Last Week's Biggest Sales
1. PARK SLOPE $2,000,000 491 6th Avenue GMAP (left) This 4,640-sf building has a store on its ground-floor level and three apartments above. According to its listing, the apartments are on month-to-month leases and the store has a potential rent of $6,000/month. Entered into contract on 12/24/08; closed on 1/12/09; deed recorded on 2/24/09. 2….
1. PARK SLOPE $2,000,000
491 6th Avenue GMAP (left)
This 4,640-sf building has a store on its ground-floor level and three apartments above. According to its listing, the apartments are on month-to-month leases and the store has a potential rent of $6,000/month. Entered into contract on 12/24/08; closed on 1/12/09; deed recorded on 2/24/09.
2. PROSPECT HEIGHTS $1,476,462
On Prospect Park, Unit 11A GMAP (right)
A 1,241-square-foot, 2-bedroom unit in the Richard Meier-designed condo. Entered into contract on 5/21/07; closed on 2/13/09; deed recorded on 2/24/09.
3. SHEEPSHEAD BAY $1,303,360
3112 Emmons Avenue, Unit 1 GMAP
Condo plus parking spot in The Breakers development. Entered into contract on 8/6/08; closed on 2/11/09; deed recorded on 2/25/09.
4. PARK SLOPE $1,300,000
664 Degraw Street GMAP
This 2,176-sf, two-family house was asking $1,395,000 when it was an Open House Pick in May. Entered into contract on 12/16/08; closed on 2/18/09; deed recorded on 2/26/09.
5. GRAVESEND $1,300,000
2216 80th Street GMAP
This 2,800-sf, two-family last sold for $1.2 million in August 2007, says Property Shark. Entered into contract on 7/9/08; closed on 1/4/09; deed recorded on 2/27/09.
491 6th Avenue photo from Property Shark.
Brownstones Half Off: why is it bullshit? because you can’t get 50%? Because prices have continued to go up ? read the report and wake up.
well there is a place in The Netherlands called Gravezande… which true points to Duke (graaf) and sand (not beach but the sand from the river Maas). If that has anything to do with this Gravesend i cannot tell.
I believe “Grave send” means “Dukes beach(sand)” in Dutch.
benson, I don’t think Lady Moody’s house still stands, I think that’s a myth.
The decrepit little house you are referrng to was built around 1810, a long time after the Lady ceased being Moody.
Dutchman;
Thanks. Yes, it is a remarkable story. Lady Moody’s house still stands in Gravesend, though much altered. The house is adjacent to Gravesend cemetery, which I believe is the oldest in NYC. Lady Moody is buried somewhere in there, in an unmarked grave.
In the late 19th century Gravesend, and neighboring Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, were the premier resort areas in the US. Gravesend had a famous horse racing track on the corner of what is now Ocean parkway and Kings Highway.
Gravesend was one of the original towns in the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
Its stays unique and remarkable how in 1645 a woman, Lady Deborah Moody; was granted a land patent by Governor Willem Kieft. An Englsh lady excommunicated by her church turning to The Dutch to find freedom in her own beliefs founding one of the six original towns of Kings County in colonial New York.
It was the only English chartered town in what became Kings County and was designated the “Shire Town” when the English assumed control, as it was the only one where records could be kept in English. Courts were removed to Flatbush in 1685.
The former name survives, and is now associated with a neighborhood in Brooklyn. Gravesend.
Sources: Wikipedia, National Archives Holland.
ahhhh, always good to have sebb back for some humor
“Bulls still going strong.”
Bullshit still has strong smell.
***Bid half off peak comps***
Bulls still going strong. Where is Missfufett?