An eight million dollar townhouse is up for sale on 51st Avenue in Hunters Point. Though currently configured as a multi-family home, with a total of six bedrooms, six bathrooms, and 4,875 square feet, it could easily be combined into a single home. If so, it would crush any previous single family sale price in LIC, or Queens for that matter.
Built in 1931, it is currently owned by the son of Dorothy Damato. He was born and raised in the townhouse, and currently lives there with his wife. Now that his his kids are all grown up, it is time to sell. In addition, they feel that LIC has become more like Manhattan and lost the flavor of the good old days and charms that they know. Yeah, I hear that, but one man’s loss… The good news is that at $1,600 a square foot you’ll also receive Manhattan pricing!
Despite the old school provenance, the house has been fully renovated for the 21st century (see the fabulous pics in listing below), and is in move-in shape. In addition, it has a lovely backyard garden. The broker on the listing is Kay Moon at Bond New York, and she can provide you with all the projected financials were you to decide to make this an investment property, or a hybrid live/investment one.
So step up to the plate and pay the full listing price. You’ll be one block from a one-stop train ride to Manhattan, and most importantly you’ll be the newest King of Queens!
5-46 51st Avenue Listing – in addition to pics, once you get up to $8 mil you get a video too
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Anonymous Bosch says
August 21, 2014 at 10:44 amThere goeth the neighborhood, and cometh Manhattan East
Anon says
August 23, 2014 at 9:37 amYou’re about 20 years late with that comment, AB
Anonymous says
August 21, 2014 at 10:06 pmOh the hypocrisy. If they hate the new neighborhood so much, they should put their mouth where their money is and sell the place for the $500,000 they would have gotten years ago before the development started
JMGing says
August 22, 2014 at 9:28 amI think if I spend $8 million on a home it shouldn’t have window units for AC! And rooms so narrow that you need to put chests of drawers in bay windows. And tacky blue kitchens. And outdoor space that is overlooked by dozens of balconies. And no view. Spend a fraction of that and get something nice and new on the water.
Anonymous says
August 22, 2014 at 11:21 am“Oh the hypocrisy. If they hate the new neighborhood so much, they should put their mouth where their money is and sell the place for the $500,000 they would have gotten years ago before the development started”
Wow that is a dumb comment.
Anonymous says
August 22, 2014 at 1:15 pmNO it isn’t. It’s indicitive of most of the hypocrite old-timers in the neighborhood. They complain, complain, complain about “how it used to be,” and then sell for inflated bubble prices. Maybe they should sell first instead of complain. good riddence.
Good for them says
August 23, 2014 at 7:47 amI doubt any of the oldtimers would have complained so much if LIC maintained a semblance of a soul and didn’t have people like you living in it. Your nasty comments just prove their point. Good for the owners. I hope they bleed some overseas yuppie dry and get their $8 million. Their proverbial laughing all the way to the bank would be divine retribution for many of us who have had to endure the insufferable POSs these past several years.
Anonymous says
August 24, 2014 at 9:26 amIt’s just not worth the money based on any valuation. I wish it was. My 10,000sf townhouse would be worth even more then!!
Anonymous says
August 25, 2014 at 9:30 amI wouldn’t be too surprised if it did sell at that price. There is a scarcity of single-family homes like that in the neighborhood. Maybe some buyer with really deep pockets will pay just to have a spacious home in the neighborhood.
Jim says
September 19, 2014 at 10:04 amPsh, I don’t blame them.
For that kind of scratch, they could pick up and buy a small home overlooking the ocean on a Greek island, kick their feet up and sip retsina and munch on kalamari for the rest of their days.