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]
182 posts and no one has offered any snacks? This is a travesty! I’m sending out for sliders and strawberry shakes!
While I can appreciate that, 7:58, there is one small problem with your advice.
Not even one of these homes is 500k overpriced.
I would say each and every one of these houses is overpriced by a million dollars.
Almost exactly.
I love the new reno they did to the 9th street McDonald’s. First class all the way, just like Park Slope. Suck it Carroll Gardens wannabes!!
Crackron…cause that’s what they’re on.
I’m the listing broker of one of the overpriced CG houses on the market (I am not telling which one) I didn’t price this house. I provided comparable sales and advised the sellers what I thought the asking price should be and the range I thought they could get for the house. They listened and set the price $500K higher. The other sellers probably thought “Well if that house is priced at $3.XXX mil, I can get $3,xxx mil + this much moreâ€
5:25
As a proud parent of PS 58 I’ve gotta say quoting info from 2004 and 2006 is WAY off base, unfair and innacurate.
You obviosuly don’t have kids otherwise you’d see the ridiculousness of back quoting so far.
I hope that whoever buys the President St. houses will add to the holiday decorating that begins for Halloween. Love the Christmas decorations and Hanukkah lights on that block.
I think that many of the sellers really don’t want to sell so they set a too high price and say “if I don’t get X, then I’m not selling” and they won’t because they really don’t want to leave Carroll Gardens – it’s that simple.
So does everyone who buys a brownstone have kids? or going to have kids? Everything is so kid-centric.