House of the Day: 73 New York Avenue
How sweet is this place! The 30-by-50-foot house sits on a 50-by-100-foot lot at the corner of New York and Pacific Avenues. The scale and details are wonderful as well. With a price tag of $1,429,000, though, it will be interesting to see what kind of buyer (if any) it attracts. Century 21 had the…
How sweet is this place! The 30-by-50-foot house sits on a 50-by-100-foot lot at the corner of New York and Pacific Avenues. The scale and details are wonderful as well. With a price tag of $1,429,000, though, it will be interesting to see what kind of buyer (if any) it attracts. Century 21 had the house listed at around the same price last Spring (when it was discussed on the Forum) and evidently didn’t find any takers. We asked a reader who lives nearby to give us some color on the immediate area:
This is a safe enough block. The large Victorian mansion next door to this one was recently totally renovated after being empty for at least 30 years. It is now a nice looking 3-family. The building next to that is a parking garage, followed by an auto repair business, which is on the corner of Atlantic and New York. Across the street from this house are a couple of 8-unit apartment buildings, with a take out West Indian salad bar on the corner by Atlantic Avenue.
Our guess, given the extra large footprint, is that anyone who pays anywhere close to the asking price will be intending to condo it, which given the 1,500-square-foot floorplates could work nicely. If this is the way it plays out, we hope it falls into the hands of someone who appreciates what an architectural treasure this place is.
A Place where Time stands Still [Corley RE] GMAP
Mini Mansion on New York Avenue [Brownstoner Forum]
That is a nice looking house. Though, I think it would have looked even better if it was symmetrical.
FYI: GMAP link not working
CHP, nice to see you the other day at the CHNA meeting!
I would speculate that the house shown above is missing a cornice or freize that looks like it may have occupied the pinkish band just below the mansard roof.
Wow, that archival photo is quite a revelation! The front of the house, which is not shown in the above picture – that’s the side view on Pacific Street, is much different now. That would be a bauty to restore to its original state.
I think this is a great house, and kudos go to the owner who brought it back from the dead around 20 years ago. However, I don’t think they will get anywhere near their asking price. That would set a precident for the area, which is not at that price range yet, thank goodness, and is way more money than houses on better blocks have gotten, although this is a very large house. If they have an open house, I’ll be there. I’d love to see the whole thing.
Does anyone have any information on condo conversion of browntones on Crown Heights/Bed Stuy? Please post!