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
not only is the wmsbrg proper neighborhood ugly but the people there now are ugly too! and they’re all incredibly unhip, what happened?? it has had a complete shift in residents apparently. i used to live there years ago and it was full of hot women, but i was there recently for a short while and they have all fled, not one pretty woman and if they were pretty then they were rolling a baby carriage down the street. and i would say the same for the men too, unfashionable! the architecture has always been awful but that goes without saying, and lack of trees contributes to drearyness.
Finally someone says what I’ve been thinking – Williamsburg is g-d awful ugly. Truly truly fugly. And I’m the type who usually finds the potential first, before the flaws, being an artist and a beginner in interior design. But anytime I’ve been in Williamsburg I simply cannot see the appeal. I knew there must be pockets that are better looking, with some pretty houses. But then again if I had to even just walk or ride through the ugly parts of Williamsburg day in day out, I would find that really depressing. I pesonally need to be stimulated (or soothed, alternatingly) by pretty buildings and TREES! Trees, hello. The first thing NYC needs to do in Williamsburg before more new development is start planting those trees. Homeowners need to put potted trees on their stoops, something, anything. Jeez louise the place is a barren wasteland with no green in it. **End Rant**
History of asking prices for the Williamsburg house:
October 2005 $1.575
January 2006 $1.475
February 2006 $1.4
Broker owns the house.
awesome brenda. thanks for the link loser. i never noticed that housing in greenpoint. i will return.
Greenpoint is NOT ugly. Check out the landmarked blocks in Greeenpoint. Beautiful houses.
how do you explain williamsburg then? oh, yeah, proximity to manhat.
There once was a burgher named Billy
Sold a house for a price very silly.
It had plenty of room
But was ugly as doom
Yet the piece of crap sold, willy-nilly.
yea they are – thats why people like living in areas with tree-lined streest and parks.
where are the trees? aren’t trees important?