House of the Day: 224 Washington Avenue
Although there are no interior photos provided on the Two Trees website, we’re inclined to believe the verbiage that the brownstone at 224 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill is indeed chock-full of historic details. The house was owned for decades by the same person and there haven’t been any renovations filed with DOB ever. As…
Although there are no interior photos provided on the Two Trees website, we’re inclined to believe the verbiage that the brownstone at 224 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill is indeed chock-full of historic details. The house was owned for decades by the same person and there haven’t been any renovations filed with DOB ever. As far as we can tell, the owner died last year. Based on this article from the Daily News, someone recently bought the house from the estate and, in addition to booting the long-time tenant, is trying to flip it. Anyway, it’s a pretty safe bet that this’ll need some new kitchens and bathrooms in addition to some general tuning up, so you’re probably talking at least $200,000 in addition to the asking price of $1,795,000. If the details are intact, though, $2 million all-in for a killer house in this location ain’t crazy. Or is it?
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8:03–your post is so full of generalities as to be totally meaningless. a sense of entitlement? do you have any sense of history? i’d say there’s a lot less than there used to be. ever heard of the robber barons, the aristocracy, etc?
“we have a serious problem in this country right now with an entire generation of people who not only think that they deserve the moon without having to work for it, but think that buying something instead of working for it, is the only way to operate”
really, an “entire generation”? come on, get a grip. at least try to acknowledge the history and shades of gray in the issues you are preaching on.
This thread has gotten so silly that it is almost unreadable.
This is a Real Estate forum. Real estate prices in NYC, like anywhere else, are affected by the quality of local public schools. This is true whether you have children, like children, went to private school, went to Bronx Science (I did by the way), or grew up in an isolation booth.
You may not like to swim, but that does not make ocean front property in the Hampton’s worthless either.
My guess is that RE prices in NYC may have peaked or stalled out. I have been watching this market for a year and a half, especially in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, and a lot of property has been on the market a long time. Some things have sold quickly, but others are languishing. In the long run, Clinton Hill will be a great investment. It is reasonable to expect and accept that there could be some short term problems. Anyone who speculates on the idea that NYC real estate will yield a short term windfall, like the owner of this home, is taking a MAJOR risk.
of course, some people who go to private school love it. and of course some people who go to public school hate it.
we have a serious problem in this country right now with an entire generation of people who not only think that they deserve the moon without having to work for it, but think that buying something instead of working for it, is the only way to operate.
part of this is the fundamental principles of private education. you are buying a supposedly good education.
the problem is that many private schools do not stress enough or even foster the arts or culture…hmmmm…another thing that is severely lacking in the younger generation. these kids have the attention span of flies because they are given no means to develop hobbies such as playing a musical instrument or creating a piece of art. all of these things contribute in quite amazing ways with the development of young brain.
private schools, by nature stress money. whether indirectly by showing your child that getting into this school or that school should be your ultimate goal in life, or more directly by not allowing them to develop some of the most important aspects of any society which are the arts and culture.
it’s a shame some public schools are not up to the standard that they should be, but i would do everything in my power to make sure my children attend public schools so that they can see that there is more to life than rich, white kids who want to grow up and work on wall street.
i just heard someone interviewed on charlie rose say that she thinks the best years for this country may be behind us. i hate to say it, but to a certain extent i do agree. kids need to learn early on that working like our parents and grandparents did to attain the goals they want and not get to be the age of 35 and think that somehow you deserve to own a 2 million dollar brownstone or we are in REAL trouble. there are countries…india and china namely that are leaving this country in the dust. education is the most important tool we have, and in my viewpoint, i don’t think that most private schools do an adequate job of preparing kids to be inventive or creative or independent thinkers. i think it teaches them that if you get on a list early enough and have enough money in your bank account, that you are set for life.
you can say i’m exaggerating or a bleading liberal or whatever you want, but i see it on this blog all the time.
the smugness and self-righteous of parents in 321 and 29 is blatant and annoying. but of course totally unsurprising.
I think that having kids in the city, Manhattan or Brooklyn, is hard. Parents cope in various ways. I agree that there are not enough good private schools, there used to be, but not any longer. I think that our old neighborhoods are reaching a certain saturation point that presages a shift in future demographics.
People used to leave the city because it was too scary, and multi-racial, and crowded although they loved many other things about it. People may now chose to leave the city because it is too expensive, difficult, and crowded although they love many other things about it (like the fact it is multi-racial). I think Americans are extremely pragmatic and will do what is best for their families egardless of their personal ideology.
The bloom is off brownstone Brooklyn, it used to be cool, but now it is just dog-eat-dog haute bourgeoise. With the added non-benefit of living cheek to jowl with the dog-eat-dog underclass.
Since 5:51 opened this question up to everyone, my husband went to private school and he loved it. He totally credits that school for getting him into an ivy league university. He’s also a decent person who has never touched drugs. I was only able to go to a private school for a few years because where we lived only had one private school K-6. I got straight A’s in private school, then immediately totally lost interest in school once I had to enter public schools. They were huge and overwhelming and chaotic. Mind you, this was in an excellent school district. It was only when we moved to another state and town, where the public high school was very small, that I got interested in school and academics again. I think any people you know, 5:51, who whine about the private schools they had the incredible opportunity to attend, are spoiled brats who are total ingrates about the 100’s of thousands of dollars their parents spent on their education. Either that or they are merely pretending to complain about it, because what they’re really doing is bragging about their family’s money. I’ve met people like that. They’re rather annoying.
“The kids at the religious schools in Crown Heights are a lot like the kids at Horace Mann.”
Hmmm, somehow I doubt that.
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The kids at the religious schools in Crown Heights are a lot like the kids at Horace Mann.