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
LMFASOROFL?
Amy Sohn is sooo much worse. She is responsible for the following racist and classist gem: “Childcare should be the province of immigrant women trying to get a leg up.” This is in reference to her Tibetan nanny in Park Slope.
Oops–12:13 here. Correction: My sister just told me that they ARE the same person. Sorry. I always thought they were two different diseases, but they are one in the same.
Smartmom and the OTBKB lady (the 100 list) are NOT the same person. They’re both equally sick, though, and give Park Slope a bad name.
Dude, you live in NEW JERSEY now. Sorry.
how much are those taxes in maplewood??
12,000….15,000 a year??
enjoy.
new jersey is bankrupt.
and no one needs 3000 sf unless you have 5 children.
so incredibly wasteful.
Mr. Brownstoner, do you purposely look for the most absurd properties? What about showing more townhouses under 2 mil? Wait, knowing you, you’ll talk them up and help drive the prices up, so actually go ahead and leave them alone and let the silly rich people squander their money on these 2-3 mil monstrosities.
Just sold 1100 square feet in PS for a million and buying 3000 square feet in Maplewood for $875,000. It’s silly in Brookyn.
educated people with kids in the city (vs. the burbs) are here to stay. it is fueling the real estate boom. anyone with 2000 sq ft in spitting distance of manhattan will do very very well regardless of the market today. this shift in the in make up of the city is changing lots of neighborhoods.
developers would do well to make their condos family sized in brooklyn.
also, many people are leaving manhattan because it’s losing the thing that people came to NYC for in the first place – unique restaurants, shops and bars. people in NYC don’t want to live in a chain store environment even if that chain is channel or marc jacobs.