Open House Picks
Park Slope 204 St Johns Place Warburg Realty Sunday 12-2pm $2,890,000 GMAP Clinton Hill 484 Classon Avenue Corcoran Sunday 11am-1pm $1,300,000 GMAP Ditmas Park 873 Ocean Avenue Brooklyn Properties Sunday 2:30-4pm $999,000 GMAP Crown Heights 179 Kingston Avenue Corcoran Sunday 12-2pm $925,000 GMAP
Park Slope
204 St Johns Place
Warburg Realty
Sunday 12-2pm
$2,890,000
GMAP
Clinton Hill
484 Classon Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 11am-1pm
$1,300,000
GMAP
Ditmas Park
873 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 2:30-4pm
$999,000
GMAP
Crown Heights
179 Kingston Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 12-2pm
$925,000
GMAP
this house looks dark and eerie, for the most part this is a commonly shared characteristic of brownstones that are pretty close to original form but if ever I bought this house (which would never happen because its grossly overpriced at almost 3 million dollars) I’d take out all that old stuff including the ugly wallpaper in the bedroom and the ancient photos on the wall and open the house up with more lighting. I’d love to see a b’stoner buy this place and put it on the reno blog!
No one ever said a good school district isn’t good for real estate prices, but like it or not, most people with means would not send their children to public school if they had the choice (i.e. the money). That doesn’t mean PS 321 district doesn’t increase property values. As to Flatbush being at the end of the block and Atlantic Yards being 7 blocks away, neither is a problem in my book. It’s a great block, the house is not close to Flatbush so it is not noisy from traffic, it is close to the park, and plenty far away from the A. Yards. The price does seem up there, but hey, someone might buy it for that price. Good luck to the owners.
And btw, I’m not so sure there are two BigBubbas. As I recall from earlier posts, there’s always been an odd comment from BigBubba that is later retracted as “just kidding” etc.
I never bought the argument that after a certain price point the quality of the schools does not matter since anyone rich enough would send their kids to private school. Everything else being equal – good schools will ALWAYS drive up the value of a home. I guess the question here is whether the big negatives – near Flatbush,
near Atlantic Yards (kids – Atlantic Yards would be CLOSER than the park!!) and bad schools, outweigh the big positive – huge beautiful home, very nice block, near subway, etc.
I don’t know………
Does anyone know how much Corcoran is asking for the shell at 38 Seventh Avenue (between Sterling & St. John’s)?
Granted, a more desirable part of the Slope would be the north part of Prospect Park West, or Montgomery, Carroll or Third Street between 8th Avenue and PPW, but those townhouses go for considerably more than $3 million. Otherwise, the North Slope IS the most desirable part of the Slope, and the Atlantic Yards development is far enough way that it will only have a tangential impact on homeowners in this area (and, arguably, some might consider the impact to be positive).
Actually, closer to six to seven blocks north
Most people spending this kind of money for a brownstone in Park Slope send their kids to private school anyway. The Berkeley Carroll School is right around the corner on Lincoln Place (middle and upper school, with the lower school just a few blocks away on Carroll Street). Other private school choices for Park Slopers typically include Saint Ann’s, Packer, Brooklyn Friends and Poly Prep. I really don’t think the school district will be a major drawback for people in the market for a house of this size.
The Atlantic Yards proposed footprint is 5 to six blocks north, over Flatbush, starting around Dean/Bergen – not close enough to be a concern really imho.
“Most exclusive part of the slope”
Ha, ha, ha!
You must live on the block.