The Caroline Launches on Ocean Parkway
It takes some big brass ones to launch a new condo development in this market so yesterday’s opening of The Caroline is worth taking note of. It’s a 44-unit Karl Fischer design that appears to be targeting the under-$500-per-square-foot crowd. Nine listings have been released so far, ranging from $342,000 for a 755-square-foot one-bedroom to…
It takes some big brass ones to launch a new condo development in this market so yesterday’s opening of The Caroline is worth taking note of. It’s a 44-unit Karl Fischer design that appears to be targeting the under-$500-per-square-foot crowd. Nine listings have been released so far, ranging from $342,000 for a 755-square-foot one-bedroom to $529,000 for a 1,115-square-foot two-bedroom. If anyone lives nearby, we’d love to see a photo of what the facade looks like in real life.
601 Ocean Parkway Listings [Corcoran] GMAP
(By the way, if you opened a fridge at an open house and it was filled with Fiji bottled water and kumquats… it would actually be quite stunning. Real Estate “Professionals” take note! If you do that, you owe me 10% of your commission!)
The Fischer & Paykel fridge is already too full with Fiji bottled water and kumquats.
One thing that amuses me, as I live in this area, is the neighborhood map provided on their website seems to be riddled with errors. For example, the Kensington library is shown as being on 18th Ave east of Ocean Parkway, when it’s really on Ditmas Ave west of Ocean Parkway. Most of the other items shown on the map are slightly wrong or outdated in some way.
The building seems nice enough, though this neighborhood is not really prime territory for luxury condos. The immediate neighborhood has a large Orthodox Jewish community, and this building is very close to several popular kosher restaurants on 18th Ave. Other restaurants and attractions are not as close by, but don’t take very long to get to. The nearby F train is slow but 18th Ave turns into an express stop on those all-too-frequent occasions there is a train delay during the evening rush. My impressions is that affordability is a higher priority for most residents here than having a lot of amenities right around the corner.
curijay.
You know, if you do a little planning, and say, a little grocery shopping now and again, one might actually have food in their very own apartment.
Or does your Fischer & Paykel fridge serve merely as a sculptural element?
I live on this quiet block and the construction fence just came down only last week. The weird thing about the Caroline is that it’s sandwiched between a Lubavitcher center of some sorts and a yeshiva. So the image of people in mini skirts and convertibles seems rather out of place. Nice looking building, but out of place for the block.
The Caroline is a 10 minute walk to Pomme de Terre, Farm on Adderley, and Sycamore in Ditmas Park. The neighborhood is very Russian and Orthodox Jewish.
By the way, I like the addition of the Mercedes convertible parked on the happy street…
I haven’t been to that area in a while, but isn’t this building across from where the drummers gather and play all day long when the weather’s warm?
Snarkslope will find a bunch of restaurants and bars on Cortelyou, a short walk away. Which he may patronize for a long while with the 200K he saves.
is 235 ocean still empty? what a pos that turned out to be