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A fi ne Finnish in Borough Park
Two-bedroom, 1923-built co-op listed for $495K
Corcoran
The facade of 4313
Ninth Ave.
BUS INES S , B ROOKLYN S T Y LE
When you’ve got 90 years of
experience, you know how to
throw awesome parties.
Their grandparents may have
started Sirico’s Catering, but two
cousins, Hercules and Jim Sirico,
are the ones that keep these parties
going every night.
A bit overwhelmed with all to
be done? Your life just got easier
because everything you need is
coordinated by Sirico’s in-house
wedding planner who directs the
process.
Ceremony: Want to get married
here? Say the word, and the
planner will say, “I do.”
Food: They get it. It’s got to
be good. With customized menus
for every taste and budget, it will
be. Guests enjoy drinks and food
in a separate room for the cocktail
hour, then make their way to
another for dinner and dancing.
Of course, there’s a lovely bridal
suite for the bridal party.
Music: The house DJ is
young, hip, gets the party
started, and keeps it moving all
night long.
Pictures: Photos and videos
will be treasured for a lifetime, so
Sirico’s works with proven photographers
and videographers
who make sure special moments
are captured. The beautiful gardens
and active fireplace in the
lobby make perfect backdrops.
Decorations: Lighting sets
the mood and atmosphere, so
color-coordinate your event with
an LED lighting package. It can
match your wedding colors. Or,
reach for the stars with specialized
effects that include an image
of a bright blue sky. Sirico’s
has it all covered with chair
draperies and sashes, too.
Busy moms can relax because
Sirico’s party planner has
your back.
Your daughter’s party starts
in the Entourage Room where
the guest of honor can wait with
friends before the introductions
begin.
Tropical Bar: Say aloha
to the place where teens enjoy
drinks that include virgin pina
coladas, strawberry daiquiris,
and frozen sensations.
Food: A buffet loaded with
fun food, customize designed to
taste. Among the offerings: taco
stations, a mashed potato bar,
and sliders. For dessert, there’s
an ice cream sundae bar, candy
tables, and Sirico’s famous chocolate
fountain.
Decorations: Select from inhouse
designs and decorations,
tailored to teens. Balloon center
pieces are always a hit.
Every special occasion calls
for unique needs, and Sirico’s accommodates
them all. Whether
it’s an anniversary, retirement,
Communion, Confirmation, corporate
event, or other special occasion,
Sirico’s is the place to be.
There are party rooms that
can accommodate up to 100, 200,
and 300 people.
Valet parking and a parking
lot make it convenient for all
guests.
Let’s get this party started.
Sirico’s Caterer’s 8023 13th Ave.
between 80th and 81st streets in
Dyker Heights, (718) 331–2900, www.
siricos.net. Open Tuesdays through
Sundays, from 1:30 to 9:30 pm.
Now on
FROM THE PAGES OF BROWNSTONER.COM
Stephen Zacks
Brownstoner
This nicely updated, twobedroom
co-op apartment is
one of the original two dozen
or so Brooklyn housing cooperatives
built by Finnish
immigrants in the early 20th
century.
Large numbers of Finnish
migrated to the U.S. from the
1890s on, during a period when
the Russian czar was attempting
to colonize the Duchy with
Russian inhabitants. Though
the residents of the co-ops
would have been workers, the
Finnish co-ops — unlike the
Amalgamated Dwellings and
other worker cooperatives on
the Lower East Side built in the
1930s — were built by ethnic
associations rather than anarchist
and worker’s unions.
Located at 4313 Ninth Ave.
ceived as inexpensive housing
for workers.
The entrance is framed by a
grandiose gated entrance with
an arched sunburst iron gate
above, a neo-Classical pedimented
door frame with columns,
and an arched brick cornice
above. Inside, apartment
3D is an attractive two-bedroom
with a breakfast bar opening
to a combined living and
dining room, which has nice
suspended built-in wood shelving
along one wall.
The French doors to one
of the bedrooms are consistent
with typical designs of
the period, which offered an
option to use one of the bedrooms
as a regular living or
dining room. The apartment
has windows on three exposures
— a common feature in
apartment buildings then —
and every room but the foyer
has a window.
The vintage white-tiled
bathroom is in seemingly excellent
repair, with a pedestal
sink and an opaque glass-paneled
door.
Finnish co-ops are known
for their low maintenance and
high down-payment requirements,
as high as 90 or 100 percent.
The low maintenance tradition
continues in this case,
with this apartment’s share
set at $554 a month, but the
co-op has relaxed its financing
rules and allows 10 percent
down.
Listed by Peter Bracichowicz
of Corcoran, it’s showing
at an open house on March 9.
The unit last sold in 2015 for
$420,000, according to public
records. Now it’s asking
$495,000. A good deal?
in Borough Park, the 30-unit
walk-up was built in 1923 by
Broadview Associates Inc. and,
like some other cooperatives
of the era, was originally con-
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