House of the Day: 325 East 17th Street
Corcoran must have used an entire case of Pledge shining up the woodwork for the photos of 325 East 17th Street. The Beverley Square East Victorian has lots of original woodwork and inherent charm but the renovation (which must be pretty recent) feels a little overdone to us in places (a 48-inch commercial stove?) and…
Corcoran must have used an entire case of Pledge shining up the woodwork for the photos of 325 East 17th Street. The Beverley Square East Victorian has lots of original woodwork and inherent charm but the renovation (which must be pretty recent) feels a little overdone to us in places (a 48-inch commercial stove?) and lacking in taste in others (what’s up with that fence). It’s like the owner is trying to force an attractive middle-class house and put it on steroids in the hopes of selling it for top dollar. It’ll be interest to see how the asking price of $1,695,000 goes over. This is east of the tracks, after all, a far cry from Westminster or Argyle Road when it comes to property values. There was an open house yesterday—did anyone check it out?
325 East 17th Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Okay – so one year on and this house has been chopped 25% from the original asking (now 1,279k).
Does anyone else think this, or others like it, are not going down 50% from the original ask?
Serious answer: no.
You don’t need a car in Victorian Flatbush. There are plenty of subways in the area. And there is even the Express Bus to Manhattan for those that can stand being in the highway traffic.I take the subway, as it drives me nuts to sit in traffic, especially if paying $5 a trip for the bus.
Travel time from Cortelyou Q to Atlantic Ave is about 15 minutes. Then transfer for 2/3 to Wall Street is about 15 minutes more, so with walking and transfers it’s 40 to 45 minutes minimum. But if stay on the Q and are going to express stops of Canal, 14th, 34th, 42nd Street it’s much quicker then doing the transfer.
Um, isn’t that Mexican place the one that gives everyone the runs? I vaguely remember that discussion in a Brownstoner thread on new retail on Cortelyou.
im sorry no one is getting from newkirk on the B to broad/laf in 22min.
and of course Ditmas park is nice. Have you been to any old neighborhood in any new england town? People like them because they’re pretty.
also most of Ditmas Park is really far from Cortelyou.
The Farm on Adderly is wonderful, and so is the tiny Mexican place Cinco de Mayo for a quick bite. Except for the stupid kitchen, I love this house; can’t speak to the price, since my mind is locked permanently into 1986, the year we bought around here (wow, a sure sign of impending old farthood!) For more than $1 million anywhere, I want my own guest cottage and trout stream (although this does claim to have a hot tub in the yard–which may be the reason for the fence, unless you want to offer the service of a public bathing facility).
Sam-
Fort Greene is “mildly overpirced” for who…perhpas you?? Not for Villagers from the city who want that type of housing mins to wall st and would not consider the options that say..uh you can afford.
What are the GOOD new restaurants on Cortelyou? So far I have only tried Picket Fence and it is fairly underwhelming.
Mary Kay also has the listing and there are more pics from different angles:
http://marykayg.com/html/0506.html