Last Week's Biggest Sales
1. MIDWOOD $2,150,000 1189 Ocean Parkway, Unit 7A GMAP (left) No listings for this new condo turned up via the usual channels. According to DOB records, it got its TCO at the end of March. It has 13 units and was designed by Bricolage. Entered into contract on 3/1/06; closed on 4/29/09; deed recorded on…
1. MIDWOOD $2,150,000
1189 Ocean Parkway, Unit 7A GMAP (left)
No listings for this new condo turned up via the usual channels. According to DOB records, it got its TCO at the end of March. It has 13 units and was designed by Bricolage. Entered into contract on 3/1/06; closed on 4/29/09; deed recorded on 5/13/09.
2. FORT GREENE $1,895,000
204 Adelphi Street GMAP (right)
This two-family house was featured in the Times in February, when it was asking $1,890,000. Its listing had the following to say: “This home is configured as an owner’s triplex with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths and a garden level 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, making it total 6 bedrooms and 3.5 baths.” It last sold for $965,000 in 2002, according to PropShark. Entered into contract on 2/26/09; closed on 5/7/09; deed recorded on 5/15/09.
3. MIDWOOD $1,778,400
1189 Ocean Parkway, Unit 3B GMAP
Same buyers involved in this week’s biggest sale also closed on another unit in the Midwood condo. Entered into contract on 9/13/06; closed on 4/29/09; deed recorded on 5/12/09.
4. CARROLL GARDENS $1,680,112
277 President Street, Unit 3B GMAP
One of the buyers in this condo conversion has been blogging about their purchase. The developer bought the brownstone for a hair above $2 million early last year. Entered into contract on 4/30/09; closed on 4/30/09; deed recorded on 5/13/09.
5. BOROUGH PARK $1,550,000
1026 41st Street GMAP
This is a 2,244-sf, new construction house, according to Property Shark. Entered into contract on 3/31/08; closed on 4/23/09; deed recorded on 5/15/09.
1189 Ocean Parkway photo from EveryScape; 204 Adelphi photo from Property Shark.
Rob, stop PMSing. It just doesn’t go with you. You’re too nice of a guy in person. I guess you can only bitch on this blog :o).
There is such a thing as “own”. We can argue about that till we turn blue. I love when people say, “oh you bought a co-op, you don’t really own it”. Technically I don’t since I bought shares in a cooperation but next time your landlord decides to use your apartment for storage and when your lease is up, tell you to split, then we’ll discuss the difference between renting and owning. I know that will NEVER happen to me. Plus I like the fact that I remodeled my apartment to my liking and don’t have to live in a rented place and affraid to put an extra nail into a wall and then get charged for it at the end or god forbid invest money into a new kitchen or bathroom only to be told you have to move out in a year or two. To some people, Rob, that’s very important, not so much to others.
she’s too busy still painting that ginormous 80 square foot dressing room to have any time to sell NOW, miss muffet. boy you ask such silly questions 😉
*rob*
Brooklyn Greene, I’m genuinely curious – you sound like you bought your home a long time ago, and thus I imagine for what would now be a pittance. Is your need to make such a huge profit on your home because your house is essentially the main retirement “fund” you have? Or do you have other assets (stocks/bonds/IRA, etc.) and the house is “extra”? Don’t forget by the way that you likely pay capital gains tax on the sale – have you looked into that? And why, since you’ve been talking about selling for so long, are you waiting? Do you hope this blows over quickly?
Hey Gabby,
Have you noticed that your GMAP links never actually work?
Not that it’s so hard to paste the address in to google maps, but if you’re going to post what looks like links, they might as well work.
I’m sure Mr. B or your tech guy can show you how to do it.
i live in 80 square feet. well. no actually 10 x 11. so 110 square feet. if i could fit in a small shower and sink and toilet in the corner (enclosed of course) and a small kitchenette on one wall, i think i could do it. but yeah i do now realize that is probably just an extremely small studio. but i guess i just consider my bedroom a small studio and treat it as such. but i guess since the option to use the rest of the apt is there, im not feeling the true effect of 80 square feet. also 80 square feet is the minimum requirement for one person occupancy in nyc i believe.
*rob*
Look 80 square feet is the size of many bathrooms or tiny “over the stoop/entry” room (you know, the small bedrooms right over the entryway that are the width of the hall/stairs…about 6-7 feet).
Let’s be a little more honest. Who in heck is living in 80 square feet reading Brownstoner’s blog?
Sure, people live in crowded conditions and may share spaces and have very little space, but I’m sure there is no one reading this whose living space averages out to 80 square feet per person.
I don’t think anyone in an S.O.R. is necessarily in only 80 square feet unless it’s two people sharing a 10×16 room…which IS possible…
ugh.
Well, we’re thinking of retiring and downsizing soon so I hope BHO’s predictions and Miss Muffet’s word paintings will not come to fruition within the next 10 months.
lol well you go on with your big bad self then! ahhaha.
hmm maybe 80 square feet does sound a bit on the small side. (for some). where’s 11217 when you need him to back up your argument!??! are you there 11217? take off the long blonde wig and help out your fellow park sloper!
*rob*
Robert,
8×10 is barely my dressing room. What are you suggesting?!
also dont a lot of immigrants buy houses together and pool all their money together and buy them outright? so of course it’s easier to own when youre buying a house with 10 other people. (i hope my comment doesnt across as anti-immigrant or anything, im definitely not anti immigrant at all) and i prefer them to most white people, but it would be easy for me to buy a house too if i had people to pool my money with! that’s also what drove up housing prices in certain areas. in the book im reading now, many times landlords raise rents so high because they know that there will be a pool of hardworking immigrants all contributing to the rent in any given house or apartment, so these immigrants pooling their money get gouged, and many others are completely priced out of comparable apts cuz the price is too high for 1 or 2 people occupancy.
*rob*