The Andrea Now Fully Rented
The Andrea, the rental building at 218 Myrtle Avenue brought to you by John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Group, has rented out all of its 95-units. Prices ranged from $1,225 for a studio to $2,800 for a two-bedroom. The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the only thing left is the 22,000 square foot retail space. More development…
The Andrea, the rental building at 218 Myrtle Avenue brought to you by John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Group, has rented out all of its 95-units. Prices ranged from $1,225 for a studio to $2,800 for a two-bedroom. The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the only thing left is the 22,000 square foot retail space. More development is also planned for Myrtle between Ashland and Prince: two midsize residential developments, a luxury condo tower, and ground floor retail. As Marty Marzowitz said, The full occupancy of The Andrea proves, once again, that Brooklyn is hot.”
All 95 Units Rented at Andrea in Downtown Brooklyn [Brooklyn Eagle]
$1225 is a good price for a studio in this location?! Uggh.
Anyway… I really HATE Marty Markowitz. Just wanted to take the opportunity to say that. How does he get elected? Does he appear on a ballot? I don’t remember ever having a chance to vote against him…
I’m not surprised. Looking over the prices they were pretty reasonable for new construction rentals.
Sorry, but those saying that these are nicely finished apartments are shills. The building construction and the finishes are really poor. Because i was in the area, looking at Toren, I stopped in. Very ugly and half of the units that I viewed had floors that sloped to the corners of the room – looked as if they sagged. The location, as stated, leaves a lot to be desired also. Verdict, cheaper rents because a lot of corners were cut – very evident on viewing.
The mugging comment may have been race-baiting, but that specific location is still really terrible. First, that stretch of Myrtle is very isolated from street-level businesses or residences. There used at least to be a grocery store and a few other stores, as well as the KFC, but those were razed for the new projects. The other side of the street is just the lawns of the Ingersoll houses, which are poorly lit. Thus you are walking down very long blocks that get little through-traffic. The lack of reported–emphasis on reported–muggings in that area may have to do with lower volume of pedestrians than anything else; or with under-reporting of them.
The Ashland side passes by a nice coop, but also is a long stretch with just the no-entrance side of a hospital and the LIU parking lots. I do not like these long empty stretches.
But in any event, while I completely agree that the safety of Fort Greene’s streets of expensive homes is vastly overrrated, it’s also true that there have been in the last year at least three murders, outside, in common areas, during daytime, at the Ingersoll and Whitman houses. Something is happening there with the drug trade, and there are a lot of guns involved. This uptick in problems there has been a concern, and especially with shots flying around in public space.
“when you’re not witnessing a mugging at the Ingersoll Houses.”
Um, I don’t understand the point of this sentence, unless you’re race baiting or something.
Muggings happen all over the place…on the toniest of Park Slope blocks and on the beautiful brownstone blocks of Ft. Greene.
In fact, they seem to happen more on the nicer blocks of Ft. Greene than in the projects, if one reads the Crime blotter.
look out your window and watch the car accidents at the intersection of Ashland Place and Myrtle…when you’re not witnessing a mugging at the Ingersoll Houses.
$2700 (highest listed rent per streeteasy)for 2br/2ba in a building with its own gym with nice finishes (granite, stainless blah blah blah) and a 9th floor view is certainly a reasonable price. It’s a better location than the Toren, which is closer to Smogbush Avenue and further from Ft. Greene Park.
i dont know. 1225 for a studio is decent, but 2800 for the two bedroom isn’t exactly a bargain. and that area is gross.
*rob*
Very, very reasonably priced, and they got snapped up. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.