House of the Day: 212 8th Avenue
The four-story brownstone at 212 8th Avenue in Park Slope is a beautiful house, to be sure, and is extra-large too because of the two-floor extension, but we don’t think it’s a $3 million house in this market, which is a pity because the asking price is way up there at $3,495,000. Love the woodwork…
The four-story brownstone at 212 8th Avenue in Park Slope is a beautiful house, to be sure, and is extra-large too because of the two-floor extension, but we don’t think it’s a $3 million house in this market, which is a pity because the asking price is way up there at $3,495,000. Love the woodwork and other architectural details, though, and are sure it’ll make some new owner very happy when a market-clearing price is reached.
212 8th Avenue [Betancourt] GMAP P*Shark
H’mmm…sounds like Moutarde…no…they’re not fancy enough for what it sounds like you had. Moutarde is at a corner on 5th Avenue and has that “Paris Bistro-semi-Shabby Chic” “look” but when you examine it closely, it’s basically all Home Depot finishing.
Well, sounds like a good meal! I could go for that right now!
So nice you should/could come and visit Brooklyn since it had been so long. 😉
Try No. 7 in Fort Greene…it’s the toast of the town and one of the “top 10 new restaurants in the US according to Bon Appetit”… It’s kind of a young crowd most of the time but everyone raves about the food. It’s not exactly comfort (as in old-fashioned “comfort”) food though.
BTW, who needs Midtown? I hate Midtown, and with family in a major set of Midtown restaurants I shudder at the whole thing. It’s all so touristy.
But I guess there are all sorts of little pockets here and there throughout NYC–even Midtown.
There are some great restaurants in Queens, Brooklyn certainly, and some less traveled neighborhoods in Manhattan. Don’t ask me about the Bronx per se. We got lost once and went to a real old-fashioned deli in Riverdale (the owner was HUGE…rather amazing what kosher cold cuts can lead to if you’re not careful)–the deli hadn’t had much done to it since 1965…and we went to a very Irish bar for old-timers which was charming in its way.
Never have done much dining on Staten Island…have you?
I’m sick of restaurants though. I’m often disappointed. It’s tough being a …, a …., picky…
Thanks for the advice, Brooklyn Greene.
As for Fifth Avenue, the restaurant was French and at a street corner. My hosts told me it was “so much like Paris” that the new Nora Ephrom film about Julia Child used it as a location. The warm leek appetizer was very good, the duck breast also good. With desert, cocktails and a bottle of Margaux, the bill came to less than $200 for three people. (Try getting that in Midtown!)
NOP
NOP,
Yes, consolidating the outside-the-city houses can make a lot of sense, partly because you can schedule weekends/weeks so you can sometimes be with family and somtime be alone. Can go there for holidays en masse and everyone’s on more neutral ground…in the end though, there can be problems unless everything is well set out and there some established rules/framework from the start. Also a maintenance company/cleaning service can help make things much smoother.
But I gathered from what you wrote that you already have places and that a country house consolidation thing would simply add to your plate, which is no help.
Now…if you’re really thinking of coming back to Brooklyn, I can understand wanting a well-occupied house for safety’s sake. We really don’t worry to much but when we go away for long periods, it is a touch nerve-racking since no one is there who could really, really take control, sign a check or such if a true problem arose.
But I guess if you had a house with one or two stable rental apartments and had a deal with one of the tenants to take care of things like light upkeep/rubbish managment, in exchange for a rent discount, that might work well. Many people do this. We don’t have tenants but I can see how an arrangement might work well with a tenant.
On another note, I’m curious where what restaurants you went to on 5th Avenue. Come try some of the ones in Fort Greene. You’ll probably be surprised as I’ve been! “Who knew?!”
🙂
What does price have to do with the quality of the property? The market determines price. It is up one day, down the next. Quality on the other hand is something onto itself. This house is quality regardless of where the market pegs the price, and in the current economy, -who knows what that will be?
“Whether it sells for 3.5 or 2.5, the property is very choice.”
I love it when a swing of 1 million dollars, give or take, is an aside when discussing the quality of a piece of property.
It’s the mid 2000’s again, price means nothing!!
This is a nice big house, good layout, prestigious location. What’s not to like? Whether it sells for 3.5 or 2.5, the property is very choice.
Guess I meant more on the price…
But c’mon, 3 pics is the new hip way to tease you in RE Porn…it’s like flashing just a little bit of thigh.
You KNOW you want it!
4 interior photos is not porn worthy for $3.5 MM.
…..And in case you haven’t noticed, many expensive brownstones have a rental”
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Well if that ain’t the contrarian indicator comment of all time!!!
We officially have a new unserved demographic:
Affluent family desperately seeking 3 Million Dollar Brownstones, but market has priced them out and need the rental income to afford it.
HAW HAW HAW!!!