DWELL: FAISON FIREHOUSE RETURNS TO MARKET

Harlem Bespoke:  The Faison Firehouse Theater at 6 Hancock place by St. Nicholas Avenue has once again returned to market but now for a discount set at $9 million which is the lowest asking offered over the years. As previously mentioned, the 29-feet-wide facade was originally a Beaux Arts firehouse which has been converted into a performance theater and living space over the years.

DWELL: 465 WEST 144TH STREET TOWNHOUSE

Harlem Bespoke:   After selling for $1.9 million back in 2020 during the start of the pandemic, Number 465 West 144th Street in Hamilton Heights is now back on the market for a cool $2.5 million.  So what is different this time around?

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS HARLEM HOME SOLD IN AUGUST

Harlem Bespoke:  A certain notable Harlem brownstone belonging to actor Neil Patrick Harris had a contract out for somewhere around $7.1 million back in May and Streeteasy has confirmed the final selling price from the August closing which was lower than the asking.  Of course this will now be an all-time record for any Harlem townhouse and some might be curious to see what the final number ended up at. 

GUIDED TOURS AT MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION

Fridays-Saturdays, 11:00AM Docent Tours at Morris-Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace at 161st Street. Learn more about the Mansion’s architecture and grounds on a guided tour outside before stepping inside the Mansion for your self-guided tour. Trained guides will provide an overview to the site focusing on the home and inhabitant’s history and legacy.  $16 adults tickets also require advance registration online.  For more details, check out the official Morris-Jumel site: LINK

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DWELL: 471 WEST 140TH STREET TOWNHOUSE

Harlem Bespoke:  Number 471 West 140th Street by Amsterdam Avenue in recent years has had an asking set at  $4 million but now the Hamilton Heights address has returned to market for $3.5 million $2.999 million.  Home buyers looking for a renovated multi-family townhouse in good condition at this price point should check out this address located across from scenic City College.

DWELL: 54 EDGECOMBE AVENUE TOWNHOUSE

Harlem Bespoke:  A landmark brownstone in the Dorrance Brooks Historic District has recently gone up on the market for $2 million which might be one of the lower prices for a fixer upper these days.   Number 54 Edgecombe faces St. Nicholas Park by 137th Street and is only a block away from the subway entrance which is all great but the buyer should check into if this is an SRO situation.

DWELL: HARLEM FIREHOUSE PATROL NUMBER 5

Harlem Bespoke: Those who dream about living in a former Gilded Age firehouse in Manhattan might just be in luck these days.  Number 307 West 121st Street is located just west of prime Frederick Douglass Boulevard and was a firehouse from 1892 to 2006 but now is on the market for $6.5 million.  So what's with the high asking?

DWELL: 1700 LEXINGTON AVENUE TOWNHOUSE

Harlem Bespoke: The 5-unit rental brownstone at 1700 Lexington Avenue was off the market earlier last year but returned months later for the same asking price set at $2.6 million $2.4 million.  As previously mentioned, this is probably one of the best locations in East Harlem because of the proximity to the 103rd Street subway stop but the painted townhouse is chopped up into many units which may or may not have tenants currently residing within.

DWELL: 336 CONVENT AVENUE TURRET TOWNHOUSE

Harlem Bespoke: The house with the bold turret tower in the charming landmarked historic district of Hamilton Heights had an asking price set at $3.4 million back in 2019 returned with a slightly lower price at $3.35 million in 2021 and was recently pulled from the market this January.  Now the distinct abode has returned with the same asking but with a different broker.  As previously mentioned, this address is centrally located on the corner of 144th Street with the express trains just a block away.

RENT: TWO BEDROOM IN HAMILTON HEIGHTS

Harlem Bespoke:  So the average in Manhattan rent for a non-doorman studio is a whopping $2,899 a month but those living uptown can save over thousands each year since deals are starting to happen as of late.

DWELL: 465 WEST 144TH STREET TOWNHOUSE

Harlem Bespoke:   After selling for $1.9 million back in 2020 during the start of the pandemic, Number 465 West 144th Street in Hamilton Heights is now back on the market for a cool $2.5 million.  So what is different this time around?

DWELL: 401 WEST 147TH STREET TOWNHOUSE

Harlem Bespoke: The newly gut renovated townhouse at 401 West 147th Street has recently arrived on the market and the Sugar Hill home has the initial asking set at $3.195 million $2.995 million.

DWELL: HARLEM FIREHOUSE PATROL NUMBER 5

Harlem Bespoke: Those who dream about living in a former Gilded Age firehouse in Manhattan might just be in luck these days.  Number 307 West 121st Street is located just west of prime Frederick Douglass Boulevard and was a firehouse from 1892 to 2006 but now is on the market for $6.5 million.  So what's with the high asking?

DWELL: 1700 LEXINGTON AVENUE TOWNHOUSE

Harlem Bespoke: The 5-unit rental brownstone at 1700 Lexington Avenue was off the market earlier last year but returned months later for the same asking price set at $2.6 million $2.4 million.  As previously mentioned, this is probably one of the best locations in East Harlem because of the proximity to the 103rd Street subway stop but the painted townhouse is chopped up into many units which may or may not have tenants currently residing within.

RENT: TWO BEDROOM ON WEST 145TH STREET

Harlem Bespoke:  So the average in Manhattan rent for a non-doorman studio is a whopping $2,538 a month but those living uptown can save over thousands each year since deals are still happening as of late.

RENT: TWO BEDROOM BY CITY COLLEGE

Harlem Bespoke:  So the average in Manhattan rent for a non-doorman studio is a whopping $2,538 a month but those living uptown can save over thousands each year since deals are starting to happen as of late.

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR LANDMARK HARLEM CHURCH

Harlem Bespoke: One of grand local African-American churches went up for sale at 147-149 West 123rd Street for $6.25 $5.95 million in October 2019 and a contract is now out as of May 13th, 2022 last week.  The Greater Metropolitan Baptist Church which is a 9,418-square-foot neo-Gothic church in the Mount Morris Park neighborhood is actually protected as an official New York City Landmark since 1994.  This means any new developer that comes in can not demolish the site but would have to make some sort of adaptive reuse effort either as a combined residential development or maybe even some sort of event space.  Everything out front would have to eventually be restored accordingly and maybe the stained glass will come back one day.

RENT: THREE BEDROOM IN HAMILTON HEIGHTS

Harlem Bespoke:  So the average in Manhattan rent for a non-doorman studio is a whopping $2,538 a month but those living uptown can save over thousands each year since deals are starting to happen as of late.

RENT: TWO BEDROOM ON EDGECOMBE

Harlem Bespoke:  So the average in Manhattan rent for a non-doorman studio went up a couple of hundred this past summer to a whopping $2,439 a month  but those living uptown can save thousands each year since deals can still be found.  

RENT: THREE BEDROOM IN HAMILTON HEIGHTS

Harlem Bespoke:  So the average in Manhattan rent for a non-doorman studio is a whopping $2,439 a month but those living uptown can save over thousands each year since deals are starting to happen as of late.