House of the Day: 213 Congress Street
Finally some fresh blood! It’s been slim pickings in the new listings department this year so far but this immaculate single-family brick at 213 Congress changes that. The 25-foot-wide house has had the same owner for four decades but appears to have recently undergone a pretty serious (and traditional) renovation, from the massive kitchen to…
Finally some fresh blood! It’s been slim pickings in the new listings department this year so far but this immaculate single-family brick at 213 Congress changes that. The 25-foot-wide house has had the same owner for four decades but appears to have recently undergone a pretty serious (and traditional) renovation, from the massive kitchen to the landscaped backyard. Whether the buyers out there are ready to pay up for it remains to be seen: The asking price is $4,400,000, or more than $1,000 a foot. Possible?
213 Congress Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
There are no projects on Congress between Court + Clinton. This is very good looking house on a good (though not park) block. I don’t knwo what anything is worth these days, but someone will stay pay a lot of money for a house like this.
It’s across from a large coop building that is well maintained with parking to boot. It’s a 6 story brick structure from the late 40s that has 3 addresses. Not every tall brick building is a project.
Across the Street is 200-220 Congress Street Co-ops. An apartment there was featured some time ago. Here. It is not project. Yes, it was built in 1949-50 as rental apartments and turned Co-op in 1980. NOT a project. I lived there for 7 years quiet happily and around the neighborhood for 20 years until buying a house in Ditmas Park.
May not be the prettiest of buildings, but is well run, the building is set back with very well kept grounds in front. At the intersection of Congress and Court is St. Paul’s church:
From the AIA Guide, it would seem that much of this church was designed and built about 1838 by Gamaliel King, allowing St. Paul’s parish to claim that their church is the oldest Catholic church in continuous use in Brooklyn. The steeple was added in the 1860’s, and other enlargements were made. The church fronts on Court Street, the chapel and rectory on Congress Street. For a while, the parish had three names: St. Peter (from the parish on Hicks Street that is now a condo), Our Lady of Pilar, and St. Peter. The signs now name it as the parish of St. Peter and St. Agnes, with services alternating between the two church buildings. St. Agnes is on Sackett Street.
Crappy streetview indeed.
Doesn’t look like a recent renovation to me…more 90s? It is a lovely house though.
The black and white floors are probably much better in person than in photos. I have always liked black and white floors.
This house is superb. I think the price is in the right range.
Take a look at the Streetview…across the street from some projects. I think not.
only 3 bedrooms?
No, the price is not possible.
Queen takes pawn.