House of the Day: 411 Classon Avenue
We’ll say this for 411 Classon Avenue—it’s a better flip job than you generally see in the area. The four-story brownstone between Lexington and Greene on the Bed Stuy side of Classon changed hands two years ago for $890,000. Given the time that’s elapsed and the fact that the kitchens, floors and back yard all…
We’ll say this for 411 Classon Avenue—it’s a better flip job than you generally see in the area. The four-story brownstone between Lexington and Greene on the Bed Stuy side of Classon changed hands two years ago for $890,000. Given the time that’s elapsed and the fact that the kitchens, floors and back yard all look redone, the current asking price of $1,245,000 doesn’t sounds crazy. Unfortunately, that’s not how sales prices are ultimately determined. We suspect that the supply and demand curves may intersect a good bit below this price. After all, while blocks on either side of it keep getting nicer and it has some nice houses, it’s hard to see how Classon Avenue as a whole ever really catches up. Agree?
411 Classon Avenue [NY Times] GMAP P*Shark
no one in their right mind would walk down franklin at night.
you are doing a serious disservice to many single females (and others) who are apt to get into trouble with advice like that.
boosting a neighborhood is one thing.
to tell outright lies about the safety of an area is downright vicious.
“blackest, fugliest”
whaa? No the blackest and whitest and sweetest….dude, everybody is here. haven’t you heard? ever walk down franklin ave at night? knee deep in hipness–black white yellow brown all here…stay away! if you don’t know, don’t come.
Bedstuy is cenral Brooklyn.
Right.
if you got out of the boro a little more you would know that bed stuy is
central casting for slum/ghetto/hellhole.
“sounds like the folks who live near this house are pumping the area up because they want to sell and haul ass outta there and move somewhere decent. Hey y’all, this is the deepest, blackest, fugliest, poorest-ass part of the Brooklyn hood.”
7:40 if you really believe that you REALLY need to get out more, and if you got out more you would perhaps have an income to allow you to buy something.
Bedstuy is central brooklyn.
Do or die? I vote do!
sounds like the folks who live near this house are pumping the area up because they want to sell and haul ass outta there and move somewhere decent. Hey y’all, this is the deepest, blackest, fugliest, poorest-ass part of the Brooklyn hood.
I love the guy who said that this is really Brooklyn heights! Ha! and walking distance to gramercy Park! ha ha ha ha ha !!!!!
5 words for you…
BED STUY DO OR DIE.
i doubt it will fetch much over 1 million. that said, i love this neighborhood. i have money and could have bought anywhere in NYC. i chose to live a few blocks from this. the neighborhood, whatever you choose to call it, is wonderful imo.
There is no question in my mind this area has a lot of potential. I like the eclectic architecture. Classon itself is much improved but will remain a major thoroughfare for trucks/cars going to the BQE. That said when I was looking at the co-op at the corner of Clifton and Classon in 1997, I was told by the broker (!) that the people who had bought there in the 80s had been hit hard by slump and were just then able to sell their units. I think if I were buying again I would buy my own fixer upper rather than paying for someone else’s improvements in the area. (But really it isn’t Clinton Hill, which ends at Classon. The only people who “consider” it Clinton Hill are realtors.)