OCEAN CITY — The Plaza 22 condominium at 2137 Asbury Ave. unit 19 is the perfect place to drop the bags and head out to experience everything the island has to offer.
Located in the popular Goldcoast section of America’s Greatest Family Resort, the 820-square-foot home with two bedrooms and two bathrooms is close to start of boardwalk at 23rd Street.
“The complex is in a wonderful, sought-after area with beautiful homes and is in close proximity to the boardwalk and Goldcoast beaches,” listing agent Stephen Hoffman said.
Ocean City is one of the most popular shore resorts on the East Coast, featuring an oceanfront boardwalk filled with hundreds of shopping, dining and entertainment venues, as well as miles and miles of pristine beaches.
A great location doesn’t only mean beachfront or bayfront on this 8-mile-long island — there are 10 distinct neighborhoods, each with its own characteristics.
The beach and boardwalk — 2.5 miles of oceanfront entertainment, restaurants, thrill rides and souvenir shops — get most of the attention in this seaside resort, but the island has much more to offer.
An award-winning downtown stretches from Sixth to 14th streets along Asbury Avenue and has expanded onto other nearby streets, offering more than 100 shops and cafes.
There’s also the popular watersports district around Third Street on Bay Avenue, where the brave can rent powerboats, go parasailing, join the crew of a pirate ship and take a kayak tour of the back bays. Private and party boat fishing tours are also available.
The Goldcoast, from 18th to 34th streets, is centrally located between the Northend starting at North Street and the Southend ending at 59th Street. It is highly residential but peppered with mom-and-pop shops and features some of the most amazing beachfront properties on the island.
Movie star and princess of Monaco Grace Kelly spent summers in the family’s Goldcoast home. It was built in 1929 on the corner of Wesley Avenue and 26th Street.
Plaza 22 is a mixed-use facility with businesses on the first floor and condominiums split between the first and second floors.
The area contains many popular businesses, such as Blitz’s Market, Uncle Bill’s Pancake House, Aunt Betty’s Ice Cream Shack and Nauti Donuts, so it’s easy to pick up a fantastic meal for breakfast, lunch or dinner, as well as after-dinner dessert, just steps from the door.
A set of steps rise from Asbury Avenue, close to the assigned parking space in the lot. A short walk down a hallway, where there are two common laundry rooms, two outdoor showers and a storage spot for a few beach chairs, leads out to a balcony overlooking the landscaped courtyard.
At the end, right up against 22nd Street, the main entrance opens into a great room filled with light. The corner location facing southwest provides sunlight throughout the day on three sides of the home.
The space includes a sitting room just inside the door, where a sofa, love seat and chair rest atop wall-to-wall carpeting. The home is being sold furnished and fully equipped, just turn the key.
Double windows provide abundant natural light off the sitting room and dining area, where a long glass table that seats six awaits hungry children back from a day at the beach beneath a chandelier.
The kitchen is along the back wall, where tile flooring makes for easy cleanup of any messes. Appliances include a four-burner range/oven with an exhaust hood, a dishwasher to the side of the deep porcelain sink, a refrigerator and countertop microwave. There’s also a pantry closet for storage.
Off the living room, the primary bedroom is to the right. The spacious room has wall-to-wall carpeting, a double window overlooking the balcony and a private entrance.
The primary bathroom has tile flooring and halfway up the walls, a porcelain tub with tiled walls and a curtain.
The second bedroom is to the left, with windows facing Asbury Avenue.
Between the bedrooms is the hall bathroom, with the same amenities as the primary bath.
The property is listed for $549,900 with Stephen Hoffman of Marr Agency. Call (609) 432-8891 or email smh@marragency.com for more information or to set up an appointment to see this wonderful home.
– By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff
