Rental of the Day: 477 Bergen Street
Corcoran’s got a couple listings for this building on the Park Slope-Prospect Heights border that was recently given a top-to-bottom reno. Two floor-through one-bedrooms at 477 Bergen are renting for $2,575 and $2,695; according to the listings, finishes include an open island maple kitchen, central a/c and recessed lighting. The apartments sure ain’t cheap, but…
Corcoran’s got a couple listings for this building on the Park Slope-Prospect Heights border that was recently given a top-to-bottom reno. Two floor-through one-bedrooms at 477 Bergen are renting for $2,575 and $2,695; according to the listings, finishes include an open island maple kitchen, central a/c and recessed lighting. The apartments sure ain’t cheap, but it’s hard to beat this location for access to the 2/3 (not to mention Atlantic-Pacific a few blocks away). Think the subway access+new finishes justify these rents?
477 Bergen Street Apt. #3 [Corcoran] GMAP
477 Bergen Street Apt. #4 [Corcoran]
Not pictured is Bergen Bagels, just to the left of the bodega. Being able to go to (for my money) the best bagel place in Brooklyn in ten steps has got to be a nice perk. (I live in BH now, and we regularly go back there for the bagels.)
But yeah, that area can be loud. Hopefully they didn’t cheap out on acoustics. And if you have a car, forget about parking anywhere nearby with the cops there.
Also, the 2/3 stop is just out of frame. The train must go literally beneath this building. Wonder how that is going to be?
Isn’t that right next to the AY site? Love it or hate it, that’s going to be a LOT of construction starting nice and early. Bonus amenities: idling trucks in the morning, bouncing empty trucks at night.
Ditto, 12:54. I also pay less than that on the UWS, and I’m not rent-stabilized. Doorman, elevator too.
Okay, I have track (instead of recessed) lighting and window (instead of central) air conditioning and I bet my kitchen isn’t quite as nice. But I have use of the back yard, including the grill, and I pay over a grand less to live on a quieter street that is a block away from two subway lines. I hate writing that check every month, but these ROTD posts almost always make me feel better. No one say nothing to my landlord.
Rents are going down. Also, you corco prices very high — typical response is to knock 10% off .
I pay less than that for my 1BR in a doorman building with an elevator on the UWS…
Not sure if the subway access + new finishes justify the rent prices. I can tell you that the reno was indeed top to bottom, as I passed by this building during the process and it was *completely* gutted. I can also tell you, from living right across the street on Flatbush some time back, that this is a LOUD area; the floor plan shows the bedrooms are in the back, so it may not be an issue.
Friends renting a large 1 bedroom in midtown for this price – not sure if this makes sense to me.
Our newly renovated brownstone floor-through one-bedroom rental goes for $1,800 just 2 blocks from here so this looks very high to me. The location is noisy: a few yards off Flatbush and with a police station and fire house around the corner. But I will say this reno has vastly improved the exterior appearance of the building. It’s plain and simple — works nicely with the local vernacular.