Open House Picks
Park Slope 701 Sackett Street Warren Lewis Sunday 1-2:30 $2,275,000 GMAP P*Shark Carroll Gardens 129 Summit Street Douglas Elliman Sunday 2:30-4 $1,829,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 46A Irving Place Corcoran Sunday 12:30-2 $1,195,000 GMAP P*Shark Lefferts Manor 18 Rutland Road Brooklyn Properties Sunday 3-4:30 $999,000 GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
701 Sackett Street
Warren Lewis
Sunday 1-2:30
$2,275,000
GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
129 Summit Street
Douglas Elliman
Sunday 2:30-4
$1,829,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
46A Irving Place
Corcoran
Sunday 12:30-2
$1,195,000
GMAP P*Shark
Lefferts Manor
18 Rutland Road
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 3-4:30
$999,000
GMAP P*Shark
i have to agree with crunchy granola, this price is appropriate,these tudors are lovely and they are unique to lefferts manor and brooklyn in general. also this block is one of the nicest with all 3 and 4 story houses. it also has a very strong block association.
I saw Irving this weekend and agree with some of the comments above. The renovation is very well-done and it is a lovely space, but with some oversights (no A/C, they destroyed and removed an original fireplace on the parlor floor). According to the broker, they spent $400k on the renovation. Does that sound right?
“Only got to see the PLG Tudor. It’s cute but needs some work and I can attest that I most certainly heard Flatbush and the music of the neighbors. Given recent sales in the manor section, this seems priced a good 150+ above where it should be.”
Ah, sweet vindication. See, I was not being a hater–I was just sharing actual personal experience.
Nomi, if the amenities in PLG were the same as Park Slope you couldn’t afford a house in it either. Services are fine. What services are you talking about? There is an excellent small, independent pharmacy on Lincoln and Flatbush. The Duane Reade on Flatbush and Parkside and the Rite Aide on Bedford on the CH side are better than Park Slope’s in what they stock. The supermarkets are albeit slowly getting better, and there are very good needed services like drycleaner, tailor, shoe and jewelry/watch repair near each other on Flatbush right on the way to the subway. We do need the extras. I’d personally love a good bakery, someplace to buy last-minute gifts when we don’t have time to run to Park Slope (one stop away on the subway or 5 minutes by car) and a place like Blue Apron where we could get good cheeses and gourmet items. I’ve heard such businesses have been trying to open in PLG but looking for more reasonable rent.
Think we need a morning after section where folks who visited open houses can share. Only got to see the PLG Tudor. It’s cute but needs some work and I can attest that I most certainly heard Flatbush and the music of the neighbors. Given recent sales in the manor section, this seems priced a good 150+ above where it should be.
Didn’t make it to Irving, but did some web research instead and found the current owners bought the place about 2-3 years ago for 840. The renovations look nice in the photos but this is a 15 footer and Irving is NOT part of the historical district, has abandoned houses on the block (thanks google street view), and the place is right next to a school. So, who decided the owners should get 1.2M for their good taste in reno? Where is the 90 year Mary Kay Gallagher to tell these sellers that they’re greedy? Problem is the brokers are too.
Having spent lots of time in the Rutland house, I can assure you that you can definitely hear Flatbush quit loudly. I have also been in houses just as close to Flatbush on Midwood street, and you can’t hear the traffic at all. Not all streets are the same.
I asked my friends who still live in Lefferts Manor (quite happily) and they said that the apartment buildings at Rutland and Flatbush are still a serious noise issue. They said the building have certainly gotten better over the years, but there are still real problems with all-night hanging out and music. I suggest anyone considering this house visits on some war, summer nights to check it out.
“I live on Summit – a block closer to the water though – and I don’t know what the posters are talking about with regard to the bells – have lived here for 10 years now and never even noticed the bells at night and I’m a light sleeper – go figure.” (suku)
Thank you. So, I’m not going mad. Or deaf. The church is beautiful. They recently refurbished the steeple; it’s lovely. I’ve been yards away from it for 13 years. Though, not on the same street, so cannot speak to the horror of people actually getting married at a church.
wow, we are talking about real estate, yes? how did hate crimes and Palin get brought into this – take it down a notch people
Nomi, maybe I was unfair. I’m a old-time Brooklynite who still remembers when black kids from Red Hook would get chased out of Carroll Gardens by gangs of white kids carrying baseball bats. I’d be thrilled to know it was more diverse than it used to be.
But I’m concerned that you actually feel the need to aggressively defend your “people” (of which I am one). Do you honestly believe that white privilege needs to be defended (like Ms. Palin does)? Isn’t it possible to recognize white privilege without being ashamed of being white?
It appears the alleged lack of “services and amenities” in PLG aren’t the only things that suck, Nomi.