Want To Rent A Penthouse At The Oceana? $6,500 A Month, Please

The owner of a penthouse unit in Brighton Beach’s Oceana condominium complex needed to market his ultra-expensive, super-luxurious fireplace-equipped “penthouse.” So he did what any high-baller would do – eschewed enlisting an agent, and placed a photo-less, typo-filled listing on the most elite real estate site he could find: Craigslist.

Here’s the description from the listing:

1800 square foot, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom, huge living room, kitchen, dining room, lots of closets, Luxury Penthouse apartment on the (top) 7th floor with 800 square foot terrace, overlooking the beach, renovated, Total 2600 square feet.

Apartment includes a Washer and dryer, dishwasher, fire place, 1 parking space included right by the front entrance. Oceana community has additional parking, 2 outdoor and 1 indoor swimming pools, gym, 24 hour security in entire Community

For more details or to see apartment, contact OWNER, MARK

At $6,500 (no fee!), it’s easily one the most expensive rental units in Southern Brooklyn. In fact, that’s roughly the median price for a standard two-bedroom rental in some of the most coveted areas in Manhattan, from SoHo to the Financial District. It’s nearly twice the price of the next most expensive rental we could find in Brighton Beach, also a three-bedroom, going for $3,500 a month.

Of course, there’s really no fair value comparison for a penthouse in the Oceana, locally. After all, where else will you find bathroom tiles and gilded couches designed by Versace? Heck, it could have historic value; possibly the penthouse previously occupied by an alleged Medicaid scammer? Be careful… you never know which alleged Oceana-landlord-slash-Medicaid-scammer we’re talking about.