Sales Begin at Greenwood Plaza
Our post about Bay Ridgers feeling invaded by condo development made some Greenwood Heights residents shake their heads knowingly, as the South Slope and GH have seen their own condo boom. Here’s an example: 184 21st Street, aka Greenwood Plaza, went on sale last month. The building has 22 residential units, one commercial unit and…
Our post about Bay Ridgers feeling invaded by condo development made some Greenwood Heights residents shake their heads knowingly, as the South Slope and GH have seen their own condo boom. Here’s an example: 184 21st Street, aka Greenwood Plaza, went on sale last month. The building has 22 residential units, one commercial unit and four parking spots (handy as there’s a school across the street, where double parking during pickup and drop-off times is common). Twenty-one units are one-bedrooms from $395,000 to $819,000; they’re 581 to 1,100 square feet and have “outdoor garden spaces as large as 1,125 square feet” according to a press release. On top is the penthouse: 1,900-square-foot two-bedroom, one-and-a-half bathroom, duplex, asking $1.5 million. Here’s the description of the insides: “Hardwood oak floors, oversized windows and balconies boasting spectacular views of the NY Harbor and Statue of Liberty,” plus “common roof deck, private storage and bike storage in the basement as well as video security systems.” It’s certainly an up-and-coming area; think there’s any chance they’ll get the penthouse asking price? The project is marketed by Bond New York.
Again, my favorite phrase:
SHIT SANDWICH!
This time in the form of a Turkey club.
Too bad the photo doesn’t show the rust flowing down the buildings as rivulets of tainted water from the 2 1/2 year old unpianted balconies discharge onto the architectural gem…
Christ, I cannot believe I am going to say this, but why couldn’t it have been a Scarano?
And where is the outdoor space? There’s ZERO yard, unless you count the parking lot next door…and the new building going slap-dab next to it.
Oh, I know, the added up all the balcony sq. footage and counted that as a whole for the outdoor space. I love fuzzy math.
And Pole, you have to admit this is next to one of the worst you have seen of the blog, besides your on-going, multi-post / multi-thread diatribe on zoning reg’s and oppressive political and economical systems and the like, right?
Biff,
The continued persistence of the housing crisis is well known. I see no reason why it won’t continue. Certainly, if there wasn’t a shortage – we wouldn’t have wretched properties like this dumped on the market for such ridiculous prices.
This is no different than charging $100,000 for a Kia. In a normal market, this kind of property would cater to the poor.
Their website is ass, the building is ass, offer $256,00
$1.5? No way – I don’t even think above a million, unless they let it sit for maybe 5 years…
Um, did I go blind or did some of the floorplans show ZERO closets in some of the apartments. To compound that stupidity, the bedrooms (if you can legally call it that without a closet) aren’t even large enough to house a wardrobe/armoire and several dressers to make up for the fact that there are no closets. Who is the boob that designed this monstrosity? Good luck selling or even renting this POS.
$1.5 mill? Not this decade. Also, too close to 4th ave. I think half of the units face 21st and half face 4th. Maybe if it were between 5th and 6th, we could begin to entertain the idea of $1.5.
That was a heck of a jab, Brownie!
crappy website indeed, after looking at a floor plan, you can’t hit ‘back’ on your browser, it takes you out of the site…it drove me nuts.
We looked at a couple of things in Greenwood heights, the neighborhood has a way to go before it can command these prices. Too many tire shops and metal warehouses for million dollar apts. The cemetery is a beaut though.
What a crappy website. (I mean, for that building.)