87 Cambridge Place sells for $2.16MM

Jerry Minsky the magician has done it again - selling 87 Cambridge Place for $2.16MM.

50% price drop at Greene House penthouse unit

Unit 11W, a 2 bed, 2.5 bath, 1,426 sf penthouse unit is on the market again, but at quite a discount to what it was listed for on March, 2007.

It's now listed at $1.35MM. Three years ago, it was listed at $2.75MM.

Check for yourself and let us know what you think.

Minsky rental on Clermont

Here's a really nice garden apartment renting for $2,250 via Jerry Minksy. It's a 900 square foot garden rental on a prime Fort Greene block.

Huge Clinton Hill coop unit on sale

Jerry Minsky has the listing for this combined unit listing at 360 Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill. Two units, with an equally large monthly charge of $1,673, measure in at 1,872 square feet.

There are three bedrooms and three baths.

Brownstone condos on South Portland

Jerry Minsky has the listings for this 4-unit brownstone condo conversion on South Portland and Dekalb, arguably the most blue-chip of any Fort Greene location.

The 4 units range from 997 to 1,543 square feet and are priced from $700K to $890K, which represents quite a drop off from once stratospheric Fort Greene prices.

Minksy completes makeover at Elliman

The Fort Greene don, Jerry Minsky, shows up on the Elliman website with a fresh new 'do for 2009.

Judging from his listings, he still has a stronghold on the Fort Greene market.

Former space of My Little India renting for $7K

The space at 96 South Elliot Place is now being listed by Minsky for $7,000 a month.

The makeover of Corcoran's Fort Greene broker of the year

Check out the transformation of Jerry Minsky in these two pictures. At far left is the picture he had up in 2007. At near left is what we just saw earlier today.

Sporting a fresh new 'do, Jerry Minsky is quoted as being instrumental in having "been part of an undertaking which reflects the amazing surge in popularity, demand and property value in the Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Stuyvesant Heights neighborhoods."

In one fell swoop, he has gone from swaggering broker to a clean-cut preppy one.

New resale unit at Greene House Condos

A 1,220 square foot 3 bedroom, 2 bath is being listed on corcoran for $989K. At a healthy $810psf, this condo goes where this other failed.

Jerry Minsky snags another $2+ MM liisting in Clinton Hill

A 4-family townhouse on 5 floors is asking $2.3MM.

Does Minsky have competition as the premiere FG broker?

Abdul Muid, a Corcoran broker, currently has three listings over $1MM. Two of the higher priced ones, at left, are 274 Clinton Avenue ($2.995MM) and 193 Washington Park ($3.875MM).

Alas, Minsky has four listings over $1MM currently.

Minsky's 367 Grand Avenue listing sells for over list price

The brownstone condos at 367 Grand Avenue have sold. Not only has both sold, but the top duplex unit, at 3,312 square feet, sold for over list price. The NY Times Residential Sales in the Region says there were multiple bids. Originally listed at $1.5875MM, the final price was $1.615MM.

Listing broker: Jerry Minsky.

South Portland coop listing for $639K.

5 years ago when I started looking at Fort Greene real estate, I looked at a coop that may have been in this building. Judging from the floorplan, this may have been the unit below it.

Jerry Minsky had the listing back then and the 1100 square foot unit back then may have been asking $350K. It escapes me at the moment.

Now, this unit is asking $639K. Seems like a quick sell to me, based on the strength of the block, floorplan, looks, and pricing. Anyone else agree/disagree? If anything, could this unit be underpriced?

Precipitous drop at Greene House penthouse unit

The penthouse unit at the Greene House Condos, formerly listed by Minsky, was handed over to Halstead in late September and listed at $1.875MM. Apparently that wasn't the magic number, as the price has now been lowered to a low $1.69MM.

Is this the market-clearing price? If not, at what price??

The NY Observer wants to talk Brooklyn -- who do they go to? Minsky, of course

The New York Observer, that bastion of Manhattan entitlement, did a piece this week on the Manhattan brokerage race to Brooklyn and the increased desirability of Brooklyn for many Manhattanites.

Of course, no piece on Brooklyn is complete without interviewing a couple of pioneering Brooklyn real estate brokers. Jerry Minsky, whom you all know and many hate so much, was prominently quoted.

Two quotes are worth mentioning:

-Of Minsky, they said, "I got out my suits and ties, and my sushi,” he said, “and my output tripled in volume.” Interestingly, the author mistakenly attributes this sushi tidbit to brownstoner.com, when it was actually Set Speed that personally broke this news here.

-The potential purchaser of the Vanderbilt townhouse above, listed at $3.5MM is jeweler David Yurman.

He talked to a reporter while waiting for a Sotheby’s International Realty broker, who was bringing the jeweler David Yurman to see a $3.5 million carriage house on Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene. “Twenty years ago, no Sotheby’s broker would have wanted to talk to Jerry Minsky,” he said.

Who's the mack now??

Greene House penthouse now with Halstead

Our Greene House tipster has let us know that the condo that Minsky couldn't sell is now being listed with Halstead for $1.875MM, the same price it ended up at with Minsky.

Check out the nicer pictures and floorplan.

Minsky's listing now $3.7MM after pictures go up

In what some may call a stroke of genius, or others may deem a shady business tactic that he is infamous for, Minsky's $3.5MM listing from last week on South Elliott Place is now at $3.7MM.

Check out the pictures in the listing and the ones posted here.

Minsky - another $3.5MM listing...ho hum...

This guy continues to be fodder (in a good way) for onehansonplace.com and also continues to prove the naysayers wrong -- time and again. Jerry Minsky has landed another $3.5MM listing in, where else, Fort Greene. Just another day at the office, huh? (That's 3 $3.4MM+ listings he has now - so for the guy who couldn't read, this is for you)

This Italianate townhouse, at 53 South Elliott Place, between Dekalb and Lafayette, was sold in January 2005 by, who else, Jerry Minsky, again. Jeez, how boring.

So, to the commenter of this post on August 26, 2007, at 4:39PM, who duly noted that Minsky is the last person anyone would go to advice? Minsky was the listing agent back then also. Do you realize that the guy who bought the place in January 2005 for $1.75MM is now selling it for twice the fucking price?!

Holy shit - quite a coup, huh? Would Jerry be the man if this deal goes through? In this market? Oh, one last thing - looks like it was listed at $1.65MM and Jerry was able to sell it for $1.75MM. Damn, dude is talented if you ask me.

Okay, we admit it - we think Minsky is the shit. Now why doesn't every hater who reads this man up..

Minsky lands another big kahuna

Jerry Minsky, the FG don, has the listing for a $3.5MM carriage house on Vanderbilt between Greene and Gates.

Minsky loses listing for the Greene House Condos penthouse

The listing that originally belonged to Jerry Minsky through four price drops is no longer his. Halstead has the listing now.

Perhaps some fresh blood will do the trick, although the price still stands at $1.875MM.

Halstead these days has an aura of luxe, but do they have any penetration into the Fort Greene market? Not really.