146 West 121 street, a Harlem SRO building with 13 B rooms and 1 class A apartment is now back in the market after a deal had fallen through. The building comes with the certificate of non harassment, obtained in September of this year and 1 tenant who occupies 2 rooms on the 5th floor. The property is located in the Mount Morris Historic district and is 18′ wide with 5 stories.
Inside rooms have many fireplace mantels waiting for restoration.
The home has air rights and is built 18′ by 50′ according to City records.
Currently, the home is setup with SRO rooms and 1 garden apartment.
The street view of West 121st street looking west.
The Author- Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.
At the Landmarks committee meeting of Community Board 10 last night, the Community Board turned down the owners of 128 West 119th street who were looking to gain support for installing flat windows on the 2nd floor of the townhouse in the Mount Morris Historic district. At the meeting, the architect for the new owners cited cost as one of the obstacles to installation of the curved windows. The new owners received a bid that would add an additional $30,000 to the cost of the renovation just for the 3 windows. The Community Board and the Block association recommended that they request additional bids to install curved windows in the 2nd floor window. The 20 foot wide house was purchased one year ago for $2,795,000 according to public records. According to the architect, there are 12 townhouses on the block with a similar curved facade, and 9 of them have flat windows and 3 have curved ones.
The Author- Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.
I was on West 121st street just west of Marcus Garvey Park. The architecture of these homes is incredible. Prices regularly exceed $4 million these days and there are few offerings near the park for $4.5 and $4.7 and even over $5 million.
The Mount Morris Historic district has now expanded to include practically all of the buildings from Adam Clayton Powell boulevard to Lenox avenue from 118th street to 123rd street. The expansion includes many beautiful brownstone homes as well as some apartment buildings. Homes that fall within a historic district need the LPC approval to do work to their exteriors. Over the last few years, historic districts are attempting to expand to preserve the character of neighborhoods.
Typical brownstones within the Mount Morris Historic district ask over $3mm and it’s only a matter of time before one sells for over $4 million.
What do you think of the expansion?
News about the NYC real estate residential and commercial markets provided and interpreted by an industry veteran licensed since 1999. Brian Silvestry of BSRG Inc. Licensed real estate broker
Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.
