Priciest Brooklyn Sale of '09 is in Gravesend!
Holy moly! The sale of 2111 East 2nd Street in Gravesend for $10.26 million just hit public records, and although the price tag isn’t high enough to make it a Brooklyn record, it’s definitely the biggest sale of this year, and probably one of the top 10 or so biggest house sales in the borough…
Holy moly! The sale of 2111 East 2nd Street in Gravesend for $10.26 million just hit public records, and although the price tag isn’t high enough to make it a Brooklyn record, it’s definitely the biggest sale of this year, and probably one of the top 10 or so biggest house sales in the borough ever. (Houses in Brooklyn Heights, for example, have traded for more.) Here are the specs on 2111 East 2nd from Property Shark: It’s an 8,206-square-foot one-family house that was built in 1998. The buyer of the manse was cloaked behind an LLC.
2111 East 2nd Street Deed [ACRIS] GMAP P*Shark
Photo from Property Shark.
c’mon Benson. Truth is most comments about brownstones in brownstone neighborhoods are dissed pretty consistently too.
Too close to this, too far from that, too much traffic, not the right layout, too narrow, awful kitchen> it is almost a contest to who can come up with most negatives.
CHL,
There are laws against it but how the heck are you going to find out if the house is on the market if the local brokers never put the signs outside or list it on MLS. They only return phone calls when you are a confirmed member of the community with is only about 1,000 to 2,000 families so everyone knows everyone else. I am not saying that’s it’s fair but that’s the way it works in that nabe.
David, agreed but that’s how it works around there.
Whether comments are positive or negative should not matter if it’s ones honest opinion. If a restaurant of the day serves sub par food then I’m going to say so. If another has great service then I’m going to say so. It’s not about positive or negative … it’s about everyone’s opinion. And yes folks do go over board and can at times be nasty but at the end of the day they are just expressing their opinion…whether you or I agree or not.
Now on to bigger issues….”The houses only pass from one Syrian Jewish family to another and unless you’re part of that community, the local brokers will not show you the houses.
Racism at its finest.”
What the HELL is that about? Aren’t there laws against this type of foolishness?
I can’t say its overpriced, location is by far the most important factor in determining price and this location is extremely desireable to the buyers who are competing with other buyers with the same desire.
I have friends who think you should be certified as insane if you buy a condo with no land and no garden and which is 30 flrs higher up than you could jump out of if there was a fire and reasonably expect to live. Consequently, a quarter of Manhattan 3-bed apartments – they wouldn’t give you 50 cents for let alone 2.5 million.
Big Big Price tags makes a beautiful house get nasty looks. This is one such example. would be same case if a nice brownstone sold for 10M too – in that scenario, we would be getting a few “is this in Manhattan?”
Park Sloper and all;
I think I know the difference between folks making comments akin to “this is not my cup of tea” and comments that deride a house and its inhabitants.
Think I’m making it up? Just go to the recent thread of the house in Bay Ridge. Comments about “Tony Soprano” and bullet-proof glass. When it was revealed that the owner was Greek, the jokes shifted gear.
Benson, you’re quite right that it’s rare to find a positive word on this blog about properties outside of Brownstone Brooklyn, but that’s because, you know, this site is called BROWNSTONER and we like BROWNSTONES! Where you’re wrong is in thinking that envy has anything to do with it. And I’m sure the folks that buy homes in Gravesend and Mill Basin think WE’RE the wackos for sinking millions into narrow old 19th century townhouses with no garages, etc., and they certainly don’t envy us, either!
I’m with CHL and dittoburg. Obviously other factors besides the market are i play here- fine if someone really wants to pay that much – no matter how great the neighborhood or delightful the house, it’s not a $10 mil house. It’s not a diss on the neighborhood or anything else to say so.