House of the Day: 216 17th Street
A real brownstone in Park Slope for $1,499,000? Yes, but, before you get too excited, it’s 17-feet wide, in the South Slope and needs work (it’s been in the same family for 58 years, after all). It’s not all bad at 216 17th Street, though. There are some nice architectural details and the taxes are…
A real brownstone in Park Slope for $1,499,000? Yes, but, before you get too excited, it’s 17-feet wide, in the South Slope and needs work (it’s been in the same family for 58 years, after all). It’s not all bad at 216 17th Street, though. There are some nice architectural details and the taxes are only $3,400. Any takers?
216 17th Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
ok – I have to get into this
as someone who is married to someone BORN IN PARK SLOPE in 1970s, there was never a neighborood called “Greenwood Hts”. Either lived in Park Slope or Sunset Park.
His best friend growing up lived on 21st street and 6th avenue – he too lived in Park Slope. The difference back then regardless of what street you lived on was whether it was the nice/relatively safe part of Park Slope (let’s say 3rd street and 7th avenue) vs. going to the parts PAST 12th street from 7th on to 4th avenues
This is from someone who grew up in Park Slope
Not Park Slope.
Geez!
you guys are a picky bunch-hahaha
ok, so it’s not “really” Park Slope and it’s a bit overpriced.
but let’s look at it this way:
It’s a good ol house with some solid details that you can bring to life if you have the money for renovation. It’s on a treelined street that may/may not sit on the expressway, but it’s only 2 blocks from some of the good happenings that South Slope has to offer like Sidecar and Southside Coffee
I think they can get 1.2ish for this
“The train is 25 minutes to mid-town via Pacific ST. Express”
Only if you don’t count the fifteen minutes it takes to get from Prospect Avenue to Pacific on the local and then wait there to transfer to an express train.
I generally think South Slope ends at the expressway, but if I had a friend who lived at this address and said they lived in South Slope I wouldn’t argue.
I think the thing about the layout that is weird is the Kitchen on top. Why does each of the two duplexes have a bedroom sharing the kitchen? I suppose that’s easy to fix.
I wonder what a duplex would rent for at that location. This probably makes more sense as a triplex and garden rental, but that means moving the kitchen. In my opinion making this into a sensible layout would cost 300-400k. That makes this place overpriced for that side of the expressway in my opinion.
The Official NYC Bus Map has all of the neighborhoods listed on it’s map. Zoom in and they appear in Blue.
http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/busbkln.pdf
I don’t see “Greenwood Heights” on the map. Are the “Heights” not quite the Slope but better than Sunset Park?
Looked at the map. It’s on the other side of the expressway. It’s in Greenwood Heights. That’s an ambitious asking for a townhouse in Greenwood Heights. On the plus side, there are a row of houses between it and the expressway.
I dont think the layout is that bad at all. Convert into an owners triplex over a garden rental. Living, kitchen and powder room on 2nd level, 2 bedrooms and full bath on 3rd level and master suite on the top floor with master bath with 2 walk-in closets. All that without taking too many walls down. I wish I wasnt so tied to Chicago.
Stuart, I too would consider this South Slope , possibly GH.
You’d think the Corcoran broker could spend an extra five minutes on a better description. Is this set up as a 2fam?
The facade looks in need of repair. The inner layout is horrible. The ‘garden’ needs help. This house is WAY over-priced when you consider that it will cast a half million to do exterior work and the interior work needed to fix the layout while preserving the detail. In fact is one of the most seriously overpriced houses I’ve seen here in a while.