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
Amzi Hill:
Sorry for that. Somehow I came up with the 81st precinct in my search. I trust yours.
All of my comments remain the same, however.
11217 there has been 3 murders in the 79th precinct this year where is house is located. You information is negative and WRONG. http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs079pct.pdf
Of course there are varying degrees of murder…random, police brutality, etc etc.
Obviously murders like this aren’t the same as a random act, but I still don’t see how one can justify these prices. That’s my only point. Not that Bed Stuy (parts of it) isn’t a wonderful neighborhood.
I simply don’t see though how anything near this price is on the mark. The crime, combined with the lack of services, means to me that you are STILL paying for gentrification that has yet to happen and in this market, that way of thinking is absurd since who knows when another wave of gentrification might hit Bed Stuy.
This is the perfect house for someone willing to take the risk of moving to an area with crime and lack of services, but is already priced above what a middle class family could swing.
I just don’t see why someone would choose this over Ditmas or Kensington or other areas of South Brooklyn which are much safer and have more services nearby within walking distance.
If this place were 500K, I could see it…
Such is the story of NYC, I suppose.
11217…how many of them were “police” shootings?? Those type of murders always seem to involve the use of much more force!!!
If you have a gun and the other guy has a knife do you really need to kill him to stop him???
I think this is a Montrose Morris house. This block is talked about in great detail in 1894 article in the Brooklyn Eagle it is a great old article.
Since 1010wins, Metro and the NYTimes all said the murder took place in Bed Stuy, you’ll have to forgive me for not knowing that the precise location was in Ocean Hill.
You might want to talk to the news outlets about what the borders of your neighborhood are so there’s no more confusion.
And that 9 does not cover the one from this weekend…
There have been 9 murders so far in 2008 in this police precinct. From what I can see that is the 3rd highest of any precinct in Brooklyn.
9 murders might not be a lot compared with 49 in 1990, but it’s still a lot when you’re paying almost a million dollars for a shell.
Sorry, but we will have to agree to disagree on this one.
Crime in this part of BS is really not all that high.