Rental of the Day: 305 McGuinness Blvd, #2
This three-and-a-half bedroom at Greenpoint’s Lofts 305 has a nice wide-open feel and some attractive modern finishes. The layout’s interesting but the listing doesn’t speak much to the size of the rooms themselves. (The overall square footage, though, is 1,326.) The rent for all that is $2,950 a month. Is it worth an apartment in…
This three-and-a-half bedroom at Greenpoint’s Lofts 305 has a nice wide-open feel and some attractive modern finishes. The layout’s interesting but the listing doesn’t speak much to the size of the rooms themselves. (The overall square footage, though, is 1,326.) The rent for all that is $2,950 a month. Is it worth an apartment in a newish development off the G train? Seems like a decent bang for the buck to us, but New York Shitty, where the building shot comes from, is not a big fan of the development.
305 McGuinness Boulevard, #2 [Aptsandlofts.com] GMAP P*Shark
And I say that as someone who, by the way, could afford that rental, thinks the square footage and price are fairly reasonable, and might consider it, were it not on Mcguinness blvd, which I think of as, “the blvd of death and asthma.”
On McGuinness blvd? Hahaha
I adore Greenpoint. I have loved Greenpoint since the first time someone took me for a polish dinner (which cost $3.50) in 1989.
However, hyperbole like this:
“this is where the best people, places and things to do are in new york city. not for everyone, but clearly since rents are going up every second in this area, for lots of other people besides you…” is perhaps why some of us will never want to move back. Ugh, wine lover, tone it down a tad. Could you sound more like an entitled hipster twat?
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this is where the best people, places and things to do are in new york city.
LMFAO x 50000. wow you really ARE the Koolaid man.
*rob*
STARGAZER, you are…strange.
Anyway, got that the location stinks. Ha.
But aside from that, about all I can tell from this listing is that the place has an institutional feel. I guess higher end institutional, maybe like an expensive rehab.
wow people don’t like this building in Greenpoint on brownstoner. color me shocked.
never been in, but seems ok from the outside. walked past several times going to mcgolrick park. driggs is nice on both sides of mcGuinness which is where the entrance to the building is (not on mcguinness). obviously, close to mcgolrick park. all the side streets have townhouses and the houses around the park are your standard brownstoner type charming. mcgolrick park is known for it’s old old trees and has been used in movies and TV shows repeatedly because it’s very nice. off the top of my head – flight of the conchords, fringe, usually a tv crew is set up there.
good location for kids going to 31, 34 or 132. near to lots of stuff to buy. reasonable walk to the L – Graham stop if you don’t want to do the G. McCarren park close too.
know nothing about the apts, but the location is fine.
stargazer, you don’t get williamsburg or greenpoint or bushwick, but most here would never leave to live in another part of brooklyn. this is where the best people, places and things to do are in new york city. not for everyone, but clearly since rents are going up every second in this area, for lots of other people besides you.
I decided to start occasionally re-re-viewing some of these ‘__ of the days’ on reallist.tumblr.com. I reviewed this place because I’ve spent more than a bit of time in this downwind of the sewage treatment plant corner of Gpoint. check it out:
http://bit.ly/hoRaGu
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could there be a fool out there willing to spend that to live here?
yes, there will be three of them. Molly, Sarah, and their gay BFF Ethan.
*rob*
ok Mr Sheepshead Bay.
All Greenpoint and Williamsburg are depressing neighborhoods.
They are both the crappiest neighborhoods in Brooklyn.