House of the Day: 551 3rd Street
The 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…
The 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
Me too, 3:49, AND you’d still have $1 million left over.
I’m going to sign up right after I post this.
Dusty
We don’t want EVERYONE from Manhattan to move to Brooklyn, 3:26. The numbers are quite high as it is.
If too many people move to Park Slope, we’d see brownstone prices much higher than they already are.
It’s supply and demand. We seem to be in a pretty good place right now with that.
BTW, I am one of 6 people I know in my circle of friends/aquaintances who have moved from the Upper West Side to Park Slope over the last 18 months.
One more on the way…
I would gladly take either of the UWS apartments linked to above over this house. River or park views? AWESOME!!
Do you think they’ll throw in the pictures of the nineteenth century prostitutes?
I would sign up Rusty, but you already took my name!
Rusty
brooklyn = need car
park slope = can’t park
don’t bother buying there.
Sam is right. And as with everything, it’s all relative, folks. I live on Broadway in the 100s, and no one in my social group of Manhattan friends or acquaintances envisions moving to Brooklyn anytime soon. I am the pariah for wanting to do so (in a friendly way, of course). I can’t tell you how many times I hear the “I’m never leaving my ‘smallish’ Manhattan apartment for Brooklyn.” So honestly, for every UWSider that wants to sell his apartment and move to Park Slope, there’s another one that does not.
There are still many people who think along the lines of this article:
http://nymag.com/nymetro/realestate/neighborhoods/features/11895/
About that park block = better block business, it is a much quicker walk to the R at 4th/union from here. When you work long hours downtown to pay for this thing, this makes a difference. the nanny can walk a few extra blocks up 3rd to take the kid to the park while you’re working.