Co-op of the Day: 47 Plaza Street West, #11C
How sweet it is! This four-bedroom apartment at 47 Plaza Street West in Park Slope has to be one of the finer pads within walking distance of the Park Slope Co-op. After spending the summer on the market, the 11th floor co-op sat out the fall selling season before getting back in the game again…
How sweet it is! This four-bedroom apartment at 47 Plaza Street West in Park Slope has to be one of the finer pads within walking distance of the Park Slope Co-op. After spending the summer on the market, the 11th floor co-op sat out the fall selling season before getting back in the game again this week with a price tag of $1,995,000. In addition to the size (2,270 square feet) and all the prewar detail, we are mighty impressed with all the windows and views this place brings to the table. Maintenance is a tough-to-swallow $3,008 per month though.
47 Plaza Street West, #11C [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I live on this Street and I agree that the location is fantastic, particularly if you are an ex-Manhattanite and have grown accustomed to easy subway access. I think rich folks take the subway, but perhaps not.
As you might expect, the building is very picky about who they let in. I had a wealthy friend who was rejected. Still a mystery as to why.
Strangely no one coming in or out of the building looks the least bit affluent or glamorous.
I’d love to have somebody hold the elevator door for me as I’m struggling in with the stroller and my bags from shopping at the farmers market across the way. And the porter picks up our garbage FIVE DAYS a week from our back service entrance door? I’m sold. The kind of people who are approved by the coop board to buy here won’t have a mortgage or much of it, and they won’t mind at all paying $3k for those services. Not everyone wants to clean up a basement flood in a brownstone at 2am on a rainy night. The buyers to compare to here aren’t those who buy a Park Slope brownstone with a tenant to help pay the mortgage. Something like this sells to somebody who sees it as a bargain compared to Park Ave in Manhattan, something that allows them buy a summer place too.
MASTERPIECE! Damn, if I had the dough, I’d snap this baby up fast, if the coop would have me, that is!
If you think buying a townhouse means you don’t have to pay maintenance, forget it.
We own a townhouse a few blocks from this listing, and believe me, we’re paying maintenance. Heat, hot water, taxes, new mechanicals, upgrades, facade, sidewalk repair, backyard, general upkeep. These things require ongoing maintenance. Maybe not $3000 month, but it adds up quick.
I would not say that this building, or this odd floorplan, was Rosario Candela’s finest hour.
People who didn’t grow up in NYC may not understand but co-ops like these are the best addresses in the city. Co-op boards keep out people who just have money and the owners don’t want terraces or backyards because they have country homes for these. There are many wealthy and prominent people who live in these buildings and the doormen etc. provide privacy, security and services. In a way no private house (like mine) is comparable unless you have your own staff.
NOP, that would be great, I loved the information you just posted, of which I knew nothing beyond what the AIA guide has told me. I would be the first to tell anyone that apartment buildings, especially upscale 20th century ones, are not my area of expertise. I’d love to know more.
“if you’re looking for a place you can keep well into retirement, doormen and such can be invaluable.
Posted by: ilovebrooklyn at February 3, 2010 2:13 PM”
With that maintenance, you might never be able to afford to retire!
An elevator operator? Really? You’d have ti pay me to live there , that is beyond annoying.