Open House Picks: Apartments
Prospect Heights 135 Eastern Parkway, #6I 4 BR Co-op Brown Harris Stevens Sat 2-4, Sun 3:30-5 $950,000 GMAP Downtown Brooklyn 176 Johnson Street, #8A 1 BR Loft Condo Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 12-2 $880,000 GMAP Williamsburg 440 Kent Avenue, #12E 2 BR Condo Halstead Sat 12-3, Sun 12-3 $855,000 GMAP Windsor Terrace 179 Ocean Parkway,…
Prospect Heights
135 Eastern Parkway, #6I
4 BR Co-op
Brown Harris Stevens
Sat 2-4, Sun 3:30-5
$950,000 GMAP
Downtown Brooklyn
176 Johnson Street, #8A
1 BR Loft Condo
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 12-2
$880,000 GMAP
Williamsburg
440 Kent Avenue, #12E
2 BR Condo
Halstead
Sat 12-3, Sun 12-3
$855,000 GMAP
Windsor Terrace
179 Ocean Parkway, #3 J/F
3 BR Co-op
Tudor Realty
Sunday 12-3
$685,000 GMAP
Brooklyn Heights
161 Henry Street, #5A
2 BR Co-op
Corcoran
Sunday 12-2
$565,000 GMAP
If memory serves me right, Kensington building (179 Ocean Parkway) has no elevator. Location is noisy and neighbors are questionable. Travel to Manhattan is limited to “F” train and express busses.
I live in Turner Towers and the flip tax is %25. When you live in the building the money coming from the flip tax is a great thing. The building is well maintained, has a gym, bike storage, storage. When you sell it sucks but that’s life. It’s the price you pay for living in a building that people care about.
Here is another 2bed for sale in the building: http://www.susanbreenrealestate.com/9J/index.html
Grinnell has an income restriction – you can’t make more than a certain % of the apartment’s sale price. So paradoxically, the people who can live there now must have “lower” incomes but high net worth. This is what keeps the building taxes & hence, maintenance low. I find this outrageous. As recently as 3 years ago, a 10 room maisonette (with courtyard entrance) could be had for 800k.
Yes Renter,
I am very familiar with the Grinnell, have friends who live there and almost took an apartment there myself nearly 30 years ago.
The building is astounding. But it wasn’t always that way. There was a point at which, like in many nabes around the city, that building and block were far from “desirable.” However, in the 80’s the tenants banded together, took over maintenance and administration of the building and, over many years, really built it up. (A similar effort occurred in buildings all over Harlem, most notably Graham Court at 116th and Lenox –an incredible building which truly has the rep of being the Dakota of the north). Today, the Grinnell is a totally droolworthy residence and those who have been there through the tough times have every reason to be self-congratulatory and smug.
all toy factory lofts except those directly facing the projects are going to lose their views as soon as all the other luxury condo buildings get built around them. i think the one listed here will def lose views and light.
my prediction..the Kensington listing will be cut by 100-130k in a weeks time..any takers on that bet?
I live in a brownstone, but Turner Towers has always had a special place in my heart. I first came to visit in Brooklyn a while back because my friends had discovered inexpensive rentals in the building. The apts are big but some do have mostly internal views. If I ever give up my big house I think I will look to buy an apartment there.
And I thought that Prospect Heights one was gonna be a gem.
In the meantime, in the course of looking for it in the Times, I found this: http://www.citi-habitats.com/viewsales.php?adID=186714
Yeah, it’s Manhattan, but mothertrucker, lookit that place. Anyone know about The Grinnell?
I’m beginning to feel like maintenance police, but I thought the Kensington one was a decent deal (depending on location — I don’t know that area well) but then saw the maintenance [insert losing game show music]. Between location and maintenance, definitely overpriced. Looks nice, though.