What the Heck Is Going On in Carroll Gardens?
This is getting weird. Despite a softening market all around, there’s been a rash of new listings in Carroll Gardens that have defied all logic and precedent. Starting with 44 1st Place (which in retrospect is probably the best deal of the lot) for $3,842,500, they’ve just kept coming: A 3,100-square-foot house at 78 3rd…
This is getting weird. Despite a softening market all around, there’s been a rash of new listings in Carroll Gardens that have defied all logic and precedent. Starting with 44 1st Place (which in retrospect is probably the best deal of the lot) for $3,842,500, they’ve just kept coming: A 3,100-square-foot house at 78 3rd Place for $3,495,000? A 16-foot-wide one at 40 2nd Place for $2,800,000? And now a three-story house at 329 President Street for a $3,600,000? What is going on here? One common denominator: Corcoran is the listing agent on all these places except for 1st Place. Coincidence or conspiracy?
329 President Street [Corcoran] GMAP
HOTD: 40 2nd Place [Brownstoner]
HOTD: 78 3rd Place [Brownstoner]
HOTD: 44 1st Place [Brownstoner]
I’m off to Blondie’s. I’ll pick up a couple of trays of chicken wings and tenders for everyone.
consider it done 8:14!
Look I hate McD’s as much as the rest of you and never buy it but last I checked this is still the USA and if they want to pay 8,500 per month for a storefront on Smith Street well then, they’re allowed.
When the Dunkin Donut’s opened on Bergen & Smith they were open 24/7; I think that lasted about two months before they reduced their hours and even now the place seems empty 90% of the time. If they or McDonald’s don’t get the revenue they won’t be around very long.
The updated McDonald’s on 9th Street is shockingly nice looking. I still won’t eat their, mind you, but it’s as easy on the eyes as fast food joints get.
i’ve had a bunch of dlist celeb sightings in park slope lately. more than usual. guess the cheap prices are pulling them away from cg.
Maybe Johann Santana will snatch one of these up.
8:10–I offered snacks way earlier in the day. In keeping with the CG theme, I had some mozzarella sticks and cannoli. Sorry you missed them. And get me some of them sliders.
The new McD’s in Park Slope IS nice, 8:09. I just noticed that the other day as well.
I actually don’t think I’ve ever seen such an upscale looking McDonalds.
Never thought I’d use that word and McD’s in the same sentence before…
And for the record, that has been there LONG before the neighborhood was chic. Even now, that strip between 4th and 5th is just getting to the point of being tolerable.
Adding a McD’s to Smith Street…in 2008…would say a lot for where that strip is heading…
Even at 500K less, these houses are all way overpriced. The only one that I can see benefiting from a 500K discount is 2nd Place. The others would still be crazily overpriced even with that 500K knocked off the price.