Co-op of the Day: 75 Livingston Street
For some reason, we’ve never discussed 75 Livingston before, despite it being a large, centrally-located building with lots of architectural charm. The 180,000-square-foot, 32-story building went co-op in the mid-1980s. Apartment 18A, which has 10 windows and 11-foot ceilings, is now on the market for $939,000. Considering that 6A sold for $976,500 last summer, this…
For some reason, we’ve never discussed 75 Livingston before, despite it being a large, centrally-located building with lots of architectural charm. The 180,000-square-foot, 32-story building went co-op in the mid-1980s. Apartment 18A, which has 10 windows and 11-foot ceilings, is now on the market for $939,000. Considering that 6A sold for $976,500 last summer, this seems entirely achieavable. The apartment, which is quite traditional in finish, appears to be in good shape. Did anyone make it to the open house yesterday? What can readers tell us about the building in general? Nice place to live?
Listing #5312648 [Brooklyn Heights Real Estate] GMAP
Photo by Scott Bintner fpr Property Shark
any idea what on the cost of the assesment
it’s a great building. we’ve been here for a decade. the maintenance is high, and there’s an assessment on the way to cover the cost of fixing the facade/elevators and possibly lobby/halls. but, that said, the spaces are large, the location can’t be beat and we’re zoned for decent public schools.
I went to that open house. Ugly decor. Needs to be renovated. But could be very nice, though. Love the location!
I have friends in 75 Livingston (high floor). As far as I can tell there is nothing else in Brooklyn quite like it.
Sure, there are high rises with good views elsewhere in the borough, but none are one block from Borough Hall subway station … its like living in Manhattan – 2,3,4,5, R (plus A, C, F two blocks away). Plus none of the other tall building in Brooklyn have views like 75 Livingston. You’ve got to see them to believe them, not even Manhattan offers views of the water, downtown Manhattan, brownstone Brooklyn, quite like that.
no, unfortunately the commercial lease is still in the hands of the Sponsor
one plus is that the co-op board has upgraded one of the ground floor retail tenants, which might keep the carrying charges level at least
I live in the building too. Love it. We’ve had our share of issues but the board (like em or not) have done a decent job of shaping up things including the financials. You wouldn’t believe what i paid 10 years ago for 2 bedroom and 2 bathroom! We are actually considering taking profit too, like these other sellers, but then where does one go? That’s the problem. If we’re not living NY, that would be awesome, then it’s all relative. The more i look around now in this area, I’d rather stay here than most places i see listed in Brooklyn or Manhattan.
We have lived in the building for 10 years and love it! Yes, the common areas are a bit dowdy – but a complete renovation is scheduled to begin this fall.
The maintenance is high – but it is becoming about the same as all the other hot spots in the area.
The people that live in the building are extremely friendly and it is an all around nice place to live.
The finances of the building have been in good shape for about 12 years.
Perfect location!
I check out every place in this bldg. Saw this one and 2 bd/ 2bth with corcoran last week listing at 1.195. Bldg has great spaces and views are unreal. They tell me facade work is done other than 5 year maintenance routines. Heard about that brick story years back – crazy stuff.
This place is cool but needs quite a bit of updating. Corcorans place is actually very nice with 2 beds, 2 baths and full laundry in apt but a tad rich for me. You should see the kitchen and the view from it though. One place a liked last summer went for 1.25 – another 2 bd/ 2 bth but was done to the nines.
Will keep you posted because I’m determined to buy in this bldg sooner or later…that is, if i can pass the board approval.