Comments on: On the Market: Beacon Tower Penthouse A

By: Dumbo NYC, Brooklyn » Archive » Rent Check: 1, 2, 3 Bedroom Rentals at 85 Adams Street (DumboNYC.com)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:54:07 +0000

[...] bedroom, 2 bath, 1785 sqft Penthouse for $9000. This unit was featured on DumboNYC in October for sale and is still on the market for purchase (price lowered since from $3,390,000 to [...]

By: smokey

smokey — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:08:14 +0000

too bad for my competition cause i’m two cup fulls shy from snatching this up with straight cash in small change

By: Limpy

Limpy — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:31:58 +0000

I tried put a bid in on this unit yesterday, but they said my credit was shakier than Cracky on a Sunday morning.

By: low bmi

low bmi — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:45:52 +0000

Anon – Sorry – I’m talking about the very top apartments, the penthouses, where the building kind of “staircases”. The “stepped apartments” are facing 180 degrees away from the river. If you look at the building, it’s higher on Front Street and lower on the side of the building by the F train. It would have been nicer the other way around.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:06:39 +0000

BMI – not sure what you mean by J Condo facing the wrong way. The glass side gives views of lower Manhattan, the harbor and Brooklyn Bridge. Seems like the right direction to me.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:51:32 +0000

I would choose the townhouse
by all means. this way you don’t
have to deal with all the tourist
that come to DUMBO.

By: dumbo_dawg

dumbo_dawg — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:53:21 +0000

1700+ per foot!?! At 85 Adams?!?

I want whatever they are smoking. And lots of it.

I saw an high flight “A line” 3 bedroom at J condo yesterday. THAT apartment was amazing. If I only had an extra $1.7m lying around, I would scoop it in a heartbeat. Plus, the wife loved it. Hard to please that woman, I tell ya.

– DD

By: cnr

cnr — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:33:18 +0000

In the Beacon, the smaller windows facing the Manhattan Bridge looks out to the Bridge and Empire State Building. But I think the west side offers the nicest view of the Statue and downtown.

I think it’s similar at 100 Jay where it may seem like the exterior faces the wrong side, but the views are more desirable on the glass side – downtown sky line instead of lower east side to gramercy.

By: low bmi

low bmi — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:39:56 +0000

Overpriced by at least 1.25Mil

It’s listed as a 2.5 baths…but where is the 1/2 bath?

360 degree views… That one porthole that faces the east river in bedroom 2 near the 2nd bath doesn’t offer much.

Anyone have a clue why the Bacon Tower and the J Condo are facing the wrong way? And the penthouses of both buildings are bass-ackwards too! Their outdoor spaces face directly opposite the river and Manhattan skyline.

By: praetorius

praetorius — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:48:57 +0000

I’d be shocked if they got close to asking price. The layout looks extremely clumsy w/ 4 entrances to the LR. I’m sure the 2 elevator are private keyed access- but doesn’t matter. I would guess they can’t be blocked off due to building codes or something. Why would anyone pay that price for an apt w/ an entire LR wall is taken up by multiple doors to the beyond? There’s nowhere to hang art or bookcases. Plus, it doesn’t seem too luxury to me when only 1 BR of a 3 BR apt has a bath en-suite- it really should have 2 1/2 baths. I don’t think what may be a fabulous terrace will make up for those flaws at that price, especially when you consider the other options mentioned by Dumbonyc.