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This six-bedroom rental at 212 Garfield between 7th and 8th Avenues is pretty impressive. The triplex apartment has been completely restored and renovated, a pleasing combination of old and new; there’s also a deck and a garden. It definitely has all the appeal of living in a Park Slope brownstone—without the down payment! Do you think it will go for its asking price of $9,000 a month? This was since reduced from $9,500 when this was post was written earlier this week. How do you think it compares to last week’s $18,000-a-month rental in Brooklyn Heights?
212 Garfield Place [Garfield Realty] GMAP P*Shark



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  1. Haha rob, funny.

    How about a Sex & City like reality tv show, Brooklyn version. “Three girls who just moved to the city and are working as interns and freelancing and don’t really have jobs yet find a ramshackle, tiny , crowded apartment in a run-down neighborhood, but they learn to embrace the quirks and soon it becomes home. Though they dream of one day making it big and moving to Manhattan.”

  2. it would also make a lovely modern higher end boutique brothel. 1 ho per bedroom bringing in 3-4000 a night each? you’d make out like a bandit and no one would suspect a thing. could also be a great place to rent out for obscure pornos

    *rob*

  3. It’s 321 -zoned, so my assumption is, corporate allowance people who want to be “different” and still have their kids attend the Brooklyn public that everyone has heard of? Those people? Will be into this.

    That kind of high-end corporate relocation lifestyle sounds awful though. I think. Must be hard to have to pick up every few years and live somewhere else, start over from scratch. Even the money doesn’t really make up for it.

  4. I think Rob has it. It will go to a wealthy family renovating another house or between sales — in Park Slope, though, where their children go to school, not the UES. $6,000 takes it though, unless the owners need $9,000 to meet the mortgage.

    Imagine the potential issues (but higher income) renting to roommates.