Houses of the Day: Head-to-Head in The Slope
When 590 2nd Street (right) hit the market three months ago for $3,200,000, we thought it had a pretty good shot at finding a buyer. Apparently not, as the price was just cut to $2,995,000. This, coincidentally, is the same asking price as a new Brown Harris Stevens listings in The Slope, 130 Lincoln Place…
When 590 2nd Street (right) hit the market three months ago for $3,200,000, we thought it had a pretty good shot at finding a buyer. Apparently not, as the price was just cut to $2,995,000. This, coincidentally, is the same asking price as a new Brown Harris Stevens listings in The Slope, 130 Lincoln Place (left). Both houses are two-family, four-story brownstones, though the 2nd Street house is slightly larger, according to PropertyShark. It also gets the benefit of the doubt when it comes to interiors since the Lincoln Place listing is lacking in the photo department. Which do you think has a better chance of selling at this price?
590 2nd Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
130 Lincoln Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
House of the Day: 590 2nd Street [Brownstoner]
all so personal – but hard to pre determine if your children are not school age – so many factors to consider – my child happened to have learning disabilities and public school was not for her – so don’t make decisions – about buying a brownstone – based on public school.
if it happens and works for you then you save 30,000+ grand a year
and its an added bonus.
Hey Libby Ryan–how about some pictures? Many people don’t attend open houses until they see some shots of the interior (I am one of them).
Dude, don’t get defensive. This is a place to share opinions and information, notwithstanding the trolls. Ever think that when the commenter above asked “what studies are these” they might actually have been curious to know which studies? Ever think there might be other people in similar situations who want to make decisions with as much info as possible? Buck up – it’s actually possible that your input might be valued around here, rather than derided.
Jeez…
I’m not trying to convince anyone to send their kids to public school. It is a personal decision. Someone asked, and I responded with my beliefs.
That’s the great thing about America…we can all have different ideas and do what we choose with our lives and the lives of our kids.
If you feel the NYC schools are inadequate for your children, do not send them there.
I will be sending mine to public school. That’s all.
What’s the architectural term for the facade of the Lincoln Place house?
The Lincoln Place listing was posted yesterday morning by the agent. It’s been over a day and a half and still no pictures. I’ve never understood this…
(following up)
“Many studies have been done to show that kids assimilated into the public school system show much better results in university and then post college career development.”
What studies are these? Which schools are they comparing? I’d honestly love to know whether they looked at NYC public schools specifically, and NYC public high schools specifically, or just public schools in general.
The educational environment in NYC is just as anomolous as the real estate market, relative to the rest of the country.
No, the split is about 400K/200K, 3:09.
I am a University Dean and my husband manages a very successful artist management company representing musicians.
We are both pretty fiscally conservative and have saved quite a lot.
We love this area and have many friends in Park Slope. We’ll be moving from the East Village sometime this year, we hope.
re: 3:01 – Seriously – good point. Seems a little ridiculous. There are plenty of brownstones available in the ~$2M range in fine neighborhoods around here, I can’t really see why someone would rather stretch their finances so much, and send their kids to public school, to get one of these top-of-the-line super houses. If you’re Jonathan Sfran Foer, fine, plunk down cash for one of these places and have a good life – more power to you. But a young(ish?) professional with as yet no kids, or very young kids, doesn’t need to live in a museum. I would more likely expect a buyer in that demographic to buy a more modest house and get on with their lives, while slowly, over 10 or 20 or even 30 years, upgrading it to become your perfect home. I’ve known a number of people who did this.
Which is to say (aimed at 2:57 now) certainly we can understand your motives when you explain them. But you have to admit that you’re probably in the minority in the way you’ve made this decision.
Especially about the public school thing. Public schools NYC, and especially Brooklyn neighborhoods near the park, have been getting better and better. But that mostly applies to primary schools. Once you get to 7th grade and above, the situation gets dramatically worse. I know plenty of people who went to Stuy and Bronx Science and Hunter etc, and most have done very well in life… but they rarely have anything nicve to say about their high school experiences. And unfortunately, private schools have been going through their own bubble in the last ten years. It’s now near-impossible to move your kids into private school at 7th or 9th grade, as you could in the 80s.