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- New York Post
A $900K studio in Carrie Bradshaw's fictional townhouse has sold
A rare unit in Carrie Bradshaw's fictional Gramercy Park townhouse sold for $900,000, according to an eye-catching listing update on StreetEasy.
The garden-level studio faces Manhattan's ultra-exclusive Gramercy Park, where entry is restricted to the fortunate few who live around the park's perimeter. Residents of this particular co-op at 3 Gramercy Park West can further flaunt their address as the home of fictional sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw in HBO's 'And Just Like That.'
The third season of the buzzy 'Sex and the City' reboot premiered in late May. Viewers were greeted with the ever-fashionable Carrie, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, dashing in and out of her brand new Greek Revival-style pad.
8 Carrie Bradshaw leaves her new apartment at 3 Gramercy Park West in the third season of 'And Just Like That.'
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8 The real-life property is a seven-unit co-op with a coveted key to Gramercy Park.
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Carrie recently made a fresh start with her purchase in the luxurious Gramercy Park brownstone, having ditched her West Village one-bedroom in order to make room for her boyfriend Aidan, played by John Corbett.
The recently sold studio on the red brick building's garden floor, accessed by a set of stairs beside the main entrance, has all the pre-war charms one would expect of a Gramercy Park address. But there was one big, Carrie-like catch to the $900,000 sale: There's no kitchen.
Carrie's fictional home inside 3 Gramercy Park West is far more spacious than this real-life studio, but neither the character nor the co-op unit can cook a meal.
Carrie famously joked in 'Sex and the City' that she only used her oven for sweater storage. This studio did away with the kitchen altogether.
8 The garden-level studio is accessed by a stairway to the right of the main entrance.
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8 In addition to park views, the studio boasts neat pocket shutters, high ceilings, wide plank floors and four closets.
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8 While the next owner will have to install a new kitchen, the studio's bathroom is ready to go.
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Core broker Emily Beare, who represented the sellers, told The Post that the studio's $900,000 sales price reflected the missing amenity.
The sellers, identified in city records as Kathryn and Milos Brajovic, bought the studio unit for the exact same price in early 2020. The family also owns a larger parlor-floor unit just above the studio.
Milos Brajovic co-founded the Dallas-based studio Lantern Entertainment, formed from a 2018 acquisition of the Weinstein Company, which included control of famous films like 'Django Unchained' and 'Silver Linings Playbook.'
The sellers had plans to connect their two units, Beare said, but ultimately reversed course. They decided to part with the studio, but not before tearing out the kitchen.
'He was either going to put a kitchen back in, or the new owner could do it on their own,' Beare said. 'That's why it's sold at the same price.'
8 Carrie, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, upgraded from her one-bedroom pad to a massive Gramercy Park apartment.
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8 The 'AJLT' fashionista purchased the pad to make room for her life with boyfriend Aidan.
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Considering the prime location, however, Beare called the $900,000 price tag 'a very good price for a studio without a kitchen.'
The studio boasts pre-war bones and classic proportions, with neat pocket shutters and high ceilings. The floors were recently upgraded to wide-plank wood, according to Beare.
'It wasn't an easy decision [to sell], because these types of properties don't come up very often,' Beare said. 'They're really special.'
The buyer, whose identity could not be determined, closed on the studio last week for $900,000, Beare confirmed.
'The first time they came, they just loved it,' she said.
8 Carrie's fictional home at 3 Gramercy Park West is far more spacious than the $900,000 studio that just sold there.
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The unit garnered a lot of interest, Beare said. 'And Just Like That' understandably came up in most conversations. The address, however, lacks the real-life drama of Carrie's fictional Perry Street brownstone apartment, the owner of which is famously fighting off photo-hungry 'SATC' fans who have climbed up the private stoop for Instagram moments for years.
Less foot traffic and the presence of a gate outside the 179-year-old Gramercy Park building prevents that kind of friction, Beare said, but the spot is still popular.
'We always see people coming and taking pictures, but you don't have crowds,' she said.
While the apartment lacks a kitchen, the new owner can still indulge their inner Carrie with an impressive four closets, allowing for maximum Manolo Blahniks.
