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551_3rd_int.jpgThe four-story brownstone at 551 3rd Street changed hands in 2004 for $1,900,000; the new owner proceeded to do a pretty serious renovation as well as an over-the-top interior design that maybe be a bit much for some people. But if you can look past the chintz, this is certainly a beautiful house with tons of original detail on one of the more desireable blocks in The Slope. The asking price of $3,750,000 looks high to us (by a few hundred thousand dollars) but the fact that it needs no work could work in its favor. Think it has a shot at getting asking price?
551 3rd Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark


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  1. i know park slope supposedly has issues with parking, but i live in the north slope and ALWAYS see spots along my street open.

    have a neighbor who has a car who says she never has a problem finding a parking space. it’s just the issue of the street-cleaning but that’s anywhere you go if you don’t put it in a garage.

  2. I could never survive here without a car. First off, getting around the city with 2 kids can be hellish–whenever we are going anywhere we might be able to park, we drive. It is so much easier! Second of all, if you have kids you “need” to get out of the city often. I am fortunate enough to be able to afford a country house, and the few families I know who don’t have one take weekends out of the city very regularly. Urbanism or no, kids need land and space. I can’t imagine bringing kids up here without a country house–or at least going to the country often. Which means you need a car.

  3. the idea that one must have a car to live in brooklyn is absurd.

    there are quite a few vespas on my block in park slope, but i certainly have no use for a car.

    it’s a little thing called zipcar two or three times a year. economical AND friendly to the earth.

    imagine that.

  4. 4:14

    I don’t believe anyone is procreating more than usual, it’s just that 30% more couples who are having children are staying in the city after they give birth, where before 2000, more couples were defecting for the suburbs.

    We have hit a tipping point, where urbanism all across the country was picking up steam and now the advent of the “green revolution” we will only see this trend continue as oil becomes more and more precious and land and space become less and less so.

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