Welcome to 488 Central Avenue, a contemporary multi-family property in the highly desirable Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Constructed in 2003, this three-story building features a flexible layout with three residential units and the added convenience of deeded parking. The property boasts over 3,015 square feet of living space, plus an additional 1,004 square feet of finished windowed basement space, complete with a large recreation area, ample storage, and a spacious great room ideal for entertaining.
The highlight of this property is the first-floor owner's duplex, which includes a private backyard and deeded parking. This generous unit offers three bedrooms, an office, and three full bathrooms, providing both comfort and functionality. The ground floor features a spacious bedroom, a well-designed kitchen, and an open living and dining area. The upper level continues with additional bedrooms and bathrooms, ensuring ample privacy and convenience.
The second unit spans the parlor and second floors and includes a primary bedroom with access to a private balcony, adding a charming outdoor retreat. The third-floor unit features a well-proportioned living and dining area, a fully equipped kitchen, three bedrooms, and a full bathroom-making it an excellent choice for families or as additional rental income.
Each unit is meticulously designed to maximize space, making 488 Central Avenue a prime opportunity for both homeowners and investors. Situated in a highly sought neighborhood, you'll enjoy easy access to local transit options, including the J, M, and L subway lines, and be immersed in Bushwick's vibrant arts, dining, and cultural scene.This property offers a strong investment opportunity for both investors and homeowners, allowing them to offset the mortgage through multiple rental income streams.
Quick Profile
As one of the most diverse neighborhoods in New York, Bushwick offers a perfect snapshot of just how multicultural the city is. Long-established as an amalgam of cultures and ethnicities, a wave of varying types of immigrants trickled in from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, with Bushwick largely becoming a home to Hispanics of Puerto Rican and Dominican backgrounds by the latter part of the twentieth century.
With the Bushwick Initiative of the mid-00s that aided in revitalization, it became an attractive area to young professionals and artists. And even now, Bushwick has sustained affordable rent prices where other North Brooklyn counterparts, like Williamsburg and Greenpoint, have become more expensive. Priding itself on the weird and the wacky, numerous art collectives thrive in this part of Brooklyn, once famously named the seventh coolest neighborhood in the world by Vogue.
Though it has drawn in many tourists in recent years (there’s even a graffiti tour you can take from the Bushwick Collective), the neighborhood remains very much community-oriented, and has not been subject to quite the same sort of corporate infiltration phenomenon of its nearby Williamsburg environs.
But yes, of course, Bushwick has come a very long way from its 80s and 90s reputation as being “The Well,” a nickname given to it for its free-flowing and widely available amount of drugs (quantity over quality being the cliche applied here).