With private OUTDOOR SPACE + VIEWS + LIGHT, you'll be happy to spend time at home in a residence like 5L at 500 Fourth Avenue! Imagine waking up each morning to blue sky and city views for miles from this corner unit two bedroom two bath stunner located in one of Park Slope's few full service condominium buildings.
Sleek kitchen with full Viking appliance package, built in wine cooler and Calacatta marble counter. The oversized breakfast bar plus there's space for a dining table in the expansive, open living area. The living area is open and breezy with glass doors leading to the balcony, bringing the outside in. Imagine relaxing on your couch each evening while taking in the twinkling lights of the full city view or sipping tea on a crisp fall morning watching the sun rise over the city skyline from your balcony.
The bedrooms are split off the living area creating privacy within the home. Amazing light from two exposures in the spacious primary suite, in addition there's deep twin closets plus en suite bath with double sink, glass enclosed shower, soaking tub and limestone and marble tiles.
Way on the other side of the home you find the second bedroom with amazing views, a surprisingly wide closet, adjacent full bath marble tiles and another deep tub, plus a separate utility closet housing the washer/dryer. Rounding out the home are hardwood floors throughout and central AC.
500 Fourth Avenue is one of the most coveted buildings in the area with amenities including a 24-hour doorman; full time super and porter; attended on-site parking for lease; a large and fitness center; children's playroom; lounge w/ home-theater, kitchenette, and billiards all leading to a 2500+ SF landscaped common sundeck. Located just 2 blocks from F, R and G train lines and steps to all the world class landmarks, second-to-none shopping and restaurants that both Park Slope and Gowanus are known for. Easy stroll to Prospect Park.
Once a bustling place of industry, Gowanus has become a haven for artists of all kinds. Surrounded by Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, and Red Hook, Gowanus is an eclectic mix of trendy, posh, and grunge that's hard to find anywhere else in the city.
Gowanus, both the neighborhood and the canal that cuts through it, gets its name from a Carnarsee leader named Gauwane. Gowanus was the first settlement of the Dutch colony of New Netherlands, and was used as farmland as well as gristmills powered by the canal.
By the mid 1800's, Gowanus was a place of industry, sporting many factories and shipping services. This heavily polluted the canal, and gave Gowanus a less than desirable reputation for decades. After World War II, many of the factories and businesses left the neighborhood, and Gowanus fell into ruin.
Around the 1980's, the EPA allocated hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up the canal, which has gone rather well. This clean up project made…
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