It’s not a home, it’s homely.
The butchered Greenpoint church-turned-condo that menacingly overlooks Msgr. McGolrick Park simply hit the rental market — and with a pricetag that’s solely additional enraging its pissed off neighbors.
The seven models contained in the blinding white Russell Avenue constructing are being marketed for an eye-watering minimal month-to-month lease of $7,500 — and as excessive as $12,500 monthly, in line with a collection of listings posted on Monday.
The dear residences — that characteristic “exceptional tall ceilings” and “model new intestine renovations” — already had locals fuming over the summer time when callous builders stripped away the beloved church’s regal façade and turned it right into a soulless eyesore.
The brutal renovation additionally inexplicably positioned an off-center window above the entrance doorways.
“Witness the Grand Opening of a intestine renovated as soon as a church — rethought right into a luxurious residing complicated with format so beneficiant the NY city has by no means seen,” a typo-riddled RentHop itemizing for one of many models states.
The listings supply an inside take a look at the previous Park Church Co-op, which neighbors spent years desperately attempting to avoid wasting earlier than it was offered off to Dutch social media influencer Sara Rottenberg and Brooklyn-based GW Russell LLC for $4.7 million.
The seven models all sport the trendy millennial blandness that has develop into synonymous with the newer builds scattered all through town.
The majestic attraction that the church boasted is now formally gone.
The most costly unit within the constructing — at an eye-popping $12,500 monthly — options 4 bedrooms and a pair of.5 loos. It is usually certainly one of simply two models to have yard entry.
However to not fear, the renter can get one month free in the event that they signal an 18-month lease.
One other unit at a barely cooler $11,300-per-month incorporates a sprawling 3,000-square-foot area with 5 bedrooms throughout a number of ranges.
The most affordable unit up for grabs is a two-bed, two-bath priced at $7,500.
The typical lease in Greenpoint in 2025 is round $4,698, in line with knowledge collected by StreetEasy.
When reached by The Put up Tuesday, a confrontational consultant from Tri Boro Realty couldn’t clarify what warranted the hefty worth tags, merely insisting, “it’s a good market.”
“These are the costs we have now and people are the costs that we’re posting them for. These are wonderful models, tremendous high-end residences and people are the costs that got to us,” a realtor, who declined to share his identify, stated.
Nonetheless, regardless of the dearth of attraction, there seems to be demand to stay within the reworked church.
All of the posted listings have been flagged as “leased/expired” lower than 24 hours after they have been shared.
Tri Boro Realty couldn’t affirm if all had been snagged, however claimed the listings have been nonetheless public, regardless of them not showing in a common search.
Neighbors theorized on social media that the listings have been being taken down after receiving an inflow of ire from disgusted Greenpointers.
“[The agent] is deleting all of the itemizing —– I believe she’s getting hate too,” one particular person stated on Reddit.
One other indicated they have been laughing at “these costs.”
“What a literary steal,” stated one other.
Greenpointers have been up in arms over the property for the reason that beloved church was offered final yr, however their anger reached new heights this summer time when the development fencing dropped — revealing that the gorgeous stained-glass archway was eliminated, the ornate stairway demolished, and the complete face of the brick constructing painted over with muted white paint.
“It’s a must to be a horrible architect to do that. They don’t have any respect for something aside from cash. That is so low-cost, it’s the straightforward method out. It’s all about cash,” one neighbor, an architect by commerce, advised The Put up.
