housePark Slope
6 3rd Street
Corcoran
Sunday 2:30-4
$1,895,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseCrown Heights
1094 Park Place
Douglas Elliman
Saturday 12-3
$1,345,000 (was $1,395,000 then $1,200,000)
GMAP P*Shark

houseBay Ridge
445 100th Street
Re/Max
Sunday 12-3
$679,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseFlatbush
244 Martense Street
Fillmore
Sunday 2-4
$499,000
GMAP P*Shark


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  1. Having seen the crown heights house, it is stunningly gorgeous. I don’t personally love the kitchen or bathes, but the house is amazing. The garden is very zen.

    Now, while I’m glad that Bay Ridge is getting some love here in the open house picks (for the first time, I think). And granted there isn’t lot of open houses in Bay Ridge this weekend (psst, Christmas is next week). Mr. B, next time please feature a better house. I wouldn’t mind seeing some of the multi-million dollar homes on here. While I know you wanted to feature a lower priced home; and this is probably the least expensive two-family in Bay Ridge. This one makes the nabe look very schlocky.
    This is in the very southern tip of Bay Ridge. There’s a lot more to love in the nabe than this.

    Not an open house, but the nabe is full of these types of homes,
    http://brownharrisstevens.com/detail.aspx?id=940746

    Along with townhouses…..here’s a very nice one family limestone
    http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/detail/2431-45874/BAY-RIDGE-NY-11209

    And a cute brick:
    http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/detail/2431-45874/BAY-RIDGE-NY-11209

  2. “Until these homes become affordable for middle class families again, these prices are ridiculous, and it astounds me that there are still buyers silly enough to pay these kinds of inflated prices.”

    There are still plenty of Asshats running around.

    Do you know that most Real Estate Brokers and Agents go home for the holidays? From Thanksgiving to New Years Real Estate is DEAD! You know something? I would not even think about “Buying Something” until;l they get this mess cleaned up. The Madoff thing has punched o hole in the Mutant Asset Bubble and the Asshats see the writing in the wall.

    Hey DIBS How is the Hedge Fund redemption thang going?? Yep you and your Homeboys are being taken to the Woodshed. I some happy that we wont have to hear your imitation of Larry Kudrow!

    RIP Mutant Asset Bubble….

    The What

    Someday this war is gonna end..

  3. Er… In defense of 1094 Park Place, this is a unique historical property.

    Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Brower family lived in the home. And the building has a covered driveway, and is enormous in size. It has one of those massive curved stairways in the atrium.

    This was never a “middle class” home. It was the home of the most prominent family in that area.

  4. 1094 is on a nice block. It’s between a beautiful old Synagogue (now housing a Baptist congregation) and brownstones. And it’s kitty-corner from Brower Park which is next to the Children’s Museum.

    Still if you had $1.3 M to spend nowadays on single family residence, I don’t think you would be living this deep in CH.

  5. Did anyone notice the last photo of the Crown Heights place? It seems to be between two long cinderblock buildings on either side. One seems like it might be a church or synagogue, but it was a real turn off for me. Maybe it looks better in real life.

    But, I can’t understand what people are thinking. If I had 1.4 million to spend, why in the world would I want to spend it to live in this place? Sure, it seems like a lovely house, but I’d rather buy a house in the suburbs for way less than half this price. The run up in prices is based on this ridiculous notion than anywhere in Brooklyn, as long as it’s Brooklyn, is somehow worth 3x as much as anywhere else despite a neighborhood’s lack of amenities, good schools, or anything else.

    Brooklyn neighborhoods used to be the best bargain around. Middle class people bought brownstones and could live with rental income and raise a family. But all perspective was lost — now a house in a middling location in Crown Heights can ask 1.4 million and people think it’s a bargain if you get it for only 1.1 million. NOT. Until these homes become affordable for middle class families again, these prices are ridiculous, and it astounds me that there are still buyers silly enough to pay these kinds of inflated prices.

  6. yes, crimsonson, but it’s just a sink. This house seems really beautiful and special to me too. Don’t know a thing about the street or the neighborhood, but the house is lovely.

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