House of the Day: Clinton Hill Mystery Location
We were debating Mr. Minerva last week about the location of this Fillmore listing. He said Lefferts Place and we said St. James. Regardless, it’s an interesting listing. At $1.5 million, we think they’ve overshot by a little but not a lot. The house has some wood detailing (what do you call that trellis-like stuff?)…
We were debating Mr. Minerva last week about the location of this Fillmore listing. He said Lefferts Place and we said St. James. Regardless, it’s an interesting listing. At $1.5 million, we think they’ve overshot by a little but not a lot. The house has some wood detailing (what do you call that trellis-like stuff?) that we don’t see a lot of in the nabe. We almost wonder whether it was added later on. The interior design, which has grandma written all over it, is a little hard to see through to get a sense of what kind of a tune-up the new owner would really need to give the place.
Clinton Hill Brownstone [Fillmore]
he “trellis-like stuff” is quite common in late 19th and early 20th Century Renaissance-revival houses like the ones in my neighborhood (PLG) or Crown Heights. I’m sure it’s an addition to an earlier Italianate house like this.
Actually, “we”, unlike you, have our eyes open.
To each his own, though.
To answer you i live in Staten Island Todt Hill to be exact. I worked in the area for 10 yrs and i can say without a doubt the area is Ghetto. You fools tell everyone there are no gun shots and everything is great in Bed stuy and all the areas talked about well hello. You must all have your ears closed and eyes shut.
Just curious, anon at 2.36 p.m. – where do you live?
Anon 2:36 and 3:27, perhaps if you close your eyes and say the word “ghetto” fifty times over, in a blink of an eye Clinton Hill brownstone would be on the market at 1988 prices again! Ahhhh…those $350k mansions on Clinton Ave…those were the days… 😉
i think TESB meant that the prices here are pretty far out and not quite ghetto prices…
I live here and was not alogether sure i wanted to initially. it’s really nowhere close to a ghetto now that I live here and have a better sense of it. that’s just fear and misinformation.
Whatever, there has not be a shortage of buyers, includling many young families, in Clinton Hill, or on this street for that matter (Brownbomber is right about the place on the next block of this street that went into contract within two weeks of listing). We’ll see.
I agree with Anon 2:36, although I wouldn’t have used that term. Still a developing area I wouldn’t choose to live in. And TESB, for your info, yes I can afford it many times over. Why do you people always assume that if someone says that they don’t like an area it is because they can’t afford it and really want to live there? That is so patheticly childish of you.
Anon 2:36, a ghetto? Well you probably couldn’t afford to live in the ghetto then! Ain’t it funny how these things come around full circle. Cheers!