HIGH-CLASS HIPSTER
Williamsburg’s new priciest rental is a ritzy $18K/month duplex
ich psters look ng to l ve n trendy W ll amsburg better start ount ng t e r penn es. Add ng a new level of pr ey to t e already yper-gentr - fied Brooklyn ne g bor ood, a four-bedroom pad n t e Oosten ondo bu ld ng just t t e market for a ool $18,500 per mont , mak ng t W ll amsburg’s most expens ve rental l st ng.
But t at sky- g pr e doesn’t make t ese 4,597-square-foot d gs t e pr est n t e boroug . T at onor goes to a s x-story, 6,192-square-foot town ouse at 16 Remsen St. n Brooklyn he g ts, w ame to market n De ember for $50,000 mont ly, StreetEasy s ows. And alt oug tony Man attan as a sto k of rentals pr ed n t e undreds of t ousands of dollars, t e m g ty $18,500 pr e for t s W ll amsburg rental st ll makes a b g mark. T e nabe’s prev ous t tle- older s a twostory dwell ng ns de a onverted 19t - entury fire ouse t at s ask ng $13,750 per mont — down from ts or g nal $15,000.
Full-year rental data for 2016 s not yet ava lable, but t e area’s med an ask ng rent n 2015 ame to $3,150, a ord ng to StreetEasy.
T e Oosten un t s a town ouse-style pad w t two floors and a ellar t at stands 25 feet w de. ce l ngs on t e ground floor rea 13 feet g , w le a ef ’s k t en w t a pantry looks out to a pr vate garden spa e w t a plunge pool.
Elsew ere, t ere’s a master su te w t en su te bat s and two losets. it also as a pr - vate entran e and d re t a -
ess to an en losed two- ar garage. T e Oosten, an amen ty- lad development des gned by r s ng Dut star P et Boon, as a ourtyard, two lobb es, a 24- our on erge, a lands aped rooftop w t a refle t on pool, a sepa- rate lap pool, a gym w t a spa, a lounge and a playroom for ldren. it’s lo ated sout of t e W ll amsburg Br dge at 429 Kent Ave.
Dan el hedaya and M - ael Kaufman of Plat num Management are market ng t s l st ng.