On Sale Now: An Unofficial Black Friday Bargain Hunt!
135 West 70th Street Penthouse BC;Â Listing photo Douglas Elliman.
Late November can be an anxious time for both buyers and sellers; unpleasant weather, family events and just plain seasonal shutdown mode can reduce the traffic at open houses to a trickle and get properties pulled off the market until after New Year’s Day or even springtime. Sellers may panic and prices get cut in the hopes of getting the deal done before year’s end; it’s a good time for intrepid buyers to stay in the game, though, because the competition factor is at a minimum.
After reading about Leo DiCaprio who, like Macy’s, Wal-Mart and Kohl’s, jumped the gun on the traditional discount day by price-chopping his haute-holistic Delos Living penthouse, we rounded up some stellar dwellings that received significant markdowns just in time for the popular post-Thanksgiving Day shop-a-thon. So if you’re on the hunt–or you’ve got a two-bed-two-bath-with-killer-views-sized stocking to fill–check out our list of sale merch of the real estate persuasion that–we hope–won’t require you to queue up at the crack of dawn.
135 West 70th Street Penthouse BC (seen above)
You won’t need to find a partridge or a pear tree (though there’s certainly room for an entire menagerie) if you give your true love this enormous 4+ bedroom Lincoln Square penthouse condo in the Pythian at 135 West 70th Street. There’s the potential of adding PHA to the package for a total of over 5,000 square feet with a huge planted terrace and Central Park views steps from Lincoln Center. Just slashed by $1 million for the Black Friday price of $11 million.
[Listing: 135 West 70th Street PHBC by Douglas Elliman]
 Listing photo: Corcoran
110 Duane Street Penthouse Pair (PH3S, PH3N)
If you’ve got twins on your list and you want to be fair, this Tribeca penthouse pair each offers a three-bedroom duplex covering 2,300 square feet with 1,100 square feet of landscaped terrace and a five-piece master bath and dressing area (batteries sold separately). Both sprawling duplexes are sale priced at $4.27 million (down $229k) and (down $649k) $4.35 million.
[Listing: 110 Duane Street PH3S, PH3NÂ by Corcoran]
Listing photo: Halstead Property
For the loft lover on your list: Sale priced at $3.95 million, this two-bedroom Greenwich Village penthouse loft condo boasts a custom gut renovation that covers everything from a wine fridge to mood lighting and a sound system on a great Village block near Union Square.
[Listing: 42 East 12th Street, #PHÂ by Halstead]
Listing photo: Corcoran
For the funky uncle or elegant, eccentric aunt with a holiday reputation to uphold, this cool and quirky loft condo is the perfect conversation-starter with seven rooms and live-work possibilities within its classic exposed brick walls with arched windows and 13-foot ceilings. You’ll also find: A fire pole, swimming pool lights, a carousel horse, a French weather vane, vintage doors and beams salvaged from old sailing ships living in harmony with Viking ovens, a Five Star range and a Subzero refrigerator in a prime West Village spot–with a price tag of $3.5 million (and a recent price chop of $300k).
[Listing: 719 Greenwich Street #1SÂ by Corcoran]
Listing photo: Douglas Elliman
Perfect for someone seeking an old-school East Side Manhattan classic, this three-bed, three-bath Sutton Place co-op has gracious elements like a 24-foot gallery foyer and a wood-burning fireplace, while its kitchen has high-end finishes and appliances for plenty of modern merriment. Black Friday sale priced at $2.15 million (down $200k).
[Listing: 350 East 57th Street #13AÂ by Douglas Elliman]
Listing photo: Douglas Elliman
This full-service pre-war gem is perfect for someone with Downtown style who loves Uptown convenience. Located on Greenwich Village‘s Fifth Avenue Gold Coast, this two-bedroom apartment offers great Central Village views, nine-foot ceilings, a custom closet and a flexible layout and enough creature comforts all through the house to get anyone astir. Pick it up at a $145k discount for $2.65 million.
[Listing: 15 West 11th Street #9BÂ by Douglas Elliman]
Listing photo: Douglas Elliman
Cross the diplomat who wants to be near the UN off your list with this serious bargain of a sunlit two-bedroom aerie in the Dag Hammarskjold condominium towers. The $1,047 square-foot Turtle Bay condo just got a $96k price chop to a relatively reasonable (and therefore seriously rare) $1.4Â million.
[Listing: 240 East 47th Street 9DÂ by Douglas Elliman]
Listing photo: Sotheby’s International Realty
Park Avenue style on sale? It’s a reality with this classically elegant three-bedroom Carnegie Hill apartment in a 13-story full-service 1926 co-op. This beauty is going for $6.1 million.
[Listing: 930 Park Avenue 9SÂ by Sotheby’s]
Listing photo: Corcoran
You won’t find this 4H at the state fair, but the one-bedroom co-op in a six-story full service building would certainly make a prize-winning stocking stuffer; perks include a roof deck with direct Hudson River views, an exquisite renovation, a gourmet kitchen, a limestone-encased wood-burning fireplace and a tranquil terrace in a coveted West Village location. This Black Friday find was just chopped $105k for a sale price of $1.095 million.
[Listing: 167 Perry Street #4HÂ by Corcoran]
Listing photo: Keller Williams
Over in the townhouse aisle, this Lincoln Square townhouse may be a few more Thanksgivings away from being a dream one-family home (it’s currently a six-unit building though it will be delivered vacant), but for a patient buyer it could be a great way to ring in the new year. The 4,300 square-foot turn-of-the-century dwelling is in a prime Upper West Side location, so at the Black Friday sale price of $5.6 million (a discount of $400k), it looks even more like a proper tree-topper.
[Listing: 257 West 70th Street by Keller Williams]
Listing photo: Corcoran
For the serious bargain shopper (and that’s before you even consider the low property taxes), this little three-story townhouse might be just a few houses away from the BQE, but it’s got plenty of brick townhouse cuteness, a turn-key a contemporary renovation and a Fort Greene address that has had shoppers in a frenzy lately.
[Listing: 69 Adelphi Street by Corcoran]
