House of the Day: 1372 Dean Street
We’re loving the looks of this brick three-story house at 1372 Dean Street in the Crown Heights North Historic District. From the outside, that is. Who could resist that rounded tower? The inside, however, is looking a little worse for the wear and makes the asking price of $1,250,000 little more than a pipe dream…
We’re loving the looks of this brick three-story house at 1372 Dean Street in the Crown Heights North Historic District. From the outside, that is. Who could resist that rounded tower? The inside, however, is looking a little worse for the wear and makes the asking price of $1,250,000 little more than a pipe dream in this market, in our opinion. What’s more, this place is chopped up into a five units, which presents its own set of potential drawbacks. (Three of the apartments are currently rented.) On the positive side, there’s a driveway with room for two cars. We just don’t see how a place like this is going to clear a million bucks in this environment.
1372 Dean Street [Century 21] GMAP P*Shark
Amzi Hill – love the name. Another great Brooklyn architect of the middle to late 19th Century.
Is there anything more retarded than the fake what posting on the blog that he doesn’t like anymore? I would say the mandatory registration has already achieved its desired effects: more objective discussions and less what.
1370 Dean (adjoining) is beautiful, MM. PropertyShark does not show a sale date, but Trulia says it sold for $700K in Nov 2007; not sure how accurate that site is.
http://www.trulia.com/homes/New_York/Brooklyn/sold/20813709-1370-Dean-St-Brooklyn-NY
That block has some amazing houses and, unfortunately, a lot abandoned ones. I keep waiting for the right abandoned one to come on the market.
bayridgegirl, you are correct. Lois Thompson of Corcoran used to have the Elkins house listing, it was on the website not all that long ago. I guess no takers. Too bad. It could be a unique house with a lot of class in the right hands, which happen to sit in deep pockets.
Please keep looking, we’ve still got lots of great homes here.
If it has 5 floors, perhaps 2 apartments are on one floor, obviously very small apartments. The first brownstone I lived in in Bklyn Heights was like that. the landlady had 3 floors (basement and 2 above),and the top 3 floors had 2 apartments each.
It’s really a shame they are keeping this price so high, although I’m sure it will go down, because the house deteriorates. Don’t understand why they have no kitchen photos and only that one bath which certainly does nothing for the sale of the house.
I think your right Bolder. 850K and this house would sell in a New York minute. This house is worth 1.2 million but it needs about 200K to restore it to its original glory. Bayridgegirl have you look over in Stuyvesant Heights on the other side of Atlantic? There are some very nice homes over there for sale and just out of the landmark district on streets like Hancock and Jefferson there are some great four story brownstones on the market going for under 850K.
Aussie has it right. What a great property, but what neglect! You can’t force people to sell at a certain price, but if this were listed at 750 or even 800k, bet someone would come along and convert it back to a 1 or 2 family dwelling. At this price, it’s for slumlords only.
What happened to the Elkins house (1375 Dean)? Did it sell? I know longer see it listed on Corcoran’s site. We were going to go look at it, but realized we probably can’t get financing for a house that’s not habitable. (I still dream about that house though).
Also, what happened to 1171 Dean Street – listed as HOTD, I think last week. Did anybody go see that? That one interested me, but not hubby.
What happened to some parts of Brooklyn always amaizes me. This house is beautiful, such a piece of history and a reminder of the greatness of an era past. This must have once been a pretty wealthy part of town. One day this house may be very desirable again … but for now…