Open House Picks
Brooklyn Heights 5 Columbia Place Douglas Elliman Sunday 12-2 $3,695,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 97 Park Place Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 12:30-2 $1,999,999 GMAP P*Shark South Slope 148 14th Street Warren Lewis Sunday 12-2 $1,095,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 608 Madison Street Corcoran Sunday 2-3:30 $699,000 GMAP P*Shark
Brooklyn Heights
5 Columbia Place
Douglas Elliman
Sunday 12-2
$3,695,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
97 Park Place
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 12:30-2
$1,999,999
GMAP P*Shark
South Slope
148 14th Street
Warren Lewis
Sunday 12-2
$1,095,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
608 Madison Street
Corcoran
Sunday 2-3:30
$699,000
GMAP P*Shark
“I absolutely believe you, but I think you are in the minority.”
I have no doubt that I am in the minority and also am under no misconception that prices in Clinton Hill should be anywhere near what they are in Park Slope at this stage of the game.
However, in re your points for why things are better in Park Slope (schools, transport, retail), these are highly subjective and variable considerations. I can and will try to get my children into public schools other than the one I am immediately zoned for, the transport in Clinton Hill has always served me just fine, and retail wise though the density is not as high there is everything I need in Clinton hill, some of it better than comparable stuff in the Slope.
14th is the first I’ve seen on that block at that level. It is a bit of a psychological leap across 4th down in the South Slope, 11th Street being a partial exception. That block of 14th looks like one of the healthier blocks in that stretch west of 4th, though. Worth checking out. Huge comps on the next block up the hill.
Outrage of the day: 5 Columbia Place. 3.6 million? Hello?
It isn’t even a real house. It is across the street from one of the most dysfnctional (and non-prestige) rental buildings in Brooklyn, and it’s small. Forget it!
CW – am VERY sorry to hear about your situation!
11217 – I love your PS enthusiasm and always almost agree
I think that 14th street house is priced right, It’s in great shape and actually the block between 3rd and 4th Avenues has some nice houses on it, if only there were more trees, less traffic steaming up the block and closer to 6th ave it would fetch more – hahah!
I’m up closer to 7th and have the garden and deck and gasp a Driveway so am hoping to get 1.3, but my config is diff as the rental is a duplex as well as mine
Wasder,
I absolutely believe you, but I think you are in the minority. I think the majority of people who buy in Clinton Hill and other such areas would prefer to be in a more prime neighborhood if prices were similar.
If for no other reason than better schools, transportation and retail.
11217–if houses on nice blocks of PS are going under 2M then yes your point is a fair one that it is a better “deal” than a similarly priced house in CLinton Hill. But it really depends on what you are looking for. I think (and I say this understanding the absurdity of this kind of hypothetical) that even if money were no object I would still live in Clinton Hill over Park Slope because it just fits me and what I want in a neighborhood better.
Gemini–I was also shocked by the 14th street price but because it seemed high on the other side of 4th AVe.
i really like the park place spot for under 2 mill. park place btw 6th/7th is a fantastic block, one of my favs in the north slope
Gemini10, 2 blocks up makes a world of difference. In fact, I think they’re asking too much.
cwb–sorry to hear about your wife’s job. An all too common phenomenon right about now. But with two rental units that house would be super cheap to live in month to month that is for sure. If you put 20% down the mortgage payments would be around 2G a month, and you would probably be able to earn that much or more in rental income.