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
I actually hate this part of Bed Stuy. The positive is that it’s closer to Clinton Hill and possible amenities. Also, close to the A train. The bad is that this part of the neighborhood needs a lot of work and is incredibly dirty.
Dave- you would be happy to know I was over in your part of the hood this weekend. And I’m now bullish on S. Heights. I love what the neighborhood is doing over there- most blocks are clean and lots of people walking on a random Sunday morning. Now, if only it could be closer to the city.
Sorry MacD…that’s not what they are arguing about. It’s whether or not a particular area gets to be called Bedford Corners or Stuyvesant Heights or any other name.
I think we just stick to the street address between X and Y ave and leave it at that.
That said, I do like BoCoCa!!!
“It’s fun pointing out how retarded the posters on this Blog is.”
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“I have a friend..”
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OK…just spoke to the broker. He had the attitude that he was doing me a favor by answering the questions. He didn’t volunteer any info and it was like pulling teeth.
It has not had any work done to the electric, plumbing and heating. On the question about architectural detail he said it “needs work.” Doesn’t know the neighborhood so doesn’t know if the units, given the shape they are in, would get $1,500 per month.
Generally it sounded discouraging…at this price.
However, the units are VACANT.
I couldn’t stand talking to him anymore to get additional detail.
Would it be possible, for conversation sake, to divide Bed-Stuy into quarters using Tomkins Ave and Greene Ave as benchmarks.
Upper left = North west Bed Stuy
Lower left = South west Bed Stuy
Upper right = North east Bed Stuy
Lower right = South east Bed Stuy
No judgements, just trying to keep it simple in terms of figuring out where we are talking about. So, for example, this house would fall in the SW Bed Stuy area.
Pole…i thought that might be the case but wasn’t sure. I’ve seen problems with other buildings I’ve looked at where it is still a problem getting “bad” tenants out.
Maybe we shouldn’t jump the gun on this one in that regard anyway.
I’m giving all those who say its a nice block the benefit of the doubt. z and Amzi Hill have been on long enough to probably take their word for it
“A 3-family building is never subject to rent stabilization. It’s as good as vacant, assuming a standard lease term.”
It’s fun pointing out how retarded the posters on this Blog is. Some 2, 3 and 4 families could be subject to Rent Stabilization.
If the Landlord uses public money or Change some classification of building code or other circumstances.
I have a friend who has a 2 family with a store. He has a RS tenant in there from 1966 and can’t get rid of him! This is a E true Hollywood story. Stop reading bullshit and go down to HPD or the Building Dept.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
Aside from the issue of whether or not you ever grew up, What; you probably just referred to it as “my hood” and never knew any better.
daveinbedstuy:
A 3-family building is never subject to rent stabilization. It’s as good as vacant, assuming a standard lease term.