House of the Day: 1265 Dean Street
What’s a beautiful house in Crown Heights North worth these days? We have no idea, but this listing at 1265 Dean Street should help provide a data point. The four-story Romanesque Revival house is dripping with original detail, including some serious wood paneling, and is located on “one of the loveliest blocks in all of…
What’s a beautiful house in Crown Heights North worth these days? We have no idea, but this listing at 1265 Dean Street should help provide a data point. The four-story Romanesque Revival house is dripping with original detail, including some serious wood paneling, and is located on “one of the loveliest blocks in all of Brooklyn,” according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The corner location means lots of light but, on the downside, it also means higher taxes. The asking price is $925,000. Any guesses?
1265 Dean Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
“BHO…do the bathrooms and kitchens need to be completely gutted????”
I don’t recall. I’d guess yes.
On a side note, there’s stained glass at the stairwell too. Hot.
Yeah, that trek accross Atlantic kills the desireability index. And that hood is not for everybody. I know a family who moved out for safety reasons and another who is in the process (both black). But for $925K, you can be part of the “solution”.
***Bid half off peak comps***
Forgot- the 65 bus runs up Bergen and down Dean to downtwon Brooklyn, and other lines run on New York, Bedford and Nostrand. The A is on Fulton/Nostrand and is only a few minutes away.
There is a 2 car garage, which is theirs, so no back yard per se- that may have been a major problem for selling.
People who don’t know the area don’t understand how actually stable this neighborhood has been, because it has a large number of long time homeowners who recognized how architecturally important Crown Heights North is and began the landmarking process. I’ve lived here 6 years and never had a problem (unlike in Bklyn Heights where I was mugged across the street from where I lived, and almost mugged 3 other times). I’m betting Crown Heights will stay stable, especially because it never really became part of the MREB.
It’s not IN the bedroom rob, just attached through a doorway so that you don’t have to go all the way down the hall.
gross dave . i would NEVER want a bathroom in my bedroom. ick,
*rob*
Swoon! That is a stunning home.
the house is nice, however there is a very messy divorce playing out….tried viewing the house many times and was turned away because of the litigation involved(judges ruling). The reason the renovations are incomplete could be due to the divorce???
Brownstoner:
This house is around the corner from where I lived as a boy in Crown Heights during the 50s.
It sits in the middle of the Crown Heights North Historic District on Dean Street, which is one of the most beautiful stretches of row houses anywhere in New York (including those in my landmark district in Manhattan). Opposite it are two remarkable churches, one Romanesque-Revival the other Italianate, which also rival any in the city and here stand face-to-face, a wonderful composition that may be unique for Brooklyn.
For those concerned about the high-rise across the street, don’t worry. It’s a stable, well-kept apartment house for elders, designed late in the career of John Luis Wilson, the prominent African-American architect and designer of the Harlem River Houses, the first federal public housing in the country, an official city landmark and still an attractive place to live.
Several months ago, this beauty was featured on Brownstoner for more than a million. Given the state of the market, its price should continue to decline until it reaches the point where the right owner, willing to restore it to its full glory, will pounce.
Or heck, why restore it other than mechanicials and the roof, if necessary? Why not just luxuriate in its great space and light and spend the next decade or two tinkering as the need arises, English-manor style? (Ever visit British gentry? Their houses are great but are often old and worn.) You’ll still get the rush of walking up that broad stoop and turning the front door key, happy in the knowledge that you live in one of the most beautiful corner houses in all of New York.
Nostalgic on Park Avenue
Looks like there’s no back yard at all. Maybe a deck could go over the garage? The street view of this block is off the hook. Easily as nice, architecturally, as the park block of 3rd street in park slope. If this were a mile down Dean on the west side of washington, the ask would be double. I could see someone who loved the place and had long term faith in brooklyn paying 900k.
What, I’m usually pretty good at deciphering your points but you’ve outdone yourself on this one!