609 161st Street, Whitestone, NY 11357
$1,650,000 · 6 bed · 5 bath · 2,472 sq ft · built 1924 · MLS# 1024544 · Active
Welcome to this beautifully maintained detached Center Hall Colonial located in the desirable Beechhurst section of Whitestone. This spacious home offers 6 bedrooms and 5 full bathrooms, featuring a bright living room, a formal dining room, and an updated eat-in kitchen with quality cabinetry and modern appliances. Hardwood floors, central air conditioning, and abundant natural light enhance the home's inviting interior. The fully finished basement provides flexible space for recreation, a home office, fitness, or additional storage. Situated on an approximately 6,200 sq. ft. lot, the property also includes private…
Single-family homes in ZIP 11357 sold for a median of $1,150,000 (typically $1,000,000–$1,380,000) across 142 recorded sales between Oct 6, 2025 and Sep 30, 2026, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. This home's $1,650,000 list price sits in the upper single-family tier for ZIP 11357.
ZIP 11357 has about 6 months of single family inventory — balanced market. Supply and demand are roughly even, so buyers and sellers share leverage with fair, predictable pricing.
At about $12,798 a year, this home's property tax runs roughly 42% above the $9,000 typical for ZIP 11357. Exemptions such as STAR, Senior or Veteran change what is actually billed, so a new owner's bill is often not the same as the seller's.
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Whitestone Market Trend
Over the past 2 years, Whitestone's median sale price has been uneven, swinging between $400K and $1.18M from month to month — more a sign of a thin or mixed market than a steady, single-direction trend. The latest months have brought some easing, though prices still sit above their earlier levels in the period. Recently, homes have been selling in about 92 days. Part of why that median has moved unevenly month to month is mix shift — which property types happen to sell. The roughly $955K blended median combines very different types, so a stretch heavy on multi-family (2-4 family) (around $1.5M) versus one heavy on co-ops (around $370K) can swing the all-types figure on its own, independent of any change in value. Of 674 recent sales, single-family made up the largest share at about 47% with a median near $1.15M, co-ops about 37% near $370K, multi-family (2-4 family) about 13% near $1.5M. Because co-ops, though not the most common, is priced far enough from the rest to pull the blend down, the blended figure tends to sit below the single-family median rather than above it — so a typical single-family house has tended to sell closer to $1.15M, roughly $195K over the headline number, even though the higher-priced multi-family (2-4 family) in the mix pull the other way but at about 13% are too small a share to offset that drag. These are past medians, not predictions or guarantees, and individual properties vary widely; anyone weighing a specific property should review current comparable sales for that property type.
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