Last Week's Biggest Sales
1. COBBLE HILL $3,920,000 328 Clinton Street GMAP This 5,000-sf, 2-family home includes a 4-bedroom triplex with “intricate plaster details, original interior carved shutters, wide plank floors and 2 black veined marble wood burning fireplaces,” as well as a 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath garden floor rental. According to StreetEasy, it sold for $3,467,000 in 2007. Entered into…
1. COBBLE HILL $3,920,000
328 Clinton Street GMAP
This 5,000-sf, 2-family home includes a 4-bedroom triplex with “intricate plaster details, original interior carved shutters, wide plank floors and 2 black veined marble wood burning fireplaces,” as well as a 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath garden floor rental. According to StreetEasy, it sold for $3,467,000 in 2007. Entered into contract on 4/1/10; closed on 7/14/10; deed recorded on 7/23/10.
2. CARROLL GARDENS $3,235,000
304 Union Street GMAP
This 2-family brick house is currently used as a 1-family and has been on the market for a while. It was House of the Day back in September ’08 (before we started using the Average Reader Appraisal widget), when its charming renovation was newly complete and its price was set at $4,150,000. According to PropertyShark, it sold for $1,700,000 in 2006. Entered into contract on 5/13/10; closed on 7/12/10; deed recorded on 7/19/10.
3. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $2,083,339.50
166 Montague Street, Unit 9C GMAP
This 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom penthouse condo in the Franklin Trust building has “amazing outdoor space” and was listed at $2,200,000. Common charges are $1,781. Entered into contract on 5/6/10; closed on 7/19/10; deed recorded on 7/23/10.
4. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $2,036,500
360 Furman Street, Unit 209 GMAP
This 1,916-sf condo at One Brooklyn Bridge Park has 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and was listed at $2,625,000, according to StreetEasy. Common charges are $1,916. Entered into contract on 5/5/10; closed on 6/24/10; deed recorded on 7/20/10.
5. PARK SLOPE $2,025,000
701 Sackett Street GMAP
An Open House Pick back in April, this 1889 single-family brick townhouse has “multi-zoned central air; two gas and one wood-burning fireplace; three and a half baths (including a spa-style in the master); three terraces, one patio and multi-leveled decks in the sunny backyard; hardwood flooring throughout,” and was listed at $2,275,000, according to StreetEasy. Entered into contract on 5/5/10; closed on 7/14/10; deed recorded on 7/19/10.
Photos from PropertyShark and Corcoran.
“What I love about those neighborhoods myself is that you can live on a quiet, beautiful, tree-lined street that is just one block away from amazing restaurants and great shops.”
Me too. 100%. 🙂
Plus with regard to your house comment, there really just isn’t much inventory out there right now in the brownstone market.
11217, those are good points. Although I’m not sure you could call any block in Carroll Gardens or Cobble Hill “sleepy”, even if it does not much through traffic. What I love about those neighborhoods myself is that you can live on a quiet, beautiful, tree-lined street that is just one block away from amazing restaurants and great shops. I still believe a 3.2 million budget gets you a renovated home on any block of CG you want, but there aren’t too many in move-in condition like the house on Union. I guess that just proves your point that everyone likes a little something different.
M4L: With all due respect, not everyone talks about their spouse like that. Many people go into a marriage as individuals and don’t stand for getting bossed around by their significant other. Grow a pair, man!
Of course, CGfan. And you and I know many of these blocks, but I have to think that *probably* the buyers for most of the above houses were sold to people coming from Manhattan. They’ll learn soon enough that there is always a more beautiful block lurking around the corner somewhere.
Lots of people seem to love 3rd Street in Park Slope and Montgomery Place, and while I personally find them both beautiful, I prefer the streets farther north like Lincoln, Sterling, St. John’s, Berkeley, etc because they are just a tad more trafficked and are handsome blocks to me plus they are closer to mass transit. Moving from Manhattan myself, I like to see some streetlife and some cars…I was one of those people not looking for total quiet and I’m glad I opted to find something where I still see lots (relative of course) of people because afterall that’s why I love NYC. If I wanted sleepy, I’d move to a sleepier city and pay 1/2 the price.
So goes to show that everyone likes a little something different.
never underestimate the power/influence of a nagging spouse. house bought = nagging stopped. that’s the real “quiet” being sought in the transaction
11217, I can’t argue with your point that both those locations are far better and quieter than the Manhattan streets you name. I admit I’m looking at this from the perspective of a “local” and not from someone moving from Manhattan who doesn’t know the neighborhood as well.
those times in morning when you think noisy…people are probably on way to work themselves.
I lived on the street years ago. Never even noticed.
I far prefer Brooklyn restaurants — Manhattan is too slick, too crowded, and twice the price.
That is an exquisite gothic facade on the Cobble Hill building.
Wasder, et al, it seems to me that prices have actually increased in certain “affordable” yet quickly changing areas such as South Slope and Clinton Hill, no?
But of course what you say about the renovation is true. I just think these buyers aren’t as focused on the minutia details regarding each block…they’re looking at the houses and are looking for the one which suits them best…to them…they like Brownstone Brooklyn and find it charming and a nice place to raise their family. Don’t think they much care if it’s Clinton or Sidney or 3rd or Union.
Obviously some do, but clearly the people buying the properties above did not.