Something is fishy here. This is a three-unit, four-story home which despite its current craptacular appearance probably retains much salvageable historic detail inside and out. The tax rolls say, incredibly (I mean that literally), that the building is over nine thousand square feet, but if you multiply the building footprint of roughly 1000sqft by the number of floors you get roughly 4000 — which is still gigantic. Furthermore, Bushwick Avenue is the neighborhood’s main drag for architecture buffs who like to see the way the wealthy once lived in these parts — no endless Matthews flats here — and while it’s currently rather rough, it’s close to the train and in the future may be a historic area. To cap it all off, the place is inhabited, meaning it isn’t likely to be a complete disaster inside. All this for the price of a condo a few blocks over.

1246 Bushwick Avenue | $269,500
9653sqft (tax rolls) | 20ft-wide | 3-family, 3ba | frame (?)
Halsey J