Open House Picks
Park Slope 144 St. John’s Place Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 2-4 $2,495,000 GMAP P*Shark Boerum Hill 130 Dean Street Prudential Douglas Elliman Sunday 12-2 $2,100,000 GMAP P*Shark Carroll Gardens 40 Third Place Corcoran Sunday 11:30-1 $1,995,000 GMAP P*Shark Fort Greene 191 Washington Park FSBO Sunday 12-3 $1,900,000 GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
144 St. John’s Place
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 2-4
$2,495,000
GMAP P*Shark
Boerum Hill
130 Dean Street
Prudential Douglas Elliman
Sunday 12-2
$2,100,000
GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
40 Third Place
Corcoran
Sunday 11:30-1
$1,995,000
GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
191 Washington Park
FSBO
Sunday 12-3
$1,900,000
GMAP P*Shark
I have to disagree with 2:25 about the 4MM Wash.Park House. It was indeed something special – a meticulously, wonderfully, restored one family gem. There’s more to the good life than central air conditioning. It was a rare beauty, and I tip my hat to the owners for a job well done.
Someone show me a house in Brooklyn that doesn’t have foot traffic, occasional noise, or trash on the street.
the 4mm house on washington park is a joke – should be just shy of 3mm, no central air, nothing really special about the house. the 1.9mm seems ok, if drops too low would be a good buy.
i used to own on the park but didnt like the foot traffic = trash on my sidewalk so i move to sidestreet.
but it is not noisy except in summer when people bbq and blast music.
love fg – i think best place in the bk.
wassup peoples
And not to get into the which is better: So. Portland or Washington Park debate again, but Washington Park is a phenomenal street. All of the neighbors know one another and look out for one another, the street is quiet, parking is ample, the light we get is amazing from not having other brownstones directly across the street. Besides all those benefits, it’s nice to sit in the parlor floor and look out the windows at the park – there’s no better view in Brooklyn!
As for the $1.9 pricetag: location, location, location. Sure the house needs work but it would be perfect to take one floor and rent out the other three and as rental money rolls in, use that to renovate and take it over. Seems to make sense to me especially if you’re looking for a longterm investment.
I went to an open house for 40 Third Place back in the summer of 2003. I think the house was offered at $1.2 million at the time. It didn’t sell at that price and the owner rented it out. Hard to justify it being offered almost 70% higher now. The kitchen + bathrooms still need updating.
St. Johns Place is a great location and from the (only) two pix, looks to be in good condition. BUT – only one bath in the owners duplex? Entry to the 3rd bedroom only through the bathroom? No apparent entry to the garden from garden level, altho it may be that it is just not indicated on the floor plan. A beautiful huge dining room but a relatively small kitchen. Even if I were keeping this as a 3 family, I would want to do a good amount of reconfiguring of the duplex to make it work better. Quite pricey when you add in the reno cost.
To the person making the Third Street house comparison between 6th and 7th, compare the size of this house to the one on St Johns. You are looking strictly at “price”. Most of the houses on Third Street on this block are only 45 feet deep and lack extensions.
8th Street is the worst of the park Block streets.. lacks any integrity horrbile
i rented on washington park last winter and loved it. (the park has great sledding.) we bought in clinton hill, but i would have loved to stay on the park. there is no noise from traffic. also, there’s good parking, most of the time.
anyone know what’s going on with the $4MM listing on Washington Park? The listing was featured on this site a while ago…