House of the Day: 1306 Albemarle Road
One word: Droolworthy! This house at 1306 Albemarle Road in Prospect Park South is the perfect poster-child for Victorian Flatbush. The 15-room mansion last changed hands twelve years ago; the previous owner lived there for decades. This place has it all: original woodwork, flooring, Tiffany windows, columns, etc. There’s even a five-room office with a…
One word: Droolworthy! This house at 1306 Albemarle Road in Prospect Park South is the perfect poster-child for Victorian Flatbush. The 15-room mansion last changed hands twelve years ago; the previous owner lived there for decades. This place has it all: original woodwork, flooring, Tiffany windows, columns, etc. There’s even a five-room office with a separate entrance. Enough talking—just check out the photos. The asking price of $2,595,000 is up there but seems perfectly achievable to us given the infrequency that something like this becomes available. Agree?
1306 Albemarle Road [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
There are people in finance and banking in both Park Slope and Flatbush. I know this from experience. There’s currently a wider net for people buying in all parts of Brooklyn, including Flatbush, than there was just a few years ago. The reasons for this are varied. It’s not a case of all media types stick to Brooklyn and Rhinebeck or Woodstock, money people head for Greenwich or stay in Manhattan (although many do I suppose). I know investment bankers who have bought in the Slope, and to a lesser extent, in Victorian Flatbush. Why? Who knows for sure. It’s a personal choice.
Hey, here’s a concept – maybe a deep pocketed person/family will buy this house because they love everything about it. They are still living in New York City, and they have this way cool, huge house with a yard. Obviously they have big bucks, so local schools, shopping and amenities aren’t that important. What’s important is lots of rooms, period details, an historic, diverse neighborhood, and all of the good things that Vict. Flatbush offers, without enormous property taxes, and the ease of being able to be in Manhattan in less than an hour, if need be, and bragging rights to still being a New Yorker. They probably don’t care that the S. Elliot house exists, or that some people won’t like their new neighborhood, or that you can get a house just like this in Oneonta, NY for only $900K. They will be supremely happy in their new home, and that will be that. What’s so wrong with that?
5:27 is right. People in media, arts and IT choose Brooklyn or the suburbs (mainly upstate NY) when they have a family and need more space. Those in banking or finance are not moving into Brooklyn except maybe Brooklyn Heights. There’s a major prestige and social networking factor to where they choose to live, and the CEO’s and CFO’s they aspire to be someday all live in Manhattan or CT.
Every single one of our Brooklyn neighbors in Park Slope is in media or design. Not one is in finance or banking.
Fashion Week? If that’s your reason for living here, please do leave!
6:03, sure NYC has Staten Island and Westchester has Yonkers. Remove those two places and both are probably 100% Democratic. And I don’t think anyone was arguing “the suburbs over new york city,” just pointing out your totally inaccurate statement about those who live in the burbs. Some of my best friends live there, and they are quite liberal, intelligent, artsy, and interesting, thanks.
When you consider that there are so many more people in the city, that means we have a ton more Republicans! How scary.
That’s skewed because of Staten Island which is nearly all Republican.
Doesn’t matter. If you want to argue about the suburbs over New York City, I’m not stopping you from moving there.
Let me know when Fashion Week moves to White Plains Mall, and perhaps I’ll consider the move too.
66% of voters in New York City are registered Democrats, which makes Westchester just slightly less liberal.
That article was from August 2007.
No need for an update.