House of the Day: 161 Prospect Park Southwest
This single-family house at 161 Prospect Park Southwest in Windsor Terrace just hit the market asking $998,000. The house is not huge—three stories, 20-by-32-foot floorplate—but we suspect the chance to live on the park for under a million bucks will generate some interest. One interesting data point: The owners paid $849,000 for the house in…
This single-family house at 161 Prospect Park Southwest in Windsor Terrace just hit the market asking $998,000. The house is not huge—three stories, 20-by-32-foot floorplate—but we suspect the chance to live on the park for under a million bucks will generate some interest. One interesting data point: The owners paid $849,000 for the house in 2005. What do you think it’ll go for this time around?
161 Prospect Park Southwest [Broooklyn Real] GMAP P*Shark
Thank you, mopar.
If it’s like most old townhouses in New York City, the kitchen was in the bottom back, family dining room in bottom front, double parlor on the parlor floor, bedrooms on third floor.
At some point, this seems to have been made into a two-room garden floor rental with an owner’s four-room duplex above.
I wonder how it was originally laid out. Definitely not traditional to walk right in on the dining room. Could the original kitchen have been eat-in?
The rooms individually do seem really sweet. But I’m thrown by the no right angles and the living room being on the garden floor. Great to have extra space on the garden floor, but this is not really “extra.” Must be tight on that parlor floor if there’s no room even for a small parlor. But perhaps the more reasonable asking price is taking all this into account.
There are a few glitches with the layout. There is no entry hall. The front door opens directly into the house. The living room is on one floor and the dining room on another. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a second kitchen somewhere.
Cute little wedge of a house. Right angles are overrated.
Offer $750k, which is extremely generous for a two bedroom pad in WT.
Seriously, under 200K? We were looking in WT in 2000 and things were at least 400K then! When exactly did this bubble start?
Saw this house when it was offered back in ’98 (when it was going for under $200K). It is very sweet but so small–like a cramped apartment. Agree that the alley is great, as is being across from the park, but it is a very noisy intersection.
A cool thing about this place is the alley behind the row of houses. Your own place to park is a nice perk (in addition to being across the street from the park).