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Public School 9 Annex, 279 Sterling Place, #4A

$3,000,000 ($968 per ft2) -7.7% | 3 beds, 1.5 baths | Approx. 3,100 ft2
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84 days on Market

Key Details

  • Listed: Apr 10, 2024
    Last Price Change: -7.7% ($250,000) on Jun 29
    Days on Market: 84
    Building Type: Cooperative
    Neighborhood: Prospect Heights (Brooklyn)
Monthly Maintenance: $5,941 ($1.92/ft2)
Est. Monthly Mortgage: $16,080
Total Est. Monthly Carrying Cost: $22,021 ($7.10/ft2)
Note: the above is based on a down payment of 20% ($600,000), which is the minimum amount permitted by the building.

Open house:

  • The afternoon of Sunday, Jul 7
By appointment only.

Insider Highlights

  • Nearby Entertainment and Convenience: The property is near Barclays Center, Atlantic Terminal, BAM, The Center for Fiction, and Mark Morris Dance Theatre. It also features a city view from the apartment, video intercom, and an elevator in the building for added convenience.
  • Historic and Spacious Property: This large, approximately 3,100 sq ft property is located in the desirable Prospect Heights neighborhood, in a historic building designed by James W. Naughton and built in 1895. It features a flexible floor plan with vaulted ceilings up to 14 feet high, multiple sleeping and working areas, and a great room ideal for use as a gallery, studio, or home theatre.
  • Outdoor and Indoor Amenities: The property comes with two terraces, two wood-burning fireplaces, a private parking spot, and a full-service garage. Inside, you'll find a bright kitchen with north-facing views, a laundry room, and ample storage, including 29 closets.
  • Luxurious Master Suite: The primary bedroom features a large skylight and an expansive walk-in closet. The luxurious primary bathroom boasts a tub under a skylight and a separate shower.
  • Additional Spaces: The property offers additional spaces that can be used as a studio, home office, or additional bedrooms, providing flexibility for your living arrangements.
  • Building and Neighborhood Features: This professionally managed co-op building is pet-friendly and comes with a super, common garden, and adjacent parking lot. It's in close proximity to Prospect Park, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, and the Farmer’s Market, and offers easy access to local shops, cafes, and restaurants along Vanderbilt and Flatbush Ave.

Description

Don’t miss this TROPHY Property, an awesome Penthouse Loft all sun-splashed by it’s huge north facing windows and 9 skylights...being offered for the First Time in 35 years. PLUS IT COMES WITH YOUR OWN PARKING SPOT.

279 Sterling Place AKA The Historic P.S. 9 Annex in Prospect Heights is a magnificent elevator building designed by James W. Naughton, built in 1895 and converted to 22 Cooperative Units in 1989. It sits right off Grand Army Plaza, adjacent to Vanderbilt Ave which is full of fabulous restaurants, cafes, ice cream parlors, and eclectic neighborhood shops.

Unit 4A is an enormous space (3150 sq ft) with a flexible floor plan.

Listed officially as a 1.5 Room Loft, but can easily be used as a 3+ BR living space. We would be happy to send you three floor plans we have had prepared by a local architect.

This home features 2 Terraces, 2 Wood Burning Fireplaces, Pano Views, and vaulted-ceilings which soar to 14’. It has a flexible floor plan, with multiple sleeping and working areas, 1.5 baths, Laundry Room, and tons of Storage including 29 closets.

Welcoming you into the loft is a huge circular Entry Gallery, with living spaces radiating out toward the West and working spaces toward the East.

The Living Room, Dining Room and Kitchen face North with enormous windows and expansive views of Brooklyn and beyond. The bright kitchen faces North and leads out onto the private East facing Terrace with views of Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Two large skylights illuminate the enormous (approx. 600 sq ft) Great Room, ideal for use as a gallery/studio/home theatre space to showcase your own art, your art collection or your "collectibles".

You can lounge comfortably in the separate, intimate Living Room with a wood burning fireplace and adjacent Dining Area.

Maybe you want a Live/Work space for your Music, Film, Sculpture, Painting, Performance, Photography or Dance Studio. Or maybe you want to create a magnificent home for entertaining in New York City. Whatever your dream is.....Imagine a home large enough to entertain 100 people or more....the opportunities are boundless.
The huge primary loft-like BR is lit by a huge skylight and has an expansive walk-in closet......a fashionista’s dream, as well as a huge Cedar closet.

The primary bathroom is of luxurious proportions with a tub in the middle of the room under an enormous skylight, as well as a separate shower.....and a secret door leading to the West Terrace.

Next to the Great Room is another large space which could easily be either a studio/home office or a 2nd loft-like bedroom since it has its its own skylight. A third smaller den/study with a skylight could also be used as a third sleeping area if needed.

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES.

A once in a lifetime opportunity to make this space into your own "dreamscape".

279 Sterling Place is a professionally managed 4 story Coop elevator building, Pet friendly, with a Super, a lovely common garden and parking lot adjacent to the building where you have your own parking spot.

PROSPECT HEIGHTS: Imagine living in close proximity to 526 acres of Open Green Space - Prospect Park - offering playgrounds, biking, boating, a zoo, an ice rink, a carousel, a bank shell and grassy areas to picnic and relax. Just one block from Grand Army Plaza 2/3 train, close to The Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and the Farmer’s Market.
This neighborhood is one of the most desirable areas to live in Brooklyn which abounds with eclectic neighborhood shops, cafes, restaurants along Vanderbilt and Flatbush Ave. In addition, you are close to Barclays Center, Atlantic Terminal as well as BAM, The Center for Fiction, and Mark Morris Dance Theatre.
Vanderbilt Avenue which is the major through fare is closed to traffic weekends during the Summer months for Open Streets.

Enjoy outdoor cafes, art projects for every age or just relax, meet your neighbors or just window shop.

You Need to See it To Believe it. Contact us today for a private showing......so you too can Live The Life in Bklyn !

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Apartment Amenities

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Listing courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate

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About Public School 9 Annex, 279 Sterling Place

Building Amenities

  • Pre War
  • Full Service Garage
  • Video Intercom
  • Elevator

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