Residential Sales in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $235,000 166 State Street 400-sq.-ft. studio co-op in a prewar building; eat-in kitchen, high ceilings, oak floors, original moldings and detail; maintenance $586, 35% tax-deductible; lisdted at $225,000 (multiple bids), 1 week on market. (Broker: Harbor View Realty) PARK SLOPE $640,000 243 Eighth Street (Fourth Avenue) 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 900-sq-ft condo in a new…
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $235,000
166 State Street
400-sq.-ft. studio co-op in a prewar building; eat-in kitchen, high ceilings, oak floors, original moldings and detail; maintenance $586, 35% tax-deductible; lisdted at $225,000 (multiple bids), 1 week on market. (Broker: Harbor View Realty)
PARK SLOPE $640,000
243 Eighth Street (Fourth Avenue)
2-bedroom, 2-bath, 900-sq-ft condo in a new building; kitchen with updated appliances, bath and terrace off master bedroom; common charge $296; 100% tax abated; listed at $625,000 (multiple bids), 1 week on market. (Broker: Betancourt & Associates)
EAST WILLIAMSBURG $825,000
63 Skillman Avenue
2-family, 2-story, prewar wood-frame house; 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, high tin ceilings, hardwood floors in each unit; full basement; 25-by-100-ft lot; taxes $1,508; listed at $749,000 (multiple bids), 4 weeks on market. (Broker: Kline Realty)
All items from the print edition of today’s New York Times.
i lived on north 9th & bedford 12 years ago. the neighborhood was fine, no amenities to speak of, but completely safe. it was fun, too. i’m still here, on driggs now. it’s not so much fun anymore, but it’s got everything i need except for a good copier place. i’m not following friends and comrades to red hook, it’s too far away and when i drive a car i crash the car. so here i’ll stay. c’est la guerre.
People I know who grew up in Williamsburg say the boundaries are Flushing Ave to the south, Bushwick Ave to the east, and Nassau Ave to the north. And there’s no such thing as East Williamsburg — this place is Williamsburg, period.
Everyone outside Williamsburg or new to the area seems to have an informed opinion about where the neighborhood begins and ends. Ask any old-timers around the second or third L stop where they live and they will tell you Williamsburg. And those same old-timers wouldn’t have lived around the Bedford L if you paid them to back before the Manhattanite invasion. After nearly ten years in the neighborhood, neither would I (please send me an email if you would actually like to take me up on this). Also according to many Williamsburg detractors, Bushwick is the size of Queens!
skillman between leonard and lorimer is NOT east williamsburg. it’s only 8 blocks from the river! why, oh why, do thses lazy bunny-brained realtors make so much money? re: $850 for a wood frame 2 story on that block … people are retarded.
In Manhattan, “Hell’s Kitchen” is more apt than “Clinton”. I agree with Clinton Hillbilly. Why not call it Bushwick?
condo vs. house pricing: so with a house, you’re saving per ft/sq by “buying in bulk” (those extra parlors or BRs). That makes sense, but then wouldn’t that mean larger condos with more bedrooms would sell for less per ft/sq than smaller ones?
Per sq ft price of house vs. condo.
Condo fit more buyers price range, less responsibility/work for busy modern life,
shared expenses for major repairs, no tenant to deal with. All the extra sq. ft. of house is mostly bedrooms and parlors which is not expensive as adding additional kitchens.
I was just driving by and saw a couple of houses for sale on Skillman. It is a quaint street although it is right across from massive projects. Very surprised to hear of a sale at 725K. I thought it would be much lower. Maybe that listing was closer to Williamsburg.
And why is it that nobody bats and eye about EAST WILLIAMSBURG the most dubious Real Estate term ever and yet are such sticklers about the Clinton Hill designation. hmmmmm…
As insane as house prices can be in Brooklyn, what I really don’t get is the premium for co-ops and especially condos. They may be beautiful on the outside, but from outward appearances (and what I’ve heard secondhand from people who’ve been inside) those 8th Street condos are way unimpressive. Yet they get $700/sf! Comps for a house on the same block would be somewhat north of $500. Can someone explain the premium to me? Especially when you consider that the supply of houses is basically static, whereas they’re cranking out condos like Happy meal prizes.