House of the Day: 208 Hancock Street
The days of someone paying a lot of money for a wreck of a house in Bed Stuy are over, if they were ever really here at all. (Most of the houses in Bed Stuy that sold for close to a million dollars or more in the last couple of years were either in good…
The days of someone paying a lot of money for a wreck of a house in Bed Stuy are over, if they were ever really here at all. (Most of the houses in Bed Stuy that sold for close to a million dollars or more in the last couple of years were either in good shape or had something pretty spectacular to recommend them.) As much as we dig the exterior of this brownstone at 208 Hancock Street, we’d be very surprised if someone paid the asking price of $859,000. There are no interior photos of the 3-family, 3,600-square-foot house, but judging from those windows, we’d be surprised if the inside of the house had been particularly well-preserved. So what do you think the market is for something like this? Not very strong, we’d guess.
208 Hancock Street [Weichert] GMAP P*Shark
“A little web research shows that the name Bedford Corners has been in use for hundreds of years…”
You are a lying piece of shit! I grew up on Hancock bet Bedford and Nostrand 1968- 1994 and NEVER NEVER no one use the term Bedford Corners!!!!
Take your lying neighborhood hijacker ass back to ohio!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
Yes wasder….all true. But then we get into the arguments with what street it begins and ends. Thats where all these discussions lead
This house is actually on a very nice block filled from end to end with Great Houses – price does not seem off the mark. High? yes! But not off the mark, for off the mark please refer to the Corcoran listing on Halsey Street between Marcy and Tompkins @ $950k now thats both off the mark and insane.
And Brownstoner, your tone usaully sets the course of the discussion you really should be more mindful as to not encourage bad behavior. Remember your neighborhood not so long ago was considered not so great and depending on who you ask still is not.
A little web research shows that the name Bedford Corners has been in use for hundreds of years…
“The name Bedford Stuyvesant is an extension of the name of the Village of Bedford Corners (founded around 1670) and expanded to include the area of Stuyvesant Heights.”
Presumably this was the name for this area before it was merged with the Stuyvesant Heights area and Bed Stuy as we know it was born. Seems a reasonable sub-neighborhood distinction.
Amzi Hill…I would have to say that any closer to that Bedford/Nostrand corner A/C stop would wind up being a liability!!!!
Rename the neighborhood BEDCO. That way this house will sail to well over 2 million in less than a year. Better scoop it up now so you can triple your profits! Mmm. This Koolaid’s good. Got any more?
I agree with The What…
What is considered Bedford Corners???
Where the fuck is “Bedford Corners”!!??? Like some other imaged neighborfuckinghoods!
You need to stop that bullshit!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
11217….only if all the architectural detail is there and the electric, plumbing and heating have been fully upgraded.
And then of course comes the problems of the rents…any stabilized?? Vacant??
I think there is some value to the “on street parking” listed as an amenity!!!