Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. COBBLE HILL $2,795,000 28 Verandah Place GMAP P*Shark A HOTD pick this May. We loved the location, on a quaint street overlooking Cobble Hill Park, but said “At just over 2,000 square feet, it’s...
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1. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $5,700,000 16 Garden Place GMAP P*Shark No listing for this huge Brooklyn Heights sale, though yesterday the Real Deal reported the names of the buyers. Entered into contract on...
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1. PARK SLOPE $4,695,000 56 Montgomery Place GMAP P*Shark This home, right off the park, was asking $4,695,000. As a HOTD listing in the fall, we noted “plenty of posh upgrades, including a luxurious...
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1. COBBLE HILL $6,750,000 491 Henry Street GMAP P*Shark Curbed covered this massive Cobble Hill sale over the weekend. It’s a three-story Federal Era townhouse with 50 feet of frontage; you can read...
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1. GRAVESEND $3,054,750 400 Avenue U, #PH5B GMAP P*Shark Streeteasy does not list the condos for this Gravsend development. Deed recorded on 2/21/2013. 2. WILLIAMSBURG $2,835,826.25 22 North 6th...
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1. GRAVESEND $4,600,000 1925 East 3rd Street GMAP P*Shark No listing for this 2,780-square-foot one-family home. Deed recorded on 3/18/2013. 2. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $3,850,000 20 Garden Place GMAP P*Shark...
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1. PARK SLOPE $3,850,000 113 St. John’s Place GMAP P*Shark A HOTD we listed in February. It was purchased for $2,900,000 back in 2007. We said, “Despite disagreeing with their choice to put recessed...
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1. GRAVESEND $3,300,000 1954 East 5th Street GMAP P*Shark No listing for this one-family home. Deed recorded on 4/11/2013. 2. COBBLE HILL $2,647,450 253 Pacific Street, #3 GMAP P*Shark 253 Pacific...
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1. PARK SLOPE $3,750,000 174 Garfield Place GMAP P*Shark A developer totally renovated this crumbling Park Slope brownstone last year. They paid $975,000 for the home in 2010. It was on the market for...
View ArticleChinese Investors Buy Large Abandoned Gravesend Development Site for $18.5...
A tipster tells us that a group of Chinese investors paid $18,500,000 for a big piece of property at 2300 Cropsey Avenue in Gravesend at a state foreclosure auction yesterday. The 45,688-square-foot...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: 1648 Dahill Road
This early 20th century brick house in Gravesend close to Bensonhurst has some pleasant prewar features and two modest family-sized apartments for under a million dollars. Both apartments are...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 27 Gravesend Neck Road
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Hicks-Platt House Address: 27 Gravesend Neck Road Cross Streets: McDonald Avenue and Van... Read More… Read More
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 1926 East 28th Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Elias Hubbard Ryder House Address: 1926 East 28th Street Cross Streets: Avenue S... Read More… Read More
View ArticleWalkabout: The Architect, the Baseball Stadium and a Really Bad Couple of Years
Some of Brooklyn’s greatest architectural treasures were designed by people whose names we either never knew or can’t remember. Most people don’t really care about architecture anyway, but in spite of...
View ArticleFor Less Than $1 Million, You Can Own a Famous 18th-Century Brooklyn Farmhouse
Now’s your chance to live in a bit of Brooklyn history. The historic Hicks-Platt House aka Van Sicklen House aka Lady Moody House at 27 Gravesend Neck Road is up for sale. The five-bedroom farmhouse...
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