House of the Day: 17 1st Street
There’s a little more exposed brick than we’d like to see and the bathroom’s a little cheesy, but otherwise this smallish house at 17 1st Street in Gowanus (or Carroll Gardens, depending on who you ask) has a nice feel to it, especially for a house in this neighborhood that’s been in the same hands…
There’s a little more exposed brick than we’d like to see and the bathroom’s a little cheesy, but otherwise this smallish house at 17 1st Street in Gowanus (or Carroll Gardens, depending on who you ask) has a nice feel to it, especially for a house in this neighborhood that’s been in the same hands for a long time. (We like the exposed wood beams on the garden level, for example, and the upper floors have their fireplaces and moldings intact.) The asking price of $1,249,000 looks good at first glance, but remember that the house is 16 feet wide and less than 2,000 square feet in total. Thoughts?
17 1st Street [Fillmore] GMAP P*Shark
Pete:
1. The Bell House is located on 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue…no where near said house.
2. The East Village and Lower East Side became hot residential tickets, in part because of their status as nightlife spots.
Not everyone buying a house in Brooklyn has kids and needs peace and quiet 24/7. Some people actually LIKE to live near fun things. Perhaps someone interested in a small house like this with one bathroom. You never know. I was just giving out some info about a really great new place in Brooklyn.
Why does Biff Rock so much??!!?!?!
Love this guy
“More importantly, this house is walking distance to Floyd’s.”
As in Floyd NY? Site of the next Brownstoner gathering set for Thursday, March 19, commencing at 6pm and going late into the wee hours?
http://floydny.com/
131 Atlantic Avenue
between Henry and Clinton Streets
yeah 11217 — Just what someone interested in buying a cute house wants to be near and associated with: the ‘scene’-,
nightclubs, and lots of town cars and cabs waiting around late at night. Thankfully all that riffraff is across the canal over by Park Slope.
1st Street between Hoyt and Bond is–no contest–Carroll Gardens.
Ask literally any single person on this block or the blocks to the north and south.
Exposed brick and stone in the cellar is great.
More importantly, this house is walking distance to Floyd’s.
Don’t knock Gowanus…it’s quickly becoming quite the “scene” right now. Checked out the new music venue/nightclub, The Bell House recently, and with all the town cars and cabs waiting out front in addition to the PACKED space full of quite attractive people inside (complete with band and 12-4am Sparkle Motion Dance Party)
They are also starting a new “Boys and Girls” night every Saturday starting in a couple weeks organized by one of the former bartenders of Cattyshack.
The Gowanus seems to be one of the hottest new nightlife destinations in NYC.
But I love that contrast, sam. Not in all things- but sometimes it works beautifully.
An exposed brick wall in the garden level or an upper floor room is OK. I don’t like them in parlors. especially in nicer houses. The roughness of the brick clashes with the polish and glow that these interiors are supposed to possess.