House of the Day: 242 Washington Avenue
We had already started to write up 242 Washington Avenue as a House of the Day when it hit us: We’ve been inside that house. We were guests at a lovely al fresco dinner party last summer. In fact, Mrs. B had just been talking about how the owner’s duplex would make a good interiors…
We had already started to write up 242 Washington Avenue as a House of the Day when it hit us: We’ve been inside that house. We were guests at a lovely al fresco dinner party last summer. In fact, Mrs. B had just been talking about how the owner’s duplex would make a good interiors post. Given the conflict of interest, we’ll steer clear of opining about the $2,300,000 asking price, and just say that the owner’s duplex of this five-story, 5,500-square-foot house is really nicely done in a simple but elegant manner. We’ve never seen the upper three rental units, but judging from the photos they’re not as nice. They do, as the listing points out, generate over $50,000 a year in income. This’ll be an interesting one to watch.
242 Washington Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I agree with the last post.
No one said it’s the end of the world, 5:23.
In fact, most said it wasn’t.
But the housing and stock market problems are a sign of a MUCH larger problem with the United States.
People spend more than they make. Credit Card debt is through the roof, student loans are through the roof, savings are nil, and income was DOWN .9% last year.
That is a serious problem.
We are fighting a war that most people do not support and the social values of our country are embodied by people lik Britney Spears.
No, the world is not coming to an end, but this is a GREAT time to take a real, hard look at your life and the way you live it.
The stock market goes up, it goes down.
Real estate prices go up and they go back down.
It’s not the end of the world.
5:13….
Let me get this straight…
You think Brownstoner is responsible for negativity, yet on the flip side adds nothing to it as well?
I hardly agree.
I never said Brownstoner would singlehandedly counteract a recession. I was just suggesting that perhaps we could try to discuss more about what makes Brownstone Brooklyn so special and embrace that.
I see more negativity coming from your post than I ever do from Brownstoner, btw.
And this is where I go for real estate advice? Sheh!
We want the What! Where are you when we need you.
I’d like to add my voice to those calling for The What to weigh in. We really need a good thrashing from him today.
To 5:06PM
It is true that we are in the midst of recession but to actually think something as insignificant as Brownstoner will cause the economic downturn of neighborhoods like Fort Greene Clinton Hill or Bed Stuy is ludicrous. We should always support our own neighborhood. Mr. Brownstoner in the past year has been resonsible for all this negativity. I suppose some will say Why blame him? It’s his blog? Why?
The more he sells the more ads he takes all at our neighborhoods expense! Disgusting.
In light of all of this economy news, I think Brownstoner.com needs to take a slightly new approach for the coming months.
Perhaps we can see more of the lower end properties…investments…do more to talk about local business owners and how we can best support them through this upcoming period.
I think we need to try to protect some of the great progress in these neighborhoods over the last decade or else we might see places like Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy, Ft. Greene, etc fall back into states of disrepair.
Especially because Bloomberg announced today that we are in for some rocky economic times here in NYC in the coming years.
Last time that happened, the city went to hell.
So let’s get ahead of that and try to do some things to ward off any potential disaster.
Get out there and buy local, support those local businesses in your neighborhood, clean up the local playground, get involved with the schools more, etc.
This could be a great opportunity to actually do something great for this city instead of continually rape it for money from the purchase of homes!