House of the Day: 72 2nd Place
This five-story brownstone at 72 2nd Place in Carroll Gardens was on the market last year with Corcoran with a price tag of $2,350,000; it didn’t sell back then and is now listed with another broker at the inexplicably higher price of $2,499,000. The location and scale of this place are great, but most new…
This five-story brownstone at 72 2nd Place in Carroll Gardens was on the market last year with Corcoran with a price tag of $2,350,000; it didn’t sell back then and is now listed with another broker at the inexplicably higher price of $2,499,000. The location and scale of this place are great, but most new owners are going to end up sinking quite a bit of cash bringing the interiors back from the dead.
72 2nd Place [David West Properties] GMAP P*Shark
I cannot find fault with the listing on this one. They make it seem very appealing even though it’s actually a multifamily with issues. Though a floor plan would be nice.
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Minard seems to be saying that this is an investment property because it has been cut into many units. It could be turned back into a family home, but only at substantial expense. The asking price does not take that substantial expense into consideration. I agree with Minard.
Funny, antidope……let’s see how the widget moves after people read that post.
This is one seriously large building, though. If someone could pick this up for $1.5m and drop another $1.5m in reno’s you could have a sweet mansion. $2.35m seems way too high, though.
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In any event I want to keep my $1,700 a month 1.5 bedroom apartment with a 400 square foot private deck and they will have to drag me from here kicking and screaming, thank you very much.
lol yeah good luck with that.
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Re: what “guest” said in ’08…that’s an effed up thing to do.
It is a small apartment house, five units.
Brooklyn is full of these once-grand houses that were initally converted to boarding houses or SROs and then converted to small apartments with the addition of toilets in each unit.
Nice find, antidope!!!
“I live in the middle apartment at 72 2nd Place. It’s pretty freaky seeing your building on this website. The owner died two years ago and his wife is selling because she is in her 80s and can’t deal with it anymore. So I have to deal with an open house in my apartment with friggin Corcoran tomorrow? WTF? I will make it as messy as possible to deter any potential buyers. By the way, the building needs an incredible amount of work (nothing has been renovated since the 80s) and I do believe the tenant above me is rent controlled. Her mother was born in this building. In any event I want to keep my $1,700 a month 1.5 bedroom apartment with a 400 square foot private deck and they will have to drag me from here kicking and screaming, thank you very much.
Posted by: guest at April 26, 2008 8:39 PM”
I believe the fifth story is where those tiny windows are at the top. The roof slopes up from the front, but you can’t see it form that angle.