Co-op of the Day: 101 Lafayette Avenue, #1K
101 Lafayette Avenue aka The Griffin is Fort Greene’s grandest prewar apartment building. Built in 1931, the 17-story has 202 co-op apartments in it. Or, make that 203. A former ground-level office space has just been converted into a 1,475-square-foot two-bedroom apartment with a private terrace. The conversion looks straight-forward: Nothing fancy but nothing offensive…
101 Lafayette Avenue aka The Griffin is Fort Greene’s grandest prewar apartment building. Built in 1931, the 17-story has 202 co-op apartments in it. Or, make that 203. A former ground-level office space has just been converted into a 1,475-square-foot two-bedroom apartment with a private terrace. The conversion looks straight-forward: Nothing fancy but nothing offensive either. If this were on a higher floor, the asking price of $825,000 would be looking pretty tasty. For a ground-floor space, though, not so sure. What do you think?
101 Lafayette Avenue, #1K [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I think the shadow is supposed to cover the building:
http://www.southoxford.com/pages/shadows.html
I live in this building and can tell you that it is friendly and well maintained despite the public spaces looking a bit rundown. This apartment is HUGE but I think its waaaay over priced. If anyone wants to offer on it, I’d start at $750K and see what happens. Its been on the market for a while. And as far as that “terrace” goes, its like 3 feet wide and doesn’t even have a door to lead to it. I don’t even know if you could fit a plastic chair from Target on it. But the rest was done pretty nicely and like I said, its a LOT of space in there. You could easily add another small room if you put up a wall – it would have no window but would be great for an office or kid’s room.
Does anyone know whether the shadows expected from the Atlantic Yards project will cover the building?
Oh Bob thanks you are such a man.
“They did a very slapdash “renovation” to jack the price up; not much more than a coat of paint”
They did a lot more than that. The space used to be used as meeting space by tenants. FGPO, the photography group with which I’m involved, had, at one time, two members living in the Griffin. We used that space for meetings and exhibit space for a number of years, which was great, but it was a real mess–not at all habitable as a residence–it wasn’t even heated, there was only a half bath, and there was no kitchen.
I think this would be a fine pediatrican’s office. All those kids you know.
$825K for a ground floor 2BR in Ft. Green is no bargain, especially when you add the very high maintenance. And I’m not even factoring in the fact that the real estate market has sh*t the bed. Brownstoner, you do this for a living, what are you thinking???
“This building went through some hard times.
That was a really really sketchy block. I’m glad to see the shareholders made it work, it’s all about the people who own a stake in the community.”
What, no ARTISTS?? I shocked!!
You mean you can’t buy pungee sticks at Home Depot?