The Finger and the Gated Community

Clinton Hill is a neighborhood of contrasts: Gourmet cuisine and sloppy corner Chinese; bike lanes and auto repair centers; beautiful park space and decaying industrial blocks.
GreeneListed will feature the wide variety of properties available in our neighborhood, along with people and the places they live in.

163 Washington Avenue between Park and Myrtle avenues

Studios offered from $250,000 - $290,000
1BRs offered from $370,000 - $474,000
2BRs offered from $515,000 - $698,000
Common charges range from $149.35-$409.91 monthly.

163 Washington is a new construction building with occupancy as early as April that is such a stark contract to its neighboring buildings that angry neighbors and bloggers refer to it as "the finger."

The building towers over all the structures around it – and since 163’s construction, NYC planners have restricted heights for new structures in the neighborhood. For the future owners of its top floors this is a good thing: giving a finger to the neighborhood comes with a hell of a view! Some of the units look out over brownstone Brooklyn. Others have direct views of the Empire State Building and 8 Spruce Street (the new Frank Gehry building downtown and NYC's newest, tallest residential tower).

The good:
*Gorgeous kitchen space and bathrooms.
*Glass balconies with panoramic Brooklyn and Manhattan views.
*Low monthly maintenance fees.
*Fitness center, roof access and an lounging floor.

The bad:
*Low monthly fees might go up if residents decide to hire a doorman.
*Hookups are included, but owners must purchase their own washer and dryers.

For showing contact:
Shannon Diamonde
718-636-5600
sdiamonde@tregny.com
163wash.com

963-965 Kent Avenue between DeKalb and Willoughby avenues

Asking $360,000 to purchase or $2,000/month to rent.

This condo embodies the idea that you get more for your Clinton Hill dollar the further East you go. While your walk to DeKalb Avenue’s restaurants might be a bit long, you will get more space and higher-end appliances for living on the edge of the gentrification wave.

The complex, young enough to nearly be considered new (it was built in 2005), still feels it. A new buyer will enjoy a tax abatement for almost 20 years – a transferable right to pay severely reduced property taxes (again, for being a pioneer).

A separate 300 square-foot storage unit is included, and buyers have an opportunity to rent (at auction) parking spaces in the complex. The kitchen, with stainless steel appliances, black granite counters and a dishwasher, opens to the living room, making the otherwise small space room feel larger.

The condo sits on an architecturally diverse block of brownstones, a public school, courtyard buildings and a massive residential-converted warehouse. The spacious feel hides big closets in both bedrooms. The unit is one flight up and faces the courtyard (no street noise from nearby DeKalb Avenue).

The good:
*The unit is quiet, it faces a private, gated courtyard and receives an abundance of sunlight.
*A full-sized, stacked washer and dryer is included.
*A small porch/balcony hybrid allows space enough for morning coffee.
*Bike room.

The bad:
*The nearest train is the notoriously unreliable G train.
*Some buyers will feel uncomfortable being so close to Lafayette Gardens, a NYC Housing Authority cluster of housing towers. But that one city block seems like a world away in your gated community, right?

For showing contact:
Drew Chontow
917-650-0498
drew@citypropertygroup.com