House of the Day: 306 Washington Avenue
This five-story brownstone at 306 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill is an impressive place. Owned by the same person for the last three decades, the house has beaucoup original detail—crown moldings, pier mirrors, the whole nine yards. The only downer is the fact that it’s a four family house and the three floor-through apartments are…
This five-story brownstone at 306 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill is an impressive place. Owned by the same person for the last three decades, the house has beaucoup original detail—crown moldings, pier mirrors, the whole nine yards. The only downer is the fact that it’s a four family house and the three floor-through apartments are generating a measly $3,021 per month. Given the cost of converting to, say, a two-family, the $2,300,000 asking price might be a bit on the high side. What do you think?
306 Washington Avenue [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
I got shot down the block and the week after, they stole my brownstone!
hey 1:56
based on what people are reporting here about crime in Clinton Hill looks like the only BS on this thread is your denial that you live in the ghetto! Clinton Hill is not safe, deal with it! This house is not worth more then 1.6 and next year it will be less
re: slopejacking – the difference is that no one from any other neighborhood EVER says – “why would I buy here when I could get a (not quite as nice) place for this price in x,y or z (Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, etc etc etc). Because for some reason, people in those neighborhoods understand that there are people who don’t WANT to live there, and that they like Clinton Hill better for whatever reason. You never hear Manhattanites saying “why would I buy that two bedroom in the East Village when I could get something now quite as nice on the Upper East Side? BECAUSE some people don’t LIKE the UES – some people prefer the east village because it has a very different feel. Everyone in NYC seems to understand this notion of personal preference. Everyone, that is, but the slopers on this blog.
sarcasm
3:23 “i have two friends who have been mugged within a block of this home within the last 2 months. both were pretty horrible crimes and both went nearly ignored by the police.”
Hey folks about 2 weeks ago a young woman was stabbed about 9 times (once in the head) in serene Park Slope (Berkeley and 6th ave.) and of course it was not covered fully by the media. So folks continue to walk around PS oblivious to what’s happening out there.
Crime can and will take place anywhere…
Clinton Hill Library Chaos —
Things are not going so well at the Brooklyn Public Library in Clinton Hill. “The last few days, I’ve trekked up there, only to find the lights off, the gate locked and a sad print-out sign saying that the temperature inside had reached 83…and they had closed early. It’s pretty clear to anybody who even walks by the operating budget is pretty meager, and certainly no one likes a sweaty librarian – but at the same time, they’re already open so few hours a week…” Meanwhile, head of the Friends of the Library group is moving back to…Ohio. They needs volunteers to do gardening. And they’re going to be having bake sales and things to raise money. [Clinton Hill Blog]
Clinton Hill is not a good comparison to Park Slope because Clinton Hill is for people looking for a quiet area with restaurants and bars tucked away on side streets rather than a more crowded strip arrangement. I agree people probably don’t know where they are. Try Vinnie and Ollie on Gates I think it is the best italian in Brooklyn.
I love how the anti-Slopers come out saying that (even if they could afford it…hardy har har) that they’d never live there…as if they are in the majority.
I find it adorable.
And I don’t want a 2nd home in Tuscany either.
3:59, come on! Are you serious they broke his legs, knifed him, AND stole his dog! Twice in one week? I mean I’m trying not to laugh just in case your serious which I doubt. Hell with it, I’m gonna laugh at that one. They stole his guard dog.