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.
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.
Oh and by the way it’s a very nice piece of property BUT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION IT IS OVER PRICED!
But I guess I’m just filled with envy and not an opinion.
DS – yes, he does get points for that.
I think we can all agree that those comments are over the top and maybe even rude but envious they are not. Just because I don’t like a property or think it’s overpriced or designed poorly doesn’t mean I’m jealous and want what they have. It simple means that I don’t like a property or think it’s overpriced or designed poorly…Folks read into stuff entirely to much.
Benson may be off the deep end today, but at least he correctly uses the word “envy” rather than “jealousy.”
“Where’s the envy?”
You asked, I’ll reply.
I’d like folks to find FIVE posts in the entire history of Brownstoner that spoke admirably of a house that is outside the Brownstone Brooklyn area. Name a wealthy area in Brooklyn that is outside of the Brownstone Belt – Gravesend, Mill Basin, Dyker Heights or Bay Ridge – and show me where there isn’t an insinuation that:
a) the folks who bought the property must be some type of whacko for paying for a home that is tasteless, taste being defined as ONLY a home that approximates an 1860 era brownstone;
b) their low level of taste is proof that they must be a mafioso of some sort, be it the original Italian mafia,or a version of it that applies to other ethnic groups.
This attempt at ridicule masks the true emotion at play, which is envy.
Benson…I’m glad I’m not alone on this one.
benson, I’m with CHL on this thread. Where’s the envy?
Muffett is probably very common Syrian Jewish name.