House of the Day: 78 Halsey Street
As long as it doesn’t turn out to be an SRO with no interior architectural detail, the listing for 78 Halsey Street looks looks interesting if it could be picked up at a slight discount to the $799,000 asking price. The four-story brick and stone house has lost a stoop and looks worse for the…
As long as it doesn’t turn out to be an SRO with no interior architectural detail, the listing for 78 Halsey Street looks looks interesting if it could be picked up at a slight discount to the $799,000 asking price. The four-story brick and stone house has lost a stoop and looks worse for the wear but it’s a beautiful structure very conveniently located a block from the Nostrand A train. The New York Times listing says it’s an eight-family house; Property Shark says six. Either way, there are at least three tenants still in place, not great news for someone who wants to buy and condo the building. Anyone know what the deal is with the interior and the tenants?
87 Halsey Street [NYC Group] GMAP P*Shark
NOP, what are you doing on this blog? You have way too much class? You and Montrose should have your own blog. You two are more informative than the rest of these bozos and your stories are enjoyable to read.
Montrose, thanks for the link! The “before” and “after” photographs are incredible!
Of course, in the old days, what are now three or four “affordable” apartments comprised one unit. Still, it’s nice to see the old building come alive, despite the storefronts (which could have been a lot worse, I imagine, without Landmarks oversight).
You would have enjoyed the old interiors. I didn’t know then but I know now that the Alhambra was built at a time when developers were trying to draw upper-middle-class and rich families from row houses to apartments and made their apartments as much like single-floor brownstones as possible.
My parents’ friend’s place seemed to stretch forever. Heavy with molding and panelling, it was also dark, like the neighborhood’s row houses. And all occupied by a single old gent who covered the walls with his and other artists’ oil paintings. In a word, grand.
NOP
Lots of violations listed for this brownstone. Many violations from as recent as 12/19/07. And since most of the violations stem from 1 apartments, I bet that’s one difficult tenant right here.
NOP, the Alhambra is indeed a landmark, thank goodness. In fact, all 3 of Montrose Morris’ wonderful, large apartment buildings in the area are landmarked: the Alhambra, Renaissance, a block away on Fulton, and the Imperial Apts on Pacific St/Bedford in Crown Heights.
There were a couple of fires in the 90’s, after which the building was abandoned, with prospects to rebuild coming and going. Thank goodness it was finally restored, and is now affordable rentals. Here’s a link: http://www.nyc-architecture.com/BES/BED010-AlhambraApartments%20.htm
I would have loved to have seen the interior as it originally was. This building is the first thing I saw, the first time I came to Bed Stuy, and I’ve always loved it, and never get tired of looking at it. They did an excellent job of restoration, although I’m not crazy about the storefronts.
Ghent is in Columbia County, 1 1/2 hours from NYC, straight up the Henry Hudson pkwy.
PS Where the hell is Ghent?
I actually walked this block sunday. It’s one of the best blocks in Bed Sty that I’ve seen.
I called the owner (the number in the ad), and he said he had an offer pending at asking price–not sure if I believed him though.
For $149K less you can get (sorry, I couldn’t resist, even though I know I’ll be flamed):
http://oldghent.com/properties/063/description.html
4:52: Please keep your comments about Park Slope to another thread please.