House of the Day: 13 Cranberry Street
With all the ado about 155 Warren Street last week, it seemed like a good time to take a gander at 13 Cranberry Street. Located between Columbia Heights and Willow, the 25-footer is pure Brooklyn Heights goodness. At 4,600 square feet (as opposed to over 7,000 for the Cobble Hill house), the single-family pad has…
With all the ado about 155 Warren Street last week, it seemed like a good time to take a gander at 13 Cranberry Street. Located between Columbia Heights and Willow, the 25-footer is pure Brooklyn Heights goodness. At 4,600 square feet (as opposed to over 7,000 for the Cobble Hill house), the single-family pad has all the old-school architectural details intact along with some modern improvements (like the kitchen) to go along. So what price princeliness? A cool $8,000,000.
13 Cranberry Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
“Worthless once BBP is built?”
Yes, replacing empty concrete parking lots and derelict warehouses and vacant lots with a large green park on the river overlooking lower Manhattan will turn all of Brooklyn Heights into a strip mall. Imagine if there were good public schools, libraries and nice restaurants…
This place will be worthless once BBP is built
There is no comparison between 152 Hicks and this house. The Hicks St. house sits between a tenement-style rental building and a decrepit narrow brownstone that until recently was occupied by a crazed crack-head. The people who sold it lived there barely a year. The reno at 152 Hicks was tacky. This house is gorgeous, quite large, huge windows, classic proportions.
There’s a garage on Henry. Like at Pineapple. I just went and rented a space.
What garage down the street? They all have waiting lists.
4 floors of habitable space (3 floors plus the basement – cellar and attic don’t count) just doesn’t seem to merit the pricetag.
Square footage isn’t really a great way to evaluate…especially in The Heights. Every house is different. Every lot is different. There are rickety cramped places and places and soaring dramatic spaces. Hicks Street is the only straight shot from the BQE to the North Heights and Dumbo – so it’s very busy. (I worry that some kid is going to get run over some day because it’s like a freeway at times – lots of cars and trucks and fast drivers.) Columbia Heights has the most amazing Manhattan views you can have. Cranberry Street is quiet and charming (as are all the fruit streets.)
The comps are in a catfight!
The Columbia Heights place sold for over $2000 psf.
Comps have spoken, indeed.