House of the Day: 142 Dean Street
This brick townhouse at 142 Dean Street just hit the market. It’s got lots of original charm and is 25 feet wide, which give it a shot at achieving the asking price of $2,750,000, we guess, but this really seems like boom-time pricing to us. We don’t think the current market can support it. That’s…
This brick townhouse at 142 Dean Street just hit the market. It’s got lots of original charm and is 25 feet wide, which give it a shot at achieving the asking price of $2,750,000, we guess, but this really seems like boom-time pricing to us. We don’t think the current market can support it. That’s not to say we would mind being proved wrong!
142 Dean Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
“Good Grief. Take out two blocks on either side of Atlantic and you’re labeling about 20% of Cobble Hill + Brooklyn Heights and about 40% of Boerum Hill as risky non-prime areas. Those are all great streets.”
Posted by: Boerum Hill at March 10, 2010 4:19 PM
Good point, BH.
“Just another of many listings the PDE Park Slope/Brooklyn Heights offices lost to a PDE Manhattan office- not sure what difference that makes.
But FWIW, the listing broker is neighborhood resident and most of his listings now and before are in this section of brooklyn.
Just another of many listings the PDE Park Slope/Brooklyn Heights offices lost to a PDE Manhattan office. One would surmise that the office managing directors in Manhattan have strategy and direction for procuring listings since these office can compete in the Brooklyn market where PDE offices actually exist. One must pause and think about what the sales director actually really does in Brooklyn.
Yeah, lots of uninformed nitpicking going on here. Great location, looks like a decent house … naysayers can always find something to say, though.
Good grief,
Take out two blocks on either side of Atlantic (Pacific?Amity + Dean to the south and State + Schermerhorn to the North) and your labeling about 20% of Cobble Hill + Brooklyn Heights and about 40% of Boerum Hill as risky non-prime areas. Those are all great streets.
I love this house and I love this location. Will definitely sell for over 2 and more likely closer to 2.5 (my widget guess). Great location too. Close to lots of stuff and right around the corner from Brooklyn Inn. Love that rear bay too.
Pbk- no worries, we love your nabe! otoh, we dont love all houses at all prices.
Well, I haven’t lived there but I read that statistic in the NY Times and drive west on Bergen and east on Dean to avoid that horrific 5 block strip on Atlantic. I am very familiar with that area as a driver. I also have experience in trying to cross the 4th Avenue/ Flatbush/ Atlantic Avenue horror intersection and I don’t like it there one bit and cringe in horror when I see older people with spinning heads trying to avoid cars. If you asked me how far the house is from there, I couldn’t tell you exactly, but its not far. And THAT my friends, is why I mentioned it. Nothing more. I leave the rest of the commentary to the neighborhood experts. I still like the 25 footedness as I originally mentioned, as well as the nice dining room and bedrooms and don’t like the bathroom because of the location of the shower….
as someone else said, you people aren’t that familiar with the area. 4th avenue is quite a hike and not really part of this neighborhood orientation. Atlantic in this stretch is filled with shops that depend on pedestrian traffic…
and SMith St, Court St, etc are more part of daily life of someone living here.
I don’t know where Donatella gets the stats – but if at all true is talking about Flatbush Avenue/Atlantic area..and says accidents…not accidents involving pedestrians. 2 cars hitting each other is an accident.