Price on Former HOTD Slashed Almost 20%
Thanks to a reader who brought to our attention the fact that the price at 899 Union Street has been slashed $500,000 in the aftermath of last month’s post questioning why the house was priced $300,000 more than a very similar house in better condition down the block. Don’t get us wrong, though: This house…
Thanks to a reader who brought to our attention the fact that the price at 899 Union Street has been slashed $500,000 in the aftermath of last month’s post questioning why the house was priced $300,000 more than a very similar house in better condition down the block. Don’t get us wrong, though: This house is a real beauty in a prime location. We’d be surprised if it didn’t move quickly at this price. It’s also interesting to look at in comparison to yesterday’s HOTD on St. Marks for $2.3 million.
899 Union Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Does Not Compute on Union Street [Brownstoner]
Who is the troll who keeps addressing me personally with trashy, empty comments? I know I probably read you to filth in the past for co-opting my identity, but would you mind trying to contribute to this blog in a valuable way please?
“Try as we might, we can’t all be rich. Is there no room in brownstone Brooklyn for the rest of us?”
So who is it exactly that *deserves* to live in non-brownstone Brooklyn? What would your criteria be? A Goodness Committee, maybe?
Maybe it could just be a matter of choice! Maybe the teachers, firefighters, etc. who like beautiful period townhouses could have places made for them in the brownstone belt. And then the ones who prefer ugly small apartments in Coney Island — why, they could have their choice too! And everyone could be happy!
The bottom line is, we’re in the situation we’re in because more people want to live in Brooklyn than used to. This is a happy circumstance with bad side effects, but I don’t see how you equitably solve it — other than simply paying civil servants, cops, etc., more money.
Unfortunately even the so-called cheap neighborhoods are becoming more and more expensive. It’s easy to say go find a cheaper neighborhood, but there is a social and economic impact the city will pay that will effect everyone, at all levels. In an earlier thread someone posted quite wonderfully about the city as an organic whole, and how each part affects the other. Maybe we get too caught up in the money and real estate aspect to the point where we forget that the city is greater than the sum of its parts. If nothing else, cities exist, not as parasitic entities, but as symbiotic ones.
I was just wondering about that 11:50 point myself the other day. I was thinking “What if I hadn’t been able to find anything in Bklyn?” Would I go to Queens or the Bronx? What are prices and neighborhoods like there? And oh yeah…Staten Island.
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I own a limestone on woodruff ave. Is it considered PLG or Ditmas Park?
Quick question: the listing says that the house was recently used as a two-family, with a two-bedroom rental. But I looked at the floor plan and cannot figure out where the rental unit is. The top floor has a bathroom and three bedrooms (so I suppose you could use the large bedroom as a living space) but where’s the kitchen?
Brower Park- perfect!
Anon 1:10- priceless!
Ed,
If you can’t win a debate, you have to look for better arguments.
The solution is not devalue reason.
If you want to afford an area that has become prime real estate, you have to start looking for middle-income housing.
The solution is not devalue brownstones.