The house at 326A isn’t your run-of-the-mill brownstone. It and its two neighbors, built by John C. Bushfield in the Renaissance Revival Style in 1886, are clad in marble. The insides are eye-catching too, with low marble mantels, stained glass, and original wood work. But it’s going to need some work; currently set up as a four family, according to the floor plan, it would probably be easy to reconfigure as an owner’s triplex over a garden rental. Our own Montrose Morris noted that these are most likely the only marble houses in Brooklyn. For $1,250,000, what do you think of it?
326A Decatur Street [Evans & Nye] GMAP P*Shark


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  1. Yes, I corroborate that. there are some marble row houses in Carroll Gardens. You would think that marble would hold up well, but they have deteriorated almost as much as brownstone. It is limestone that ages the best.

  2. I do not agree that money is no object. I cannot comment on whether people are buying now because now is when they need more space or whether they think they need to buy now before they are priced out. Speaking personally, I bought a 2BR in Carroll Gardens in 2012 for what now looks like a good price. It will suffice for the next couple of years and then I will need more space. I’d love to stay in the neighborhood but won’t be able to afford it, so I’ll need to look elsewhere. I hope to find a home I can afford and will be a good fit for my family and I will not be concerned with short-term price swings. I also do not believe the market will move higher in the next couple of years. I see prices remaining stable as an influx of inventory and higher interest rates counterbalance general appreciation of housing stock.

  3. I disagree with your basic premise. I know there are flippers in this market and they are taking economic risks – it is in their interest to calculate that risk and be comfortable with the level of said risk. Then there are families looking for a house. Money is very much an object and $1 million does not buy a lot of house in NYC these days. If money was no object the same families buying in Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, etc. would probably buy in the Heights, Park Slope, BoCoCa (I don’t care how much they mgiht protest that statement is not true – it is).

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