House of the Day: 171 State Street
Very nice indeed! 171 State Street just hit the market and it’s a beauty. The center-stair brownstone in Brooklyn Heights has mucho original charm—fireplaces, pier mirrors, parquet out the wazoo. Given the charm factor and the location, the asking price of $2,895,000 sounds reasonable to us. Thoughts? 171 State Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Very nice indeed! 171 State Street just hit the market and it’s a beauty. The center-stair brownstone in Brooklyn Heights has mucho original charm—fireplaces, pier mirrors, parquet out the wazoo. Given the charm factor and the location, the asking price of $2,895,000 sounds reasonable to us. Thoughts?
171 State Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Yes, he was.
Never actually noticed the “minority children” Minard.
But the place gets loud at night. And the general location is great…never said it wasn’t. Simply said there might need to be a discount for being on a corner which gets loud.
Just as there would be on any loud corner we speak about. Bergen near Flatbush, Park Place near Flatbush, the list goes on…
You are so unhinged sometimes, Minard.
Weren’t you the one who said Ft. Greene was “fringe”?
11217, I walk by there sometimes. usually its dead, sometimes there are lines of people wanting to get in to see a movie, sometimes there are (gasp) minority children and teens waiting on line as well. As I said, it’s just a cinema and a bookstore, if that is too scary to deal with, you don’t belong in the city.
Back in 1995 when we were expecting our first child, we looked at this house. It was a quirky place. Most everything was original including the plumbing. There were sinks in the closets in the bedrooms. The house was very narrow. The garden was not at all dark back then. For those who remember, before the theater there was a strip of boarded up storefronts on Court that ran the length of the block which was only one story high so there was plenty of light. Despite the quirks, my wife loved the house. If I remember right, the asking price was around $375k. I offered $300k and I think we agreed on something like $350k. While the contract was in negotiation, we found out about the potential demolition of the storefronts and construction of a large building on Court. We worried about living next to a construction site for what could be a very long period with an infant. So in the end we decided to pull out. Bought another place in the Heights instead. After watching how long the development took, we were glad that we decided to pull out. I heard that the people who bought the house had lots of problems when the contruction on the theater started and got involved in a law suit because of damage to the house. This was a good one to miss at the time. Though if the owners get close to their price, it looks like things will have worked out.
alright, i love it, 11217 coming in with some nice race baiting….what do YOU notice when you walk by that cinema???
Have you ever walked by that cinema, Minard?
Because if you have, you’d realize that for this price this is going to be a TOUGH sell.
its just a cinema (and a Barnes and Nobles) it’s not a nuclear reactor. And the entrance is on Court, not adjacent to this house or any other house.
i just don’t get it, who lives there, the queen of england or something?
I remember the neighborhood uproar when the building that now houses the movie theater was being planned. I thought the uproar was inappropriate. (I thought “A movie theater is a good thing! We mustn’t stand in the way of progress!”) I was wrong. The movie theater really damaged the neighborhood.