Former New York Jets star Curtis Martin might end up huddling up in a luxury Brooklyn apartment, after all.
We hear that Martin is now reconsidering a penthouse triplex at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, which he first looked at two years ago. When Martin first visited the $7.25 million pad, it was Brooklyn’s most expensive apartment. That title now goes to a $25 million clock-tower penthouse in DUMBO.
To test-drive One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Martin — a five-time Pro Bowl running back — will host a party to kick off the NFL’s opening weekend this Sunday in the building’s screening room. The “sky-house” Martin is looking at has seven bedrooms and four bathrooms in its 4,368 square feet. It features 360-degree views of the Manhattan and Brooklyn skylines.
But the building could still be a tough sell. Out of 438 units, only 30 percent are occupied. And that includes some renters. The developer, RAL, released some units for rentals last July.
Martin currently lives in Garden City, Long Island.
Weekenders at Bernie’s
Bernie Madoff’s Montauk beach house has at least four offers. And there are so many more interested buyers in the Ponzi putz’s $8.75 million listing that Corcoran Group broker Joan Hegner, who shares the listing with her husband, Raymond, is already having the busiest September of her life.
Osborne reborn
If there were Tony-like awards for the real estate world, the prize for “toniest co-op that hits all the right notes” might go to the 3,000-square-foot co-op that composer Adam Guettel, who won a Tony for “The Light in the Piazza,” has bought from clothing-store mogul Marcy Syms.
Guettel just closed on the residence for close to its $3.495 million asking price. The four-bedroom, 3½-bath, five-fireplace pad is at the Osborne building on West 57th Street.
Leonard Bernstein lived in the apartment while he wrote the music for “West Side Story.” He sold the trophy pad with 14½-foot ceilings to musician Bobby Short, who later sold it to Syms, whose company recently purchased Filene’s Basement. Syms restored the mahogany-rich home with integrity — even keeping pegs in the floors because they were built before nails were used — and brought its Tiffany glass-pane windows back to their original glory. Warburg Realty broker Katie Rosenberg could not be reached for comment.
Man about townhouse
Apollo Global’s Joseph Azrack has just purchased a grand, 6,250-square-foot townhouse at 24 W. 11th St. with a listing price of $14.9 million — down from $17.5 million last September. Maybe Azrack, whose firm specializes in real estate, is bullish on the market.
The townhouse, built in 1844, is just off Fifth Avenue and has been completely redone. The full-service home has condo-like perks, including a concierge, a remote door-answering service and building maintenance.
Listing broker Dolly Lenz of Prudential Douglas Elliman had no comment.