House of the Day: 169 Clinton Street
This five-story brick townhouse at 169 Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights is a real beauty. The living areas have retained their historic charm and the modernized kitchen and bathrooms appear to fit in tastefully with the original vibe of the house. The 25-foot-wide house, which also comes with two parking spaces in the rear, looks…
This five-story brick townhouse at 169 Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights is a real beauty. The living areas have retained their historic charm and the modernized kitchen and bathrooms appear to fit in tastefully with the original vibe of the house. The 25-foot-wide house, which also comes with two parking spaces in the rear, looks like a very attractive deal to us at $3,200,000. At the very least, it puts Tuesday’s House of the Day to shame. Even in this market, we think this will move. Do you?
169 Clinton Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
zinka, it’s actually true. Burn After Reading was filmed in Brooklyn Heights as a standin for Georgetown in DC. You can see Clooney and company in this link:
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/index.php?s=burn+after+reading
Hilarious that the Corcoran listing says that Brooklyn Heights was featured in “Burn After Reading”. That movie was set in DC, not Brooklyn. I guess if you’ve seen one rowhouse neighborhood, you’ve seen them all?
I wonder what the discount is for the fact this house is haunted? No joke: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08142008/realestate/ghost_story_124321.htm?page=0
H.P. Lovecraft rented an apartment at 169 Clinton in 1927. He complained that there was “Something unwholesome — something furtive — something vast lying subterrenely in obnoxious slumber — that was the soul of 169 Clinton St. at the edge of Red Hook, and in my great northwest room ‘The Horror at Red Hook’ was written.”
So this will either get a premium for being part of Brooklyn literary history, or Scooby Doo will have to be called in on the case.
Thanks, BRG. I am only half joking. I am planning to redo my kitchen and it is interesting to read what someone who is looking for a home is looking for in a kitchen. Ultimately, I will make the decision that fits my budget and taste but I always have an ear out to hear what others are thinking. Thanks.
‘bayridgegirl: Can you please opine on the appliances.’
11233 – Hard to tell by the angle. Maybe a Wolf Range??
There are 4 other kitchens in this house, let me at them.
Iris,
Only a small percentage of those (a) provide an address; (b) meet minimum (admittedly totally subjective) aesthetic standards and (c) are in “Brownstone Brooklyn”. But point taken.
A very casual perusal of Times online real estate listings for Brooklyn has 56 pages of townhouses for sale under $1 million, and 18 pages for sale under $2 million. Must most of the “Houses of the Day” and virtually all of the “Open House Picks” be listings over a million dollars?
bayridgegirl: Can you please opine on the appliances.
5-family?
woof!
This property has a ways to go be a real home again.
As an investment property it may be fine, but it all depends on the rent roll and the age of the rent-regulated tenants. The only way they will leave the house is feet-first.