House of the Day: 40 2nd Place
Optimism knows no bounds in Carroll Gardens. Already in this young year we’ve chronicled two listings that have come out of the box at over $3 million. (One of them, 78 3rd Place appears to have been yanked reduced to $2,950,000 in the wake of 250+ comments mocking the ridiculousness of asking $3,495,000 for the…
Optimism knows no bounds in Carroll Gardens. Already in this young year we’ve chronicled two listings that have come out of the box at over $3 million. (One of them, 78 3rd Place appears to have been yanked reduced to $2,950,000 in the wake of 250+ comments mocking the ridiculousness of asking $3,495,000 for the 3,100-square-foot pad.) Today’s house of the day at 40 2nd Place is slightly less ambitious at $2,800,000. Still, at less than 16 feet wide and sporting a renovation that feels too “new” looking in that suburban kind of way, we’re not holding our breath about this one getting anywhere close to ask either. For what it’s worth, the 2,300-square-foot house last sold in 2004 for $1,700,000.
40 2nd Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I personally don’t see a problem with the post, 7:33.
I think you have a complex.
That’s funny because a quick search earlier today came up with quite a few Park Slope listings. Perhaps you are just looking in the wrong places?
You see this is why I “arbitrarily” bring up Park Slope. Because they are the only neighborhood that does posts like the above.
The recent Park Slope homes that were HOTD on here…Lincoln Place, Berkeley Place all come to mind…these all sold for near asking…close to 3 million. One on Berkeley also sold for 3.4 million.
I don’t know of any that were severely overpriced and never sold except maybe one on Montgomery. Not sure the status of that one.
A look at the listings for brownstones for sale in Park Slope with Corcoran and Brown Harris Stevens turns up next to zero listings.
It is SLIM PICKINS out there.
I’ve got a lead on three Berkeley Place brownstones that were owned by the same guy who just passed away.
Apparently the wife and daughter are trying to unload them for a SONG!
7:24 you’re right… I’m off to the gym to work it out!
You know what… I don’t think you should move to Brooklyn. I think you are going to find that your intensity might be a bit much for Brooklyn. At least until we grow up a bit more.
I suppose there is a natural sort of rivalry between the different brownstone neighborhoods. I appreciate this site’s focus on lesser-known areas, at least lesser known to white Brooklynites like myself. It is very gratifying that the Boro, which was always as racially segregated as Johanesburg, is now, slowly, integrating.
Finally, listings like these in Carroll Gardens or Cobble Hill or Brooklyn Heights need no boosting. They will get top-dollar no matter what. But the run-down former boarding house in Clinton Hill or four-family in Bed Stuy is a different matter and I think this site has helped put a spotlight on those types of properties and neighbohoods that until the day before yesteday were considered off-limits to the white middle-class. So I think the trends are great and hopefully we will survive this down-cycle stronger than ever on both sides of Flatbush Avenue, traditionally the racial divider of Old Brooklyn.
“To this person who claims he is in Manhattan looking to buy in brooklyn, you sure do seem quite intense about your opinions.”
I am really intense. I’m hot-headed. It’s a problem sometimes. I also love conducting thorough research on properties, and I’m not looking to throw my money away. You all think that because Brooklyn is cheaper relative to Manhattan, a Manhattan buyer will pay ANYTHING. That’s not the reality.
Holy crap! Take it easy! Your going to have a heart attack. Okay, Okay. All neighborhoods get the same treatment. And I’m not even the one claiming that Carroll Gardens gets picked on.
Do you need to talk about this? Go ahead. Let it out.