Set Speed Condo Report: 647 Washington Avenue
The northern part of Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights has been rife with development over the past year and a half. Not including the Washington Condos at 35 Underhill, there are several other projects, including the Pacific Blue condos, condos on St. Marks between Washington and Grand and a host of others profiled in the…
The northern part of Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights has been rife with development over the past year and a half. Not including the Washington Condos at 35 Underhill, there are several other projects, including the Pacific Blue condos, condos on St. Marks between Washington and Grand and a host of others profiled in the recent development map from the Real Deal. The most recent one to come to market is the condos at 647-649 Washington Avenue. This 16 unit project is being marketed by Corcoran, with prices ranging from $439K for 864 square foot duplex studios to $749K for 1300 square foot 3 bedroom, 2 baths. Common charges range from $165/month maintenance and $32 in monthly taxes to $290/month maintenance and $57 in monthly taxes. The project is split up into two buildings, 647 and 649 and the units are mirror images of each other. The layouts are the usual 2 bedrooms in the back, kitchen in the middle and living areas in the front with balconies. The windows on the front facing Washington Avenue are quite large and get good afternoon sun. The featured amenities include private entrances into each unit, European kitchens and bathrooms and outdoor spaces.
Something of an up-and-coming street in the vein of Vanderbilt Avenue circa 2000, there aren’t many yuppie amenities on Washington Avenue. A few long-time anchors are still there – Tom’s Diner and Gen Restaurant. Otherwise, there is a natural foods store a block away and a beer distributor. Rumors abound, from the brownstoner comments section, of new restaurants and gourmet markets opening soon. The condos are a 7 minute walk to the Brooklyn Museum and about 12 to the Brooklyn Library and Grand Army Plaza. Nearby subways include the C at Clinton-Washington, the B/Q at 7th Avenue and 2/3 at Eastern Parkway or GAP.
647-649 Washington Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP
Every Thursday, ltjbukem, whose own blog Set Speed scrutinizes the progress and quality of new developments in the area we know as Brownstone Brooklyn, pens a guest post about goings-on in the condo market with an emphasis on new projects.
what unit mix should’ve they built, then?
those views are what usually happens in gentrifying nabes.
If the developers and marketers of 647 knew what they were doing, they wouldn’t have built 14 or so 3Br condos. Nice view of the jnkyards out the front and back windows they will have.
you are absolutely right. the washington condos, which is 1.5 blocks in the other direction, is zoned for ps 11. lucky for ppl moving in there..
These would not be zoned for PS 11 CLinton Hill or PS 20 in Ft Greene, but PS 9 on Underhill ave. The NYC Dept of Ed has a school & zone finder on their website, should you need it. PS 20 has a wonderful new principal, Mr. Keaton who is presenting at the FG Assn meeting on the 20th. PS 11 & PS 20’s test scores have almost caught up to PS 321. Both schools have active PTA’s & nice reveiws on insideschools.org. There are many good resources to use for accurate information.
I actually like the look of the washington in person much better than the renderings. I went by a couple days ago and I think it’s coming together rather nicely.
i’m not a trained architect, but what ‘significant architectural elements’ do you see?
Although better than a fedder special I gotta agree with Sarah, at least the washington has significant architectural elements. This looks dull and cheap. It looks like the used the bolt on facad system, the type that is notorious for leaking…
What are you smoking? The Washington Condo looks twenty times better than this cheap looking facade!
i used to live on prospect place between classon and grand – steps aways from washington avenue. i lived there for 5 years and had a good experience. the entire time there were rumors about gourmet food and restaurants, and all we ever got that was new was a drug store, Gen (excellent food, cheap), and something called Shane’s (there’s another one on fulton near fort greene), over-priced, slow, and generally not worth going to. to move there for soon-to-come gourmet stores and restaurants might be foolish. certainly don’t move there if you need a public school for your kids. move there because there are still good values in housing, because its near the park and subways, and because its got character.