Last Week's Biggest Sales
Hey, at least one house has gone for above asking in the past six months! 1.GRAVESEND $2,750,000 1959 East 5th Street GMAP (left) 2,049-sf, 2-fam house built circa 1920, says PropShark. Lot size=4,000 sf. Deed recorded 10/16. 2. BAY RIDGE $2,350,000 8423 Ridge Boulevard GMAP (right) 5,086-sf house with ground-floor commercial space. Lot size is…
Hey, at least one house has gone for above asking in the past six months!
1.GRAVESEND $2,750,000
1959 East 5th Street GMAP (left)
2,049-sf, 2-fam house built circa 1920, says PropShark. Lot size=4,000 sf. Deed recorded 10/16.
2. BAY RIDGE $2,350,000
8423 Ridge Boulevard GMAP (right)
5,086-sf house with ground-floor commercial space. Lot size is a whopping 11,500 sf. Deed recorded 10/16.
3. BAY RIDGE $2,300,000
8019 Harbor View Terrace GMAP
Per listing, this is a single-fam with six bedrooms and five baths. Last sold for $1,525,000 in ’03. Deed recorded 10/14.
4. PARK SLOPE $1,540,000
566 10th Street GMAP
Listed for $1,499,000 when it was an Open House Pick this May. 2,574-sf, 3-fam house. Deed recorded 10/16.
5. PARK SLOPE $1,409,500
133 Sterling Place, Unit 4B GMAP
3 beds, 2.5 baths, 1,543 feet in all, according to StreetEasy. Purchase also included a parking spot. The active listings at the condo range from $850K to $1.5M. Deed recorded 10/16.
Photos from Property Shark.
Biff, How can you crave something, you’ve never had??
BYR-
We were very unimpressed by that house…I imagined, like you say, a ballroom, beautiful staircases, fireplaces, floors…but the house is not as dramatic inside as you would think. It has huge potential, but right now its not all that grand…thats why it is still listed for 2 Mil…We offered 1.4 and they turned it down. I just dont think its worth 2 mil…it has a small back yard also.
BRG, the mere mention of New Orleans is making me crave a Bananas Foster.
NYB – I was invited to go check out that 76th street house, but I blew it. Things happened and I didn’t call them back. I regret it to this day. I imagine there’s a ballroom in there.
I’l love to pull into that covered archway in a horse and carriage.
People reading this have no idea…I wish I could get some great pics of the house, but it’s so hard, there’s so much foliage around it.
Ya that place is something else…not sure if Id want to live there…but its really amazing.
We looked at the one 2 doors over on 76th…a big brownish/yellowish one (still for sale too!). Was beautiful, however, it needed a great deal of work to restore it. The owners kept it in great condition, but you can tell they didnt put much time into restoring the inside. It wasnt anything even close to yesterdays demo on 83rd…and it is in a hell of a better condition then mine (beyond restoring…beyond doing anything but ripping out all the walls to get to the cat pee!)
The North invaded the South!!
Gingerbread house is amazing. It is Landmarked!!! That along with the Farrell House (there was a fight to get that marked, it was slated for the bulldozer).
There are a couple of houses that look like Antebellum homes with the two-story columns and double porches. Very Southern. Reminds me of New Orleans.
My favorite house is the one on 76th btwn ridge and Colonial (before the stairs) – Neo Gothic. It was built by the founder of Blue Cross. It must be a 10,000 sq. ft. house. It’s best viewed in the winter from Colional (high on a hill). I was disappointed with the new front they did, but I give them credit for not destroying any other details.
Trusting your instinct, especially in places your not familiar with will only lead to trouble.
nybk01, congrats on the new place. I don’t live in the area, but recently strolled through it on a couple of occassions and found many of the homes and blocks stunning (the Gingerbread House is my new favorite residence). Based on your description yesterday of your home, it sounds very impressive. Best of luck with the renos and enjoy it.
Hi all,
So I just bought a house on 85th…the owner of the house at 8423 is not Syrian, but they are Arab. He grew up on 85th st in the first house and his mother still lives there. His brother just bought 239 85th or something…its across the street from mine. Both are renovating. Also, 235 or something is being built by the Arab dude who owns that huse middle eastern market on Atlantic ave. All them are really cool people, Iv met them all already.
Im not sure what the deal with that synagogue is, but my wife, who is Jewish was there for Yom Kippur and she said it was a nice place. The Jews will ever tear down the only synagogue in an area…they wouldnt let that happen.