House of the Day: 445 Warren Street
This row of three-story townhouses on Warren Street between Bond and Nevins in Boerum Hill has a lot of charm despite its proximity to the Gowanus Houses. Unfortunately for this particular listing at 445 Warren Street, though, the interior appears to have no charm at all. (It also doesn’t appear to have a broker who’s…
This row of three-story townhouses on Warren Street between Bond and Nevins in Boerum Hill has a lot of charm despite its proximity to the Gowanus Houses. Unfortunately for this particular listing at 445 Warren Street, though, the interior appears to have no charm at all. (It also doesn’t appear to have a broker who’s making much of an effort. Horrendous photos!) That combo is going to make it hard to fetch the asking price of (cue Doctor Evil) $1,000,000.
445 Warren Street [Century21] GMAP P*Shark
I agree with Lechacal–I would never live next to the projects and this is not about race, I’m black. I laughed when a broker tried to make me feel bad for not wanting to consider a place across the street from the projects in Williamsburg. As if there was some issue of racial solidarity–I said “no my brother, and where do you live?” Needless to say, not next to the projects! No it’s about socioeconomics. Bottom line.
Damn, whoever is responsible for those photos ought to be tarred and feathered. OK if it’s a rental or some cheap apartment, but these jokers are asking $1M and put up shots like that?? Worse than amateur really…
Let the luv flow. Sometimes, I just luv being an instigator…
others for sale in area (fixer uppers/3 story) include a $699k on Hoyt (Douglass) needing serious work but wider than this and more convenient location…
and a $950k on Butler between Smith and Hoyt – also wider than this and more convenient block.
Remember this house is smallish –>17’x37′ (3 floors) and I’m not even sure there is a cellar- mechanicals could be on 1st level.
maybe I’ll lower estimate.
Found this nifty widget on the NYCHA website. The block is between two public housing complexes.
http://gis.nyc.gov/nycha/im/AddressMap.do
Excerpt from an earlier post:
Run, Run, Run Away!!!
Didn’t anyone learn anything from the financial crisis. There are certain risks that u just can’t price.
U got the ole dope peddler down the street in the ole crack house.
U got the gangstas shooting up the hood and killing the folks.
The neighbors are turning tail and heading for the high ground.
I can just hear the missus.
“Why charlie, this would be such an adorable home. The kids can walk to school everyday and if they don’t get shot that day, little bobby can always stop by the crack house on the way for some dope to sooth his nerves. This is so so perfect!!!”
I’m with lechacal. I have a prejudice against having to walk a gauntlet every day. No waaay, no how, I live here.
There is a reason that so many kids from the projects grow up to live in the projects. They were too damn busy ducking bullets and walking an extra block not to get picked on by the dope peddlers to be able to do the things to get out of the hood!!!
“Hey where did you grow up? In BK right next to all those $1M+ houses”
that’s sure sign of a real estate bubble. Similar to the line of “when the night clean crew offers you some stock tips, stock market IS a bubble that’s about to burst”
I used to walk down on these blocks around the Gowanus Houses and Wyckoff Gardens nearly every day when I was dating someone who lived down here. Lots of times it was rather late.
I NEVER felt unsafe in the slightest, actually. It felt fine. The kids hanging out never said a peep to me.
Everyone has areas which they have good or bad juju with I guess. I feel much less comfortable walking in the blocks east of Washington Avenue in Crown Heights.
Isn’t this block next to the Wyckoff Houses? Those are the “bad” projects; Gowanus Houses are not bad at all. Next to Wyckoff is a whole other story.