House of the Day: 100 Lefferts Place
Why anyone would even considering paying over $2 million for a three-story house on Classon when they could pick up a five-story place on Lefferts Place for $1.8 million is beyond us. Granted there are no interior pics and the Lefferts Hotel is just down the block, but we’re willing to take this BHS broker’s…

Why anyone would even considering paying over $2 million for a three-story house on Classon when they could pick up a five-story place on Lefferts Place for $1.8 million is beyond us. Granted there are no interior pics and the Lefferts Hotel is just down the block, but we’re willing to take this BHS broker’s word that the 6,100-square-foot house is chock-full of period details. Given that it’s been chopped up into five floor-through apartments, though, we also bet it’s far from in perfect shape. Nonetheless, this could be an interesting condo conversion play. Agree?
100 Lefferts Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
“I just feel really attached to this block from afar and wanted to register my support”
That’s sweet, CambridgeMama. /no snark.
I lived in Williamsburg in the 80’s when it was sketchy so I know what you’re talking about.
If you know the local comps and the block well, then you can see that this price is within reason, especially considering the size of this place – but it is a bit high if significan work is required. We’ll see. All of the other Lefferts Place houses have sold like hotcakes, even very recently. Itr is difficult to find a nice 4 story (let alone a 5 story) mid to late 19th century brownstone that does not need tons of work in this area, or on this street in particular, for less than the 1.5 range. That of course depends on the house and condition. This part of Clinton Hill still represents relative value to the rest of the neighborhood imo.
My 25 year old white son has lived on this block since he got out of school. When he first moved in I was a little nervous about all the indicators that 8:33 mentioned.As a 50’s white woman I felt a little out of place when I came to visit. He grew up in Cambridge MA which is no Brooklyn but a pretty diverse place so this is not a total culture shock issue.
The more often I visited and ran through the neighborhoood(for excercise) and walked around to see the area I realized my assumptions about sketchiness are always based on income. What I’ve learned from visiting Lefferts Place and this area is that all kinds of people have all kinds of valid,happy, Ok lives. A junky yard does not a junkie make.
I am embarrassed at my first impressions but part of the reason is that the blocks between Atlantic and Fulton seem sort of unclaimed. I think this last block of Lefferts Place between Classon and Franklin is not yet part of the Lefferts Place Civic Association. I always wonder if we can afford to buy something here and rent it out to my son etc. but it seems totally unaffordable (and we live in quite a real estate hotbed ourselves). I will say the xmas eve murders made me incredibly sad and edgy, Random crime seems way less revelant than collateral dangers to me.I just feel really attached to this block from afar and wanted to register my support
My 25 year old white son has lived on this block since he got out of school. When he first moved in I was a little nervous about all the indicators that 8:33 mentioned.As a 50’s white woman I felt a little out of place when I came to visit. He grew up in Cambridge MA which is no Brooklyn but a pretty diverse place so this is not a total culture shock issue.
The more often I visited and ran through the neighborhoood(for excercise) and walked around to see the area I realized my assumptions about sketchiness are always based on income. What I’ve learned from visiting Lefferts Place and this area is that all kinds of people have all kinds of valid,happy, Ok lives. A junky yard does not a junkie make.
I am embarrassed at my first impressions but part of the reason is that the blocks between Atlantic and Fulton seem sort of unclaimed. I think this last block of Lefferts Place between Classon and Franklin is not yet part of the Lefferts Place Civic Association. I always wonder if we can afford to buy something here and rent it out to my son etc. but it seems totally unaffordable (and we live in quite a real estate hotbed ourselves). I will say the xmas eve murders made me incredibly sad and edgy, Random crime seems way less revelant than collateral dangers to me.I just feel really attached to this block from afar and wanted to register my support
Beautiful home.. I think this house would make any ture brownstone lover happy
3 mill in 12 years
SKETCHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahaha
ive heard black people call rural South Carolina “sketchy” because they assume they’re going to be lynched by abunch of KKK members.
On that note, Sketchy would be used to describe any place that makes you feel uneasy or uncomfortable. If being the minority in a place makes a place sketchy to someone I dont find that racist at all no mater what colour your skin is. Also things such as abandoned cars/buildings in disrepair, recent violent crimes as well as past violent crimes make a place “sketchy”. Both which are true for rural south carolina and parts of brooklyn.
The rental is also through a different agency than Brown Harris. It would be even more bizzare to be selling the building with one broker while you are renting out a rental unit in that building with another broker.
6:27. That hotel is now being converted, but you are right. It was known as a “hot sheets” hotel.