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
Making fun of the huge increase in muggings in Clinton Hill is not very humane of you, 3:59.
I think it’s a great house. I like the layout – parlor upstairs and bedrooms downstairs. I LOVE that garden with the brick wall at the end giving it a great sense of privacy. I’d buy a projector and beam movies off of it during the summer. I agree the parlor’s been chopped up, but I like the open feel. Obviously RS tenants are not the best, I’d prefer to be in the Slope, but this is one of the better homes I’ve seen lately.
I had a friend who was beaten on dekalb also his legs were broken and he was knifed by a gang. It was the second time it happened in a week. He said that he had a dog with him to protect him the second time, but they stole the dog.
He warned me not to move to clinton hill or fort greene. He said I should move to park slope. Is that a nice area?
As soemone who was involved in a rent stabilization fight (as a tenant – an owner wanted to convert and evict uas all), i will tell you it is long and can be dirty (and expensive). See Rent Stab law Sec 2524.4. Basically, the owner can evict if they plan to use it for owner or owner’s immediate family, unless the tenant is senoir citizen or disabled, in which case the owner needs to find a comparable replacement apartment. Trust me, it a pain in the old arse – usualyy it entials a major buyout of sorts.
I think that Clinton Hill has huge potential. The architecture is tops, the streets are wide and leafy, the commercial streets could have great shops some day.
It will come, in about ten to fifteen years. Crime should diminish as well. Give it time.
seven years in housing court goes by fast.
of course in ten years Brooklyn may be over because all the yuppies will be tech-commuting and flocking to Nova Scotia or the Blue Ridge Mountains -who knows?
I am in total agreement with you ArmChairWarrior. There is no reason to spend this much for a home in a B location. You’d have to REALLY love Clinton Hill and with all the news about the increased crime and the Flea taking over the neighborhood on Sundays, I’m finding that less and less the case.
“It’s a lame comparison anyway because the only houses in the slope that are comparable are a few 5 stories on 6th ave that were also carved up into rooming houses.”
That’s funny cause I live in a 5 story on Berkeley Place. Quite a few of them on our block.
Armchairwarrior,
Why is your grammar so bad?
also if you go south a bit in prospect heights, the houses along Washington and near it, is still half the price.