Open House Picks
Park Slope 448 6th Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 1:30-3:30 $2,495,000 was $2,825,000 GMAP P*Shark South Slope 237 14th Street Warren Lewis Sunday 12-2 $2,150,000 was $1,950,000 GMAP P*Shark West Midwood 1409 Glenwood Road Mary Kay Gallagher Sunday 1-3 $1,290,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 538 16th Street Corcoran Sunday 10-11 $949,000 was $949,000 GMAP P*Shark…
Park Slope
448 6th Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 1:30-3:30
$2,495,000 was $2,825,000
GMAP P*Shark
South Slope
237 14th Street
Warren Lewis
Sunday 12-2
$2,150,000 was $1,950,000
GMAP P*Shark
West Midwood
1409 Glenwood Road
Mary Kay Gallagher
Sunday 1-3
$1,290,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
538 16th Street
Corcoran
Sunday 10-11
$949,000 was $949,000
GMAP P*Shark
We normally include four Open House Picks but, as has been noted in recent market reports, the number of listings is clearly dropping—we couldn’t find a single compelling open house scheduled for this weekend that we hadn’t already covered at some point. Interesting. Update: A reader pointed us towards the Glenwood Road listing so that now rounds out the foursome.
Brownstones….eh, overrated.
Give me a limestone anyday!
Well then, NYC87 please explain all the extensive coverage of new, modern condos on this blog. A small, historic non-brownstone house priced under a million is a lot closer in its category to a brownstone than a shiny glass condo.
As for sneering at those who can’t pay more than a million, are you serious? The only reason Park Slope is even worth living in and those brownstones have been saved is because in the 70’s and 80’s alternative culture people who were not rich starting investing again in that historic neighborhood when it was less fashionable and far less expensive. To now promote other neighborhoods with affordable historic houses to those who will fix them up and care for them is a good thing. It’s called Preservation. And Preservation is actually the main theme of this website since you missed that.
I said 1/2 of ONE of the houses…so technically 1/8.
6th Street is not ALL brownstone!
You’re right BRG–point taken. That came out the wrong way, in the heat of the moment. What I meant was that brownstones in Brooklyn are, unfortunately, kind of expensive, for now anyway. So, with the exception of some beautiful places in Bed-Stuy, which DO receive extensive coverage on this blog, most properties are priced above the $1 million mark. What can you do? Supply and demand.
1/4.
‘This blog is mainly about BROWNSTONES, and the nice brownstones in Brooklyn, the ones worth discussing,’
So, I guess none of these houses should be featured.
Okay, 1/2 of one of these houses would be.
Yep–definitely lots of complaining going on here.
Stop whining about featuring more affordable houses. This blog is mainly about BROWNSTONES, and the nice brownstones in Brooklyn, the ones worth discussing, are usually priced over $1 million–at least for now. Start your own blog if you want to discuss any old house.
I agree with Iris that a wider price range should be shown, but at the same time, em should forawrd on those reports to Mr. B if they look interesting. It is sometimes difficult to locate informaation about open houses in neighborhoods outside the Brooklyn Heights-Park Slope area. If there is an easy ay to find listings of open houses in Dyker Heights, or Flatlands, even taht information would be useufl. Absent a a good MLS system, the NY Times is sadly the monopolist for easy discovery of of open houses in Brooklyn. (For some reason, I find the Daiily News and Post classifieds too focused on Queens with comaprably fewer ads about Brooklyn.)
Traditionalmod’s idea is not a bad one — kind of a compare and contrast. It might shut poeople up about wanting to leave Brooklyn. The only downside is that would be v. difficult to find just one OH to use.