The two spacious bedrooms and bathrooms are located off the hall providing a serene respite. Both bedrooms feature ample closet space and the bathroom offers a linen closet for additional storage. On oversized window in the master bedroom adds a touch of grandeur, and the second bedroom is also of good size. A long entry hall with coat closet offers plenty of opportunities for additional storage, and insulates the unit from the hallway to create a particularly quiet retreat.
Up one flight of stairs is the unit's private roofdeck, a true oasis for grilling, gardening and entertaining with water and electric access as well as perfect wifi service! The unit also comes with a small storage space in the basement. A/C is currently window units, but a ductless mini-split system is permitted, and could be installed with ease.
The location is also ideal, with the Bay Ridge Avenue R station just 3 blocks away, and and express N train only one stop away at 59th Street. Local favorites such as Coffee Rx, Brooklyn Beet Company, Catch 22, Blue Agave, Brooklyn Firefly, Longbow Pub, Vesuvio, Gulf Coast, CG Roasters, the Salty Dog and Anopoli Ice Cream Parlor, as well as various pharmacies, Key Food and New York Sports Club are all within just a few blocks on 3rd Avenue.
Built in 1914, this 18 unit brick facade building features a common courtyard, common laundry, bike storage and individual storage units. The well maintained building has had a full overhaul over the past 10 years with all new windows, repointing, roof recoating, fire escape scraping and repainting and other exterior maintenance completed in 2010, a new boiler installed in 2015, and a new hot water heater, front door, front stoop and hallway refurbishment in 2016, all new washing machines and dryers in the common laundry and a new garbage containment system in the past couple of years. The financially strong condop keeps around $100,000 in reserves, and is able to keep maintenance low despite being professionally managed. Maintenance charges include snow and garbage removal and custodial work in the common areas, as well as heat and hot water. Cats ok and dogs on approval.
Quick Profile
Bay Ridge is an old-world neighborhood neatly tucked into the southwest corner of Brooklyn within the shadows of the Verrazano Bridge. The neighborhood is encircled by the Belt Parkway along the shore line and the Gowanus Expressway inland.
Bay Ridge, long known for its generational pull, has historically been home to a diverse number of ethnic groups. While the area is flush with people of Irish, Italian and Greek descent, these ethnic communities have been joined by larger numbers of new groups, including people with Russian, Polish, Asian and Middle Eastern backgrounds. The Arab American community today in Bay Ridge represents the largest concentration of Arab Americans in New York City.
For many years, Bay Ridge and its waterside location, would attract the affluent. But most of the mansions that once lined Shore Road are long gone and have been replaced by six-story apartment buildings.
Aside from the low-rise apartment buildings, the neighborhood pretty much consists of one and two-family homes. Lush front yards and trimmed hedges are pretty common here.
Current zoning and limitations on building heights restrict any out of the norm development. At present, the future beholds small development on some of the commercial strips and teardowns of older homes for smaller residential projects.