Board of Ed Building Sales "About to Start"
Two Trees Management’s PR machine is going into high gear in anticipation of the impending sales launch at 110 Livingston Street. (“Sales About to Start!” the latest press release reads.) The stately former Board of Ed building (shown here under construction last year) has had a four-story glass addition built atop the original McKim Mead…
Two Trees Management’s PR machine is going into high gear in anticipation of the impending sales launch at 110 Livingston Street. (“Sales About to Start!” the latest press release reads.) The stately former Board of Ed building (shown here under construction last year) has had a four-story glass addition built atop the original McKim Mead and White design. Designed in 1926 as a clubhouse for the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the building is getting the requisite high-end makeover, complete with name-brand appliances and sigh-worthy bathrooms. Another bonus: On-site parking. The development will have 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom apartments, with the cheapest one starting at $400,000. One wonders whether Walentas will be able to match Magic Johnson’s asking prices of $1,200 a foot at One Hanson Place. Which do you think is a “better” location?
110 Livingston Street [Dumbo-New York]
$1,200 a Foot at One Hanson [NY Post]
Board of Ed Conversion [Brownstoner]
110 rocks. move in or be square.
I think 1 Hanson will sell perfectly well. My GF and I drove by the place on Saturday on our way back from the city, it truly is a magnificent building and would love to live there. I’ve even managed to get an appointment for tomorrow morning to glimpse the inside first hand. 1 Hanson has given me reason to pause however….
The increase in human traffic will make the place less desirable when construction starts on the Nets arena
In order to get a view of anything worthwhile like Manhattan to the north of Statue of Liberty to the West you have to go for one of the more expensive 2 bedrooms or leave your apartment to visit the sky lounge.
The other consideration is the hope that the neighborhood can sustain the prices that the developers are asking, the neighborhood is no Bklyn Hts or Park Slope (6th ave to Park)
110 Livingston appeals in many ways, i live in the Court House Apartments and love the work that Two Trees did there and am optimistic about what they’ll do to the new place. Its a stone’s throw from all the major subways, access to the bridge is assured and the neighborhood has plenty to offer. While the food choices aren’t the best, Smith street is close enough and when you want wider selection there’s Manhattan (after work) or Park Slope. My money’s on 110 Livingston….
I meant “you’re”, not “your”. I just don’t get your wild rant. Pointless discussion really.
my family’s been in brooklyn since the 1840s numbnuts, I know the area. I don’t get what your so angry about.
> Hansen is really at the edge of Ft.
> Greene, so you have many dining
> options there (and yes, Eddie, they
> are Zagat rated and better than
> anything in Brooklyn Heights, gasp 😉
Who said BH, genius? 2 blocks on Smith Street will take down FG any day…
> As far as transit, you don’t go
> through a mall to get to the
> trains, the entrance is under the
> Hansen Place (Williamsburgh Savings
> Bank) building.
> Do you even know the area? Sounds like you’ve
> gone to target via the Fulton mall, got kind of lost
> and couldn’t find the correct subway entrance. I’d
> feel disenchanted to if that happened to me too…
Other genius, try again.
I’ve known the neighborhood well since before you heard about Brooklyn on a Friends episode back in Omaha.
The Ashland place main exit has been closed… it is a royal pain now. I used to go in and out of that station daily, and its a far cry now with all the construction.
So much for the “unbeatable” transportation. It just got beat.
And Eddie, there are no projects near the Williamsburgh Savings Bank/Hansen Place.
I agree with the problems of the AY construction.
There is a lot of car traffic at both locations.
Hansen is really at the edge of Ft. Greene, so you have many dining options there (and yes, Eddie, they are Zagat rated and better than anything in Brooklyn Heights, gasp 😉
As far as the views, you see all of Manhattan and NY Harbor from Hansen Pl. if you are on the correct side of the tower. The AY’s project won’t affect those views.
As far as transit, you don’t go through a mall to get to the trains, the entrance is under the Hansen Place (Williamsburgh Savings Bank) building.
Do you even know the area? Sounds like you’ve gone to target via the Fulton mall, got kind of lost and couldn’t find the correct subway entrance. I’d feel disenchanted to if that happened to me too…
Eddie, the Anon at 1.31pm meant Boerum Hill when he/she said BH. And if you are thinking that Fort Greene, Boerum Hill, Prospect Heights and Park Slope are borderline neighborhoods, it just shows your ignorance and unfamiliarity with those nabes.
There really is no argument. Both places will sell just fine. You should take it easy there pal.
Wow, what reaching….
> Furthermore, 1 Hansen offers access
> to 5 neighborhoods (PS, PH,
> Downtown, FG, BH),
Hmmm…. let me get this straight. Bragging that Hansen is “near” the neighborhood 110 Linvingston is in?
And Hansen being near Brooklyn Heights? We kidding on that? You have to first walk (what, half a mile) to downtown brooklyn (probably right past 110 livingston), then cross it, and you’re still a bit aways from the Promenade.
110 is *in* downtown, 2 blocks from Brooklyn Heights, maybe 5 blocks from Cobble Hill, 7-8 blocks to DUMBO. Those are the expensive neighborhoods in Brooklyn. And, what, a 25 minute walk to City Hall in Manhattan?
Hansen is in a fairly crappy area, surrounded by other crappy areas (when an “asset” is distance to Fort Green and other borderline neighborhoods, you know you have problems. You got BAM, and that’s cool, but you also have maybe the worst “mall” in the world, the horrible flatbush/atlantic intersection, the burnt out atlantic corridor (with, at best, hope for lots of construction over the next 5 years), *temporary* views.
> is walking/short
> biking distance to prospect
> park/grand army/museum/gardens
Ha, another “short” walk. With such “short walks” from Livingston, you get Cadman Plaza / Park, Promenade, Brooklyn Bridge Park, City Hall Park, and, hell, you could probably reach Battery Park.
> has unbeatable transit options
Whoops, I think you just got beat.
110 livingston is around the corner from the first or second Brooklyn stop of every train I can think of. Atlantic has a lot of trains, but it takes you ten minutes to get through the damn mall.
> has better shopping
Are we really fighting this? The world’s worst target + fulton street?
Btw, 110 is at the other end of the fulton mall. And I’d certainly give away the chuck e cheese for all of brooklyn heights / court / smith street shopping. Those absolutely blow away anything anywhere near Flatbush.
Oh wait, you have Juniors! (granted, a walk). I’ll take the Zagat rated stuff any day.
But lets not forget the other advantages to Hansen!
1) temporary views (and the current ones are of some pretty ugly streets)
2) the projects!
3) the traffic! (110 can have lots of traffic, but you have more escape routes – bqe and bridge right there)
Hey, I’m sure we can come up with more!
Having lived on that block (Schermerhorn between COurt and Boerum) for over 20 years I can truly say cobblestoner doesn’t know what he is talking about. I moved there when 96 was still a gutted, boarded up building and I have seen huge changes in the area. But there were always people on the street, and a 24 hour car service so someone was always there. It’s a great area, convenient ot everything. I moved only when the dorm went up- on the ground floor I would no longer get even a smidgen of sunlight with that thing. But I never anticipated what would be happening there now. All of that being said, if you want a great, safe, friendly area with lots of amenities this is it.