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Sale at 240 Riverside Boulevard #3A

Started by DCNYC
over 15 years ago
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Member since: Mar 2011
If the owner bought this unit in 2008 would the apartment be worth 15% less in today's market? You can hear amtrak pass under the apartment 7 times a day, is there a discount for that or is that just another city noise that you have to deal with? Would be moving here from the burbs with my family. Trying to figure out what is normal city noise and what is not.
Response by Riversider
over 15 years ago
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You know for a fact the Amtrak is heard 7 times a day?

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Response by NWT
over 15 years ago
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There're at least ten Penn-Poughkeepsie trains per day, so must be as many in the other direction too.

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Response by srh530
over 15 years ago
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Member since: May 2009

I lived in that building for a year. You can't hear the trains, unless you're outside on a balcony. You can hear the highway traffic, which bothered my husband but not me. It's a great building/location, especially with kids.

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Response by Riversider
over 15 years ago
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So funny, they can engineer a building to filter out train noise, but not the cars.

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Response by 875gator
over 15 years ago
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Train is underground so I can understand why they could hear the car traffic and not the train.

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Response by Riversider
over 15 years ago
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Except it's the other way...

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Response by Riversider
over 15 years ago
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ignore that.

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Response by new2riverside
over 15 years ago
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Member since: Feb 2010

I live in the building and have not heard any train noise. I agree with srh the building/location is great.

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Response by spinnaker1
over 15 years ago
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I would think the wind noise would drown out everything.

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Response by bramstar
over 15 years ago
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Member since: May 2008

Just my $.02 but on such a low floor you WILL hear a ton of noise--including cell phone convos from pedestrians. Personally, I'd prefer to live on a higher floor. As for the value, IMO this unit does seem overpriced though I am not very familiar with the Trump buildings. Also, you cannot really gauge the current value based on what the unit sold for in '08. Remember, the market has actually strengthened in the past year or so. That said, it's very possible the previous owner overpaid. Do some comps research before making any offer.

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Response by KBL
over 15 years ago
Posts: 18
Member since: Dec 2008

I used to live on that building on the 3rd floor and EVERY TIME amtrak train goes by you do hear it on the 3rd floor. It is about 7-10 times a day.

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