Centre Island Home , Estate of the Day
We received a hot tip that this castle-like waterfront home in Centre Island, New York which was recently put on the market just might be the home of Billy Joel. Joel bought his home in 2002 for $22 million and was married there in 2004. This estate has 1550 feet of waterfront. The large 14,000 square foot main house is definitely Piano Man-worthy (note the elegant grand piano. The estate also include a three bedroom, 2 1/2 bath guest cottage and three bedroom, three bath beach house. Other features include indoor and outdoor pools, tennis court and a bowling alley. It is listed at $37.5 million by Daniel Gale. After the jump, I'm in a New York state of mind.
[Thanks, Pat]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DJ Sep 27th 2006 2:41PM
"I guess it would be large enough for a weekend house, but I just can't see it working out as a primary residence" .....Yours truly, Jerry Seinfeld
Mike B Sep 27th 2006 3:59PM
534 Centre Island Rd, Oyster Bay, NY 11771. Taxes were $102,217.29 last year. Wow.
http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/mynassauproperty/description.jsp?txtSection=28&txtBlock=A&txtLot=1&txtSuffix=&txtBldg=&txtCondo=
Mike B Sep 27th 2006 4:10PM
Actually, upon closer inspection it seems to be 502 Centre Island.. taxes last year being $184,513.11
Denigod Sep 27th 2006 4:59PM
So, the copper pots in the kitchen, hanging from the pot rack dangling from the ceiling. . . how is the cook supposed to reach those?
pat Sep 27th 2006 5:36PM
so any guesses where he may be moving? don't know of any grander estate on the north shore thats on the water. my guess is someplace a little more east.
Sam Sep 28th 2006 10:05AM
^^^^ Well, a while back there was a $60 million Lloyd Neck estate w/ 2 helipads featured on this site. Taxes $194,985. It's completely absurd and listed on danielgale.com if you want to take a peep. Maybe he'll move there!
Matt Engel Sep 29th 2006 4:35PM
I loved the Jerry Seinfeld Reference!!! I wonder if he's still a little sore about buying Billy's house with the view of the nude beach... Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Cheers!
Spectacular Bid Oct 2nd 2006 10:52PM
A few years ago it was reported in The NYPost or Newsday that Billy had a strong interest in "Salutation". The private 24-acre West Island estate in Glen Cove was built in the 1920's for Junius Spencer Morgan, JP Morgan's son. The Morgan family parted with the estate in 1976, but with many restrictions preventing development of the island.
The beautiful stone Elizabethan manor house facing LI Sound was designed by society architect George Bullard. While exceedingly private most of the public has seen it before: it was used in the 1995 remake of the movie Sabrina (Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond) and it also was seen briefly in the 1998 film, A Perfect Murder, as Gwyneth Paltrow's parent's home.
The property was last sold in late 1998 for just under $10 million. Speculation a few years ago when Billy was rumored to be in talks with the owner (as I recall a wealthy older woman whose late husband made a fortune in investment banking) was that she'd part with the whole island, manor house, other cottages, et al for a price in the $35 million area which was almost unheard of at the time. Today one can only imagine that in the era of $100 million home the price to buy could have risen to well around $50 - 60 million or more.
From Google maps the aforementioned property:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=West+Island,+Glen+Cove+NY&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=40.892737,-73.63831&spn=0.005401,0.009431&t=h&om=1