Open House Picks
Prospect Heights 368 Park Place Corcoran Sunday 12-2 $1,700,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 1670 10th Avenue Warren Lewis Sunday 12-2 $1,425,000 GMAP P*Shark Ditmas Park 493 Stratford Road FSBO Sat 10-4, Sun 10-4 $1,050,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Lefferts Gardens 150 Winthrop Street Fillmore Sunday 1-3 $799,000 GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Heights
368 Park Place
Corcoran
Sunday 12-2
$1,700,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
1670 10th Avenue
Warren Lewis
Sunday 12-2
$1,425,000
GMAP P*Shark
Ditmas Park
493 Stratford Road
FSBO
Sat 10-4, Sun 10-4
$1,050,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
150 Winthrop Street
Fillmore
Sunday 1-3
$799,000
GMAP P*Shark
The alleged murderer of the Windsor Terrace dry cleaner lived in Park Slope.
location, location, location
always been the determining factor in real estate.
always will be.
that said, wt is not a BAD location, but it certainly isn’t anything terrific either. schools, amenities, architecture, transportation and crime are all worse in wt.
hasn’t been a murder in ps since 2005.
last one in wt was last week.
wt is great. but the prices reflect the not as desirable locale.
Agree that at this point I’d prefer WT to Park Slope. Would definitely check out the school zone, though. Could this be in PS 154? (good elementary).
Anyway, I could see someone stretching a bit to buy this, then converting to one-family down the line. $1.5m sounds high but I’d guess that’s what a 1-family home with this layout would go for, so this might appeal to a wider range of potential buyers.
Don’t know if WT will ever be “hot,” but I’d be more confident in steady appreciation then for an eastern PS neighborhood.
I never did understand why one would choose South Slope rather than WT nearer to the Park.
I agree with what 5:25 says about some locations in Park Slope having no appeal whatsoever and yet being priced as if they’re flawless locations.
Reminds me of Beverly Hills where you literally pay for the zip code. It can be an ugly house next to a gas station and the price is based simply on where you can state officially you live.
Bit silly isn’t it.
Regarding WT vs PS:
yes, the slope has the architecture, the restaurants, and everything else. but as an owner of houses in both neighborhoods, I have to say that windsor terrace has a great deal going for it. for one thing, the lifestyle is easier. the proximity to the park is similar. the cost of housing, rental or purchase is still lower. the parking is easier. the houses don’t turn over very often, which is also true of the slope, but much less so than say twenty years ago. to some extent it is quieter. the architecture that we all love in the slope was mostly built for middle class people in the victorian era; it’s nice, but it is also true that a row house is a row house – dark in the center for the most part. the restaurants that are so great in park slope are nice, but so many of them are going out of business that at some point you have to wonder whether it’s worth the extra expense of being closer to starbux and barnes and noble. park slope is congested, and much more crowded than even ten years ago – while it’s nice that one’s neighborhood is popular, crowded is crowded. in any case, that stretch of 10th avenue is plain, but pleasant. what is the house there worth? who knows. but neither is a house on 4th st across from the high school worth 3 million dollars.
disclaimer: I am not the broker and have never been the broker….
4:17pm, that means there is an illegal apartment in the basement with kitchen and bath. Which you can use as an in-laws or guest suite or completely gut renovate which is more likely what people would do.
“3:13 you think someone is “clearly” the broker? How are you so sure? This is an anonymous internet board? Do you have ESP?”
Yes, yes I do. So be careful. I know everything about you. Go put on a tinfoil hat.
Funny everyone I know is leaving town, but I don’t generalize about the economy based on my personal circle of friends.