The seven units inside the blinding white Russell Street building are being advertised for an eye-watering minimum monthly rent of $7,500 \u2014 and as high as $12,500 per month, according to a series of listings posted on Monday.<\/p>\n
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Greenpoint neighbors have fumed for months about the church-turned-condo on Russell Street. Katherine Donlevy<\/p>\n
The pricey apartments \u2014 that feature \u201cunheard of tall ceilings\u201d and \u201cbrand new gut renovations\u201d \u2014 already had locals fuming over the summer when callous developers stripped away the beloved church\u2019s regal fa\u00e7ade and turned it into a soulless eyesore.<\/p>\n
The brutal renovation also inexplicably placed an off-center window above the front doors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWitness the Grand Opening of a gut renovated once a church \u2014 rethought into a luxury living complex with layout so generous the New York city has never seen,\u201d a typo-riddled RentHop listing<\/a> for one of the units states.<\/p>\n The listings offer an inside look at the former Park Church Co-op, which neighbors spent years desperately trying to save before it was sold off to Dutch social media influencer Sara Rottenberg and Brooklyn-based GW Russell LLC for $4.7 million.<\/p>\n The seven units all sport the modern millennial blandness that has become synonymous with the newer builds scattered throughout the city.<\/p>\n The majestic charm that the church boasted is now officially gone.<\/p>\n The most expensive unit in the building \u2014 at an eye-popping $12,500 per month \u2014 features four bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. It is also one of just two units to have backyard access.<\/p>\n But not to worry, the renter can get one month free if they sign an 18-month lease.<\/p>\n Another unit at a slightly cooler $11,300-per-month <\/a>features a sprawling 3,000-square-foot space with five bedrooms across multiple levels.<\/p>\n The cheapest unit up for grabs is a two-bed, two-bath priced at $7,500.<\/p>\n The average rent in Greenpoint in 2025 is around $4,698, according to data collected by StreetEasy.<\/a><\/p>\n When reached by The Post Tuesday, a confrontational representative from Tri Boro Realty could not explain what warranted the hefty price tags, simply insisting, \u201cit\u2019s a fair market.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThose are the prices we have and those are the prices that we\u2019re posting them for. Those are amazing units, super high-end apartments and those are the prices that were given to us,\u201d a realtor, who declined to share his name, said.<\/p>\n Still, despite the lack of charm, there appears to be demand to live in the remodeled church.<\/p>\n All of the posted listings have been flagged as \u201cleased\/expired\u201d less than 24 hours after they were shared.<\/p>\n Tri Boro Realty could not confirm if all had been snagged, but claimed the listings were still public, despite them no longer appearing in a general search.<\/p>\n Neighbors theorized on social media that the listings were being taken down after receiving an influx of ire from disgusted Greenpointers.<\/p>\n \u201c[The agent] is deleting all the listing \u2014\u2013 I think she\u2019s getting hate too,\u201d one person said on Reddit.<\/a><\/p>\n Another indicated they were laughing at \u201cthese prices.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a literal steal,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n Greenpointers have been up in arms over the property since the beloved church was sold last year, but their anger reached new heights this summer when the construction fencing dropped \u2014 revealing that the stunning stained-glass archway was removed, the ornate stairway demolished, and the entire face of the brick building painted over with muted white paint.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to be a horrible architect to do this. They have no respect for anything except for money. This is so cheap, it\u2019s the easy way out. It\u2019s all about money,\u201d one neighbor, an architect by trade, told The Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not a house, it\u2019s homely. The butchered Greenpoint church-turned-condo that menacingly overlooks Msgr. 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The most expensive unit in the former church is going for $12,500 per month. Google Maps<\/p>\n