Last Week's Biggest Sales
1. GRAVESEND $4,700,000 2117 East 3rd Street GMAP All we can gather from StreetEasy is that this house is 2,185 square feet. Entered into contract on 11/23/10; closed on 11/23/10; deed recorded on 12/6/2010. 2. MIDWOOD $1,500,000 1056 East 31st Street GMAP This is interesting… this house was listed for $865,000 in 2009 and got…
1. GRAVESEND $4,700,000
2117 East 3rd Street GMAP
All we can gather from StreetEasy is that this house is 2,185 square feet. Entered into contract on 11/23/10; closed on 11/23/10; deed recorded on 12/6/2010.
2. MIDWOOD $1,500,000
1056 East 31st Street GMAP
This is interesting… this house was listed for $865,000 in 2009 and got price cuts for the significant time it was on the market. (The lowest it got was $799,000.) So it’s kind of mind boggling the Victorian home sold for so much more. Entered into contract on 11/15/10; closed on 11/15/2010; deed recorded on 12/6/10.
3. GRAVESEND $1,731,025
2085 East 3rd Street GMAP
Again, all StreetEasy has for us is that this house is 1,292 square feet. Entered into contract on 11/23/2010; closed on 11/23/2010; deed recorded on 12/6/10.
4. PARK SLOPE $1,495,000
17 Park Place GMAP
Marketed two years ago for $1,895,000 and then came back with a couple price chops. From the listing: “This uniquely designed three-story North Slope brownstone breaks tradition with skylights, glass transoms and tranquil, cool tones.” It is set up as an owners duplex with a first floor rental. Entered into contract on 8/14/2010; closed on 11/16/2010; deed recorded on 12/6/10.
5. MANHATTAN BEACH $1,425,000
120 Dover Street GMAP
This wraps up a Biggest Sales list which was dominated by South Brooklyn. StreetEasy shows that this three-bedroom detached home was on the market for awhile, sticking to the ask price of $1,725,000. It’s a duplex with a full-sized basement and a private driveway. Entered into contract on 9/8/2010; closed on 11/30/10; deed recorded on 12/9/10.
Photos via PropertyShark.
It isn’t about religion – it’s about location (as others have said). They’re willing to pay to be close to their community; same as people who want to live in a particular school zone and pay more for that (or whatever reason they value the location).
Midwood home: Perhaps a secret stash of gold thought to be buried under the house? Word got out and a bidding war ensued? Anything else is simply befuddling.
the east 31st “midwood” does look like a flip, but the ultimate buyers i would take a big bet they are exactly the same as the Gravesend buyers. Timing of all these is quite interesting to say the least….. but the name does show up in gravesend and “kosher nostra” NJ. Let’s be honest here when you can see an iceberg you should remember its very unlikely a floating ice cube: http://bit.ly/8Q0v1
I love the houses in Gravesend- I just don’t like the area. That doesn’t mean that i think the 5 mil would be better spent in the slope or dumbo or williamsburg. If I had 5 mil to spend I would buy up a few lots in my own neighborhood and custom build my dream house and it would be a lot nicer and bigger than the one in Gravesend and a much better location.
I’m fairly certain that Franks Castronovo and Falcinelli are God. Or at least Jesus.
i have no clue what that is, but it sounds just as stupid as God.
*rob*
“but paying for religion is probably the MOST moronic aspect of it all”
and some people pay big bucks to live down the street from Frankie’s. Next!!!
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Gravesend is the Beverly Hills of New York City
a few years ago i had to pick up a used turbografx16 in gravesend. beverly hills!? um, i dont think so. it was actually a pretty grody neighborhood. tho i only saw like a few blocks of it.
*rob*
anyone willing to fork over 5 millions dollars just to be able to walk to some place to pray and/or do something religios is a moron. sorry, but it’s true. there are people starving all over this damn planet. religios people are tools. ALL of them. but paying for religion is probably the MOST moronic aspect of it all
*rob*