Last Week's Biggest Sales
1. CARROLL GARDENS $2,100,000 235 President Street GMAP (left) This 4-family brownstone was listed for $1,995,000 in October and sold very quickly, according to StreetEasy. Entered into contract on 10/30/09; closed on 12/17/09; deed recorded on 12/24/09. 2. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $1,650,000 75 Livingston Street, #11D GMAP (right) Appears that the listing trail/stats on this co-op…
1. CARROLL GARDENS $2,100,000
235 President Street GMAP (left)
This 4-family brownstone was listed for $1,995,000 in October and sold very quickly, according to StreetEasy. Entered into contract on 10/30/09; closed on 12/17/09; deed recorded on 12/24/09.
2. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $1,650,000
75 Livingston Street, #11D GMAP (right)
Appears that the listing trail/stats on this co-op are MIA. (If anyone can find ’em, please let us know in the comments.) The history of the building was recently the subject of a Streetscapes column. Closed on 12/15/09; deed recorded on 12/23/09.
3. DUMBO $1,525,000
100 Jay Street #28H GMAP
Second big sale in as many weeks in the J Condo. This 1,592-sf, 2-bedroom was listed for what it sold for in October, per StreetEasy. Its seller purchased the unit for $1,370,000 in ’07. Entered into contract on 11/12/09; closed on 12/7/09; deed recorded on 12/23/09.
4. PARK SLOPE $1,522,283
392 3rd Street #1 GMAP
This is the Slope building where a fire broke out a couple weeks ago, leaving two people injured. It was recently converted from a rental into a condo, and this 2,700-sf duplex was initially listed for $1,695,000 in March. Entered into contract on 7/1/09; closed on 10/30/09; deed recorded on 12/23/09.
5. BOERUM HILL $1,100,000
33 St. Marks Place GMAP
This is a 3,600-sf, 3-family, according to Property Shark. Entered into contract on 9/29/09; closed on 12/1/09; deed recorded on 12/22/09.
Photos from Property Shark.
NSL:
I’m not talking about the prices…I’m really speaking of the general attitude of many of the people on this blog, finding fault with everything and anything…even a thread here about a few homes which sold for good prices.
As I’ve said before…I really don’t care about home prices all that much, but I do care about Brooklyn and hope that it continues to prosper.
Sorry I don’t nitpick and say every new restaurant is going to fail, or that when a home sells for a huge price that it’s an aberration (even though we see them every week).
I will not apologize for wishing Brooklyn prices did not halve…because then we’d be dealing with the same suffering that Las Vegas, Florida, parts of CA and Arizona are dealing with. While it would be nice if a few more working class folks could afford a home in Brooklyn Heights, it was built as a wealthy area and will continue to, no matter what the frownstoners think.
Personally I think they need to get a 2nd job, instead of complaining that they can’t afford the 4000 sf dream house of their choice.
Not to stoke any more flames, but did anyone notice that 31 Joralemon Street closed a couple weeks ago for 1.075? curious to hear thoughts…..
Uh-oh, now he’s played the Frownstoner card. I would wave the white flag now, but it’s so gray and threadbare from wiping all these half-empty glasses…
Okay, that settles it. Would anyone like to acquire a prime location Fort Greene rowhouse…as is? Between this COLD winter, arctic air, and the fact that sales seem to be moving along…
Happy New Year!
“I love how on brownstoner, being optimistic is a bad thing.”
Why is “prices going up” optimistic?
If I said “oil will go to $120/barrel” this year and someone else said “no way, it’s going to $40/barrel”.
Is one of us optimistic and one of us pessimistic?
Or do we each just pick a side and call the other side names?
Bull vs. Bear, Doomsdayers vs. Cheerleaders…so tedious.
When did Boerum Hill get extended to include St Marks? I like it…usually realtors tend to shrink it (IT HAS PROJECTS, YA KNOW), or call it Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill/Downtown.
I love how on brownstoner, being optimistic is a bad thing.
Keep up the good work, Frownstoners!
> My cheerleeding is usually based on facts.
Carefully cherry-picked facts.
> And somehow you think that doesn’t cloud your commentary
Oh, I do indeed know my opinions and desires color my commentary. Somehow you know that I don’t? Your mind reading skills are formidable.
“Which is precisely why your cheerleading is as easily dismissed as BHO’s commentary from the other extreme.”
Nope.
My cheerleeding is usually based on facts.
Yours and BHO’s are based on the fact that you wish prices were lower so you could afford to buy a home.
And somehow you think that doesn’t cloud your commentary, which is pretty amusing.