Updated 7 years ago
Rented
1542 61st Street, 2
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn | 16th Ave & 100th Street
5 Rooms2 Beds1 Bath1,000 Square FeetSingle Family
$1,950
Lease Term12-12 Months
Rent Per SF
$23
Listing Features
- Penthouse/Top Flr
- Separate Dining Area
- Windowed Kitchen
Outdoor space and views
- North Exposure
- South Exposure
- West Exposure
Property Description for 1542 61st Street, 2
Calling all food lovers! Here's your chance to live in a historic Bensonhurst home where the book "Feast of the Seven Fishes”, now selling on DanielPaterna.com/book, found its inspiration. A TRUE TWO BEDROOM, with dining room, you will find a total of FIVE rooms in this spacious, sun-filled, top floor apartment. Measuring nearly 1,000 square feet this huge & beautiful space sits on the second floor of a two-family house built by the owners' grandfather in 1920.
You will be able to smell the Sunday sauce cooking in this well-preserved, vintage kitchen flanked by a west facing window. And what a dinner party you can host in your separate dining room - yes, it's a room not an alcove! Then lounge the night away binge watching in your comfy north facing living room with multiple windows. Down the hall from the kitchen you'll find a well-proportioned, BRAND NEW bathroom. The first bedroom is west facing with a closet. The second is south facing and has a closet spanning the entire west wall. Both can fit queen size beds. See floorplan for layout.
Featuring hardwood floors throughout, this sunny & warm apartment had its electric upgraded recently. All the windows have blinds making this unit truly "move-in” ready. Located in the Mapleton Gardens section of Bensonhurst you'll be equidistant to the N and D trains making travel to Manhattan a snap. Heat & hot water is included with the rent. All you have to do is pack your bags (and pots) this place is perfect!
Building Details for 1542 61st Street
OwnershipSingle Family
Building TypeHouse
AccessWalk-up
Year Built1920
Floors/Apts2/2
Transit and Citi Bike
Subway
New Utrecht Av
0.13 miles
62 St
0.2 miles
18 Av
0.34 miles
71 St
0.45 miles
55 St
0.46 miles
Bensonhurst | Brooklyn
Quick Profile
Bensonhurst is a densely populated residential neighborhood with a bustling business district in the southwest section of Brooklyn. It’s a storied neighborhood and is considered to be the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in New York City.
Technically, Bensonhurst doesn’t quite have the same clean-cut boundaries the way other neighborhoods do. It has an odd shape that intertwines with the surrounding communities of Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, Borough Park and Mapleton. The neighborhoods are sometimes mistaken for Bensonhurst and vice versa. It’s bordered by 14th Avenue, which is to the northwest, 60st Street and McDonald Avenue to the northeast, Avenue S to the southeast, and 86th Street to the southwest.
You won’t find that many luxury building developments in this neck of the woods either. Much of the Bensonhurst neighborhood still has that old Brooklyn charm. It’s architecture comprises co-ops, condos, single-family attached, semi-attached, fully-detached homes, and also multi-family homes. It’s a healthy mix of quiet residential blocks and bustling commercial thoroughfare, especially along 86th Street. Bensonhurst has many similarities to Bath Beach, it’s immediate neighbor to the south.
Bensonhurst was once part of New Utrecht, which was one of the original six towns within Kings County. It was later absorbed into what we know as modern day Brooklyn. It is named after the Benson family, who were farmers and landowners and controlled much of Bensonhurst and parts of Bath Beach.
In its early history, Bensonhurst was mostly Italian-Americans and Jewish immigrants. In recent years the neighborhood has seen many Chinese, Russian, Middle Eastern and Mexican residents who call Bensonhurst home.
Besides the ethnic enclaves residing in Bensonhurst, the neighborhood is also attracting younger residents and families. The cost of living is considerably less compared to other parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. In 2019, the homeownership rate in Bensonhurst was 36.5%, higher than the citywide share of 31.9%.
The D, N, and F service Bensonhurst and will shoot you straight into Midtown Manhattan where bus lines service the rest of the borough.
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OLR ID: 1753007
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