House of the Day: 491 East 17th Street
This 3,500-square-foot one-family house at 491 East 17th is advertised as being on “the best block in Landmark Ditmas Park.” If that’s true, we suspect that this is one of the less good-looking places on the street due, in large part, to the brick addition on the front of the house. The interior, however, is…
This 3,500-square-foot one-family house at 491 East 17th is advertised as being on “the best block in Landmark Ditmas Park.” If that’s true, we suspect that this is one of the less good-looking places on the street due, in large part, to the brick addition on the front of the house. The interior, however, is very charming. And, considering that the house across the street sold for $1,900,000 last year, the asking price of $1,300,000 for this place may look interesting for those with a hankering for the Victorian nabe.
491 East 17th Street [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
Walk to Cortelyou (about three avenues away) to see gentrification in action, complete with a couple of coffee shops, some relatively new restaurants, Bell & Maxie (a kid’s store), a nice wine shop and some new condos.
Most of the houses on the named streets (Marlborough, Argyle, Rugby) are great examples of Victorian architecture and you’ll find a lot of other nice homes on many of the numbered streets as well. On the other side of Newkirk Plaza, you’ll find the Flatbush Malls, nice promenade-like streets with very big houses, many in various stages of renovation.
The B runs express here during the day, so it’s a relatively quick commute into midtown Manhattan. The Q runs at all times, day and night.
1:48 – Ouch. How much to undo the damage?
1.3 million, than you can undo anything you want.
If this house originally had the enclosed porch, like next door, you could rebuild something similar. It would be on my list, but with those bucks, it would have to wait a long time. That said, it is a pretty house on the inside, and from the description, certainly is spacious. Close to the subway, landmarked block, etc, etc. It’s not one of the drop dead gorgeous mansions, but is very nice, and manageable. I think it will sell, at list or just below, as well.
I don’t know this area that well, but looks like some of the houses are gorgeous.
I think I’ll talk a little field trip into this neighborhood.
Any hints as to which streets to hit.
Ouch. How much to undo the damage?
This addition was done many, many years ago. Most likely the 30s. You can tell from the window mullions behind the storms. You see a lot of this in Victorian Flatbush and Midwood. The asking price seems high to me, given the exterior alterations. Not much curb appeal. Maybe my house is worth more than I realize…
good lookin house, even with the ugly brick.
Mary K always gets her price, so I suspect this will go, even in this economy.
Ah, NO. but if you go to the link and look at listing #0499, now that’s a house, but also too expensive.
I wonder if you could make that brick addition cuter by adding larger, multi-paned windows (like you see next door), or would that just be a silk purse/sow’s ear scenario?