Mets' Francisco Rodriguez buys Upper Brookville home

Tuesday August 25, 2009 5:56 PM By Valerie Kellogg

Photo credit: Permission Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty | Francisco Rodriguez just bought this home in Upper Brookville.

New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez just closed on an Upper Brookville home.

“K-Rod,” as Rodriguez is known, bought the six-bedroom, 6.5-bath center-hall Colonial Aug. 14, says listing agent Kathleen Pisani, associate broker and a manager at the Syosset/Muttontown office of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty.

He paid $2.3 million. The asking price had been $2.599 million.

The 2.21-acre property features separate guest quarters, a heated gunite pool, fruit trees and a bocce court. The house has a new kitchen. With a fountain on the front lawn, “the approach to the house is beautiful,” says Pisani, adding that the home is on a cul-de-sac.

Manhattan-based agent Judith Berke of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate represented Rodriguez with Matthew Korman of the Franklin Square. A spokeswoman for Prudential declined to comment.

“Real estate is on the upswing,” says Pisani, pointing out that six houses are now under contract in the Brookville area.

Permission Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

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