Residential Sales in Brooklyn
WILLIAMSBURG $1,350,000 122 South First Street 4-family, 4-story prewar wood-frame house; 3 bedrooms in two units; 1 bedroom in others; eat-in kitchen, renovated bath, wide plank floors, original molding and detail in each; full basement, new plumbing and electric systems in building; 25-by-100-ft. lot; taxes $503; listed at $1,400,000, 10 weeks on market. Broker: Kline…
WILLIAMSBURG $1,350,000
122 South First Street
4-family, 4-story prewar wood-frame house; 3 bedrooms in two units; 1 bedroom in others; eat-in kitchen, renovated bath, wide plank floors, original molding and detail in each; full basement, new plumbing and electric systems in building; 25-by-100-ft. lot; taxes $503; listed at $1,400,000, 10 weeks on market. Broker: Kline Realty.
CLINTON HILL $635,000
135 Clinton Avenue
2-bedroom, 1-bath, 1,200-sq.-ft. duplex in a brownstone; renovated eat-in kitchen with upgraded appliances, exposed brick walls, hardwood floors, 3 decorative fireplaces, new windows; maintenance $650, 50% tax-deductible; listed at $625,000 (multiple bids), 6 weeks on market. Brokers: Warren Lewis Realty, Eychner Associates.
From the print edition of yesterday’s New York Times.
Photo from Property Shark
I LOVE industrial buildings. Those are not the buildings I have a problem with. And industrial or not, there’s nothing wrong with keeping a place cleaner and greener. In fact the more industry, the more trees are needed to clean the air.
no not hate–just think that it is bad for people to live without trees. it’s bad for the earth too.
hmmm… so much hate.
williamsburg is appealing because of several factors, though i don’t ever hear anyone advertising it as being green and leafy or full of old world charm.
if it the location works in terms of proximity to manhattan (work, school, etc.), why not?
To each his/her own!
yes, yes, i’m sure there is true “vision and imagination'” in fact “more” of those qualities than in brownstones. the fact remains that people are paying millions to live in very ugly homes. good for them. oh, and can we please stop setting up this opposition between being an inauthentic poseur and being an Artist. Artists can be some of the biggest poseur/hipsters of all.
The whole point and appeal of Williamsburg for the past 20-25 years has been that it was one place in NYC that was not full of yuppies. It was quiet and real (very real sometimes). And not least of all, it used to be cheap. If you were an artist, not a hipster, poseur wannabee etc, you were looking for a place to live that could provide work space and quiet and community. Yes, believe it or not, there has always been a real mixed community in this ugly neighborhood. Some of it is still here. All the hype created by the real estate industry and others is just so stupid. Williamsburg is not, never has been a place for those with visions of tree lined street etc. Exteriors have been ugly but you’d be surprised at some of the places behind those facades. Some of the homes that were created within some of the ugly duckling houses have more vision and imagination in them than most brownstones.
lets hope some developer, who isn’t bothered by the annoying NIMBYS minding their bsuiness, knocks down the the old Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, Kings county SB, and the very nice cast iron buildings to replace them which much-needed glass $800K condos to help solve the housing crisis. Perhaps saint Scarano has a plan for them.
Williamsburg’s proximity to the city is the appeal. I work on Grand Street near Lorimer, and Grand St has some old-school charm, but most of it is ghetto ugly. The area around Graham Avenue L stops and the Lorimer L stops are quaint–with tree-lined streets. Non-cohesive looking buildings though. As for the Northside–it had tons of character, still does in spots. But the new development is ripping through a lot of that.
Broadway in Williamsburg from Havemeyer Street, down to the river has some real potential. It has the old Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, Kings county SB, and some very nice cast iron buildings as well.
part of the appeal of williamsburg is the industrial buildings … not everyone likes them but I do. to each his own.