House of the Day: 84 Joralemon Street
This one-family brick house at 84 Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights just hit the market with a price tag of $3,400,000. We wouldn’t kick this place out of bed for eating crackers, but we’ll be interested to see if this number is achievable. The exterior is perfect and the interior has lots of charm—but it’s…
This one-family brick house at 84 Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights just hit the market with a price tag of $3,400,000. We wouldn’t kick this place out of bed for eating crackers, but we’ll be interested to see if this number is achievable. The exterior is perfect and the interior has lots of charm—but it’s not a show-stopper. It makes us wonder what the going price is for a very nice but not eye-popping house in The Heights is. Thoughts? Comps?
84 Joralemon Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
“Is anyone else annoyed that this blog has turned into a conversation between three or four people? I’m so over it.”
Yes, very much so! It’s appalling.
Is anyone else annoyed that this blog has turned into a conversation between three or four people? I’m so over it.
Ringo, College Place, while close, is to me much nicer than Love Lane. Not sure the condos will be done in a year; seems optimistic, but I suppose possible.
sam, there’s no such thing as a bad love affair. Yes, my point at the end was that 360 Furman (OBBP) and the waterfront park (BBP) will hopefully turn around that end of Joralemon. Yes, we’re very lucky the BQE was diverted west and around BH. Unfortunately, it’s much more evasive in other neighborhoods.
The BQE runs all along Brooklyn Heights. I guess it was originally supposed to run THROUGH Brooklyn Heights so we should be grateful at least for that. At the end of Joralemon Street is Furman Street and across that is 360 Furman and of course, one of these decades, the waterfront park.
I think you must have had a bad love affair on that block, and that ruined it for you.
love lane does nothing for me, but I have friends on college place and love it. I think the condos will enliven love lane — and they’ll be done in a year or so. I could live thru that.
sam, thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate the insight. I was obviously unclear with respect to my thoughts on that part of Joralemon. I also really like the homes with the rich history west of Hicks, picturesque for sure, and the street itself. But perhaps it’s the fact that the street slopes down to the virtual no-man’s land by Columbia Street (although this will hopefully change with OBBP and the BBP itself). And I just don’t like being that close to the BQE. I actually looked at a place down there once and the BQE was the deal breaker for me. Just my personal opinion. I would much prefer living east of Hicks today.
Biff,
I have always thought that the long row of Greek Revival houses on Joralemon Street descending down the hill west of Hicks is one of the most remarkable and beautiful blockfronts in the entire city. Not only is it probably the longest surviving row of 1840’s houses anywhere in Brooklyn, but the topography makes each one jog down slightly from the its neighbor. It is really picturesque. I am quite surprised you are not taken with this row.
In years past, when I used to live in the Heights, many of the houses were painted pastel colors. That made the block even nicer in my opinion. Now, the landmarks people I guess have made many of the onwers strip the paint, but there are still a few green and ochre beauties in there. Plus the street is paved in granite block. Definitely one of the most special historic streets in the Boro.
Ringo, the location of the Love Lane home would prevent me from ever bidding on it; and the fact it needs work doesn’t help (at least in my case). I realize they’re converting the parking lot across the lane into condos, but who the heck wants to live through that? Love Lane always seems desolate to me and is one of my least favorite streets in Brooklyn Heights.