 7 then a dozen), anything further than (busy) ditmas ave is a hike.
It seems as though houses that are in great shape in this area go for quite a bit these days, usually ask, while real fixer-uppers linger for ages, and then the price is reduced…
There is a limited housing stock here. Famlilies frequently stay here for 30 plus years… If there’s little else on the market, could go for more that it might seem worth. I’d say 1.1 is realistic.