House of the Day: 491 3rd Street
[nggallery id=”21393″ template=galleryview] At least we know where I. M. Pei stands on the recessed-lighting issue! At some point, the famed architect designed the upper duplex of this four-story brick house at 491 3rd Street in Park Slope. (The lower two floors are floor-through apartments.) The design is nice enough, but other than the archway,…
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At least we know where I. M. Pei stands on the recessed-lighting issue! At some point, the famed architect designed the upper duplex of this four-story brick house at 491 3rd Street in Park Slope. (The lower two floors are floor-through apartments.) The design is nice enough, but other than the archway, there aren’t a lot of strong statements going on as far as we can tell. According to the listing, the two lower floor-through apartments have retained their historic details and will be delivered vacant. Given the location, the asking price of $2,795,000 probably isn’t too far off the market. The first open house is on Sunday from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
491 3rd Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I love brooklyn too but gosh, my in-laws live in new jersey and we have been to some really great restaurants there. i mean don’t over do it, there is life outside brooklyn.
I love Brooklyn. I Lived In New Jersey for 3 years and I hated it. There is nothing to do at all, the best place to eat is the Cheescake factory. Yuck
7:47 I suspect that you are a person (notice I do not put that in quotes) who is a bit hostile to homosexuals or to others who you think have different values than yourself. No one likes a bully or a man or woman who is coarse or ill-mannered. If one is speaking of homes valued at 2.7 million dollars, it is not fitting to be juvenille, homophobic, racist, ageist, or just plain rude. People with money do not appreciate rudeness, except perhaps from their lawyers but never done in their presence. If Brooklyn is truly a place where houses go for these prices I think we should start acting the part. Don’t you think so hon?
Yes, Biff and Dave are tiresome…such drivel from their fingers…
Maybe they should open a sports bar: “Biff’n’Dave’s”.
Could go national.
Anyway…”Biff Champion”??? Was that a hero on an old-time radio drama…or a thoroughbred racehorse? I don’t get it… I have friends named Kick, Skip, Tripp and a couple other incredibly preppy-sounding names I won’t even write.
But “Champion”…? I guess it’s supposed to be 50’s-60’s retro.
Regarding Biff Champion:
You have divulged too much info about yourself, buddy. We know approximately what streets you live near, we know you have kids, but may or may not have a wife. We know you like to flirt with men and even gave out your email to a certain poster on here not too long ago. People talk, you know. And a LOT of people in these parts read brownstoner and are better at putting pieces together than you might suspect.
I suggest you wise up, unless you’d like to be “outed”
Look, for the time being we can handle Brooklyn. It’s where we live and frankly, there IS less dog doo on the streets compared with Paris!
7:33–you’re right. San Francisco looks great but it’s got problems. Cali is a mess. Love it but it can be a mess. NY’ers can’t function out there. It’s another country.
And anyway, San Francisco can be boring…a compleeeetely different rhythm…and to think it’s the biggest city for a huge distance in both directions on the coast. Very hard for East Coast Megapolis (Megalopolis?) dwellers to fathom.
We live between two East Coast cities and though they’re farther apart than I would like in terms of our commuting back and forth, I like the two places and the commute is do-able.
Sadly, there is a LOT of harrowing poverty in the US and Brooklyn. I wonder what will happen to central brownstone Brooklyn as the economy falters. There are many people suffering now. How visible will poverty become in the, currently, tonier nabes? Will there be more break-ins, renos that don’t progess or half-built apartment buildings like in the early 90’s, muggings?
Funny, I used to live on the UES on a main drag (Park) in a “pre-war” doorman 12-story building (1 & 2 apts per floor)–you know, the formula–a car had its window smashed in for a stereo right in front of the building one night…a friend was brutally mugged on E. 77 just off Park.
So…who knows…
Really, 7:47?
I happen to think posters like Dave and Biff are two “people” who give Brooklyn a bad name.
They are aggressive, they will pick a fight with anyone, act like children and talk about nonsense for hours on end.
You do realize that those are two grown men, right?
Their behavior is deplorable, in my opinion.
I have to say that although i have lived here for fifteen years, brooklyn has its problems. I think that yahoos who think all old people should die or that anyone with an opposing view should move out, do not reflect well on Brooklyn. There is a certain coarseness here, which is absent in most other places where houses sell for a million dollars or more. i think it is something we should think about and try to improve. I realize some of the posters here are just kids but the tone is sometimes so awful that it is just completely off-putting. For example, the writer who is so rude to Biff, he is a redneck. I don’t care if he is a native New Yorker, he is still a redneck. it is hard to reconcile redneck behavior with million dollar real estate, I have to agree with that.
To the person who keeps writing how high the quality of life is in San Francisco. Like any city, it depends on the neighborhood. Some are high end yuppie hell and some are gang ridden and drug infested. I lived there for 14 years. Although it is aesthetically gorgeous there are many issues not unlike here. But one of the serious “quality of life issues” was the vast number of homeless people. I’m telling you there were days I didn’t want to leave my flat because on each street corner there would be a panhandler. And they are notoriously aggressive. I’ve actually been spit at, cursed at, and chased because I wouldn’t hand out money. I’ve been in Brooklyn for 12 years I couldn’t think of a better place to live. Yes, there are times when I go nuts, but at least I don’t have to hear “whatever” from a San Franciscan who doesn’t want to cause waves.