193-Washington-Park-Brooklyn-0108.jpg“Ridiculous,” “Give me a break,” and “This will sit for a long time” were some of the comments from readers when we first featured 193 Washington Park as a House of the Day back in early November; at the time, it was listed for $3,875,000. Looks like the commenters were right: After a couple months of no love from buyers, the asking price for the 6,500-square-foot brownstone overlooking Fort Greene Park was cut last week to $3,625,000, a price that still seems like a stretch in the current environment. Think there’ll be any takers for the 25-footer at this new price?
193 Washington Park [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
House of the Day: 193 Washington Park [Brownstoner]


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  1. “Special properties (like this one) don’t need to go by the book on comps. It just needs to find someone who will fall in love with it. That’s all.”

    WRONG! That’s my point. This house is NOT SPECIAL or unique? Do you understand that? The perfect comp, 181 Washington Park, was a superior property in EVERY WAY and it is just down the street. It closed for $3,037,500 on 6/25/2007, after being on the market for over a year at $4 million. Perfect interior RESTORATION, not just renovation. High-quality interiors. 5-story building, not 4-story like this one. Did I mention the interior was PERFECT and museum-like? Dream on brokers.

  2. I thought I’d seen and heard it all. Comparing 15 Central Park West to a property in Manhattan itself is a stretch, and now you’re going to try to somehow compare it to this house to justify its listing price? Why stop there? How about we do comps with the Plaza?

  3. Nope…not trying to justify anything, 2:53.

    Just showing you that it’s not always about comps.

    There are no comps anywhere on the UWS for anything near 6500 psf.

    Even 2000 psf would be a stretch.

    Special properties (like this one) don’t need to go by the book on comps. It just needs to find someone who will fall in love with it. That’s all.

    Calm yourself.

  4. Holy moly!! Brokers are now trying to justify the price of a Ft. Greene townhouse with prices of a luxury residential condo designed by Robert A.M. Stern ON CENTRAL PARK WEST?? Desperation! Desperation!

  5. 2:45….wanna bet?

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    A 6,000-square-foot penthouse in the under-construction 15 Central Park West has reportedly gone into contract for more than $40 million. That’s about $6,500 a square foot — more expensive, foot for foot, than a penthouse that recently sold there for $45 million. [3rd item] more [Post]

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