Triangular building a tough sell

While the $959,000 asking price for 1 Maspeth Avenue — a 2,400-square-foot house in Williamsburg — might seem reasonable on the surface, Curbed has discovered a rare detail that has left it languishing on the market: its floorplan renders it virtually unusable. The home’s triangular layout makes it a prismatic head-scratcher for furniture layout, according to a tipster, and it has the price cuts to prove it. Although it was originally listed by Prudential Douglas Elliman for $1.2 million last November, it’s current asking price puts its price-per-square-foot at $399.