House of the Day: $7.5 Million in the Slope!
Brown Harris Stevens has just come to market with what has to be the most expensive townhouse ever in Park Slope. At $7.5 million, the listing price puts Jonathan Safran Foer’s $6.2 million $5.75 million purchase of 646 2nd Street to shame. And what do you get for this kind of cash? The 31-footer at…
Brown Harris Stevens has just come to market with what has to be the most expensive townhouse ever in Park Slope. At $7.5 million, the listing price puts Jonathan Safran Foer’s $6.2 million $5.75 million purchase of 646 2nd Street to shame. And what do you get for this kind of cash? The 31-footer at 45 Montgomery Place has over 7,000 square feet of space with oval rooms that have rounded doors and radiators, a grand center staircase, multiple original fireplaces. There’s really not much point in debating the price. It’s worth $7.5 million if some fabulously wealthy person falls in love with it. The question will really be how long that takes and how much patience the seller has. Does anyone know anything about the house’s history? Past Owner? Architectural pedigree?
45 Montgomery Place Townhouse [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP
Foer to Have Bigger Foyer [Brownstoner]
There’s been quite a bit of turnover on Montague the past several years. Don’t know why that is; perhaps the rents are too high, but it doesn’t seem to be enjoying the business boom that Smith & Court Streets are experiencing. It used to be a much more interesting street and more of a destination that it is now (not including the Promenade, of course, which will always be a destination). With all the office workers in that neighborhood during the day, you’d think that some savvy (and quality) restauranteurs would notice.
Don’t see what the problem with the kitchen is. Just hire a cooking staff and let them worry about it.
Regarding BH dining: it is terrible. Noodle Pudding is good. Theresa’s and Grand Canyon are fine for the brunch/burger thing. But then there’s the awful bunch of places all owned by the Brooklyn Heights Cafe guy: Centro, Chez Henry, etc. The good news is that nobody ever seems to be in these places so they must change over someday.
Still, it’s a short walk to DUMBO, Smith Street, etc. And BH really is close enough to Manhattan to eat dinner there too.
“Chanukah” (perhaps not “Chanuka”) is an accepted spelling of the holiday. Remember, people, Hebrew and English do not use the same alphabet. Any translation from Hebrew to English must be phonetic. My guess is that, in some circles, Chanuka is an ok spelling.
Yeah, what is it with BH and restaurants? I guess there really isn’t a place to develop a “restaurant row” a la Fifth or Dekalb Avenues, though with the empty storefronts on Montague St., why not? Apart from the River Cafe and Henry’s End, there’s really nothing notable in terms of dining there.
To Anon at 4:03, 11/10: I went to private college in NYC working full time Monday to Friday, attending school on weekends, and paying the tuition out of my clerical salary at the time…so don’t think I’m high-falutin’ and a snob about correct English. I worked my *** off for an education and I’m proud of it. End of comment, back to the subject of this blog. Thanks.
Where do these people get all this money to buy these houses??? They must be investment bankers or lawyers.
you could buy a really nice townor entire trailer park in Bushworld for that kind of dough.
TREASON’S GREETINGS
you could buy a really nice town house in manhattan for 7 million plus. they start around 3.5 milion in murray hill