243 McDonald Ave APT 4M, Brooklyn, NY 11218

ASKING PRICE: $289,000.00 *Maintainence: $448.00. Note: maintenance is at this fee, due to installation of new roof. The fee will go down to $423.00, upon completion of project. *Maintanence includes: heating, gas, electricity, plumbing, water *Board will not accept anything less than 20% down. * Type: Attached Cooperative ownership/100% owner occupied * Year built:1952 * Total rooms: 3 ( one-bedroom) * Square footage: 888 * Two elevators * Indoor parking space: 3-5 year waiting list * Laundry facility in basement/ coin operated machines * twenty-four hour camera surveillance * Buzz-in Intercom with camera * well maintained landscaping (for each season) * Private courtyard with benches * Storage room available (5x6): A one time fee of $500.00 * Bike room on premise: free of charge * New roofing Heating Feature: Gas Cooling Feature: Air conditioner: Yearly fee of $150.00 (in spring time) INTERIOR FEATURES: *Efficiency kitchen; updated appliances *maple oak finish cabinetry (lots of cabinets/counter space), food pantry/corner hutch, refrigerator, dishwasher, ceramic floor, ceiling fan *Hardwood custom made flooring in foyer, livingroom, hallway and bedroom *Sunny living room with French doors, track lighting, chandelier fixture *Lot of closet space; wall to wall closet * Efficiency bathroom: newly renovated * Ceramic tiling; * Natural Stone details * Custom made fixtures *Near trains, buses, Command bus into Manhattan, supermarket, shops. Neighborhood Description Kensington is divided into two sections with primarily large apartment buildings line either side, on the residential side streets, however, the neighborhood features rows of brick or brownstone homes, larger one- or two-family detached homes with wraparound porches and large yards, and prewar and postwar houses that are five or six stories high. Most of the neighborhood’s housing was built in the 1920s, specifically the freestanding homes, row houses, and five- and six-story apartment buildings. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Ocean Parkway in 1876. Ocean Parkway initially featured a central drive, landscaped malls bridle trail, pedestrian paths, and in later years a bicycle path, park benches, and chess tables. Originally designed as a graceful extension of Prospect Park, the northern section of Ocean Parkway was replaced by the Prospect Expressway in the 1950s. The section of Ocean Parkway between Church and Sea Breeze Avenues has been named a New York City landmark. Newcomers who have revitalized the area include professionals and immigrants from Pakistan, Asia, India, Poland, Indonesia, Turkey, Mexico, Haiti, Guyana, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Russia. A Muslim community around Coney Island Avenue and Foster Avenues has flourished. One of the attractions in the community is Kensington Stables. The stable offers boarding, riding lessons, and trail rides in Prospect Park on a 3.5-mile bridle path through scenic and varied terrain beginning at the Park Circle entrance and continues alongside the Lake to the Long Meadow and the Midwood.