This weekend, the NY Post shined a light on a neighborhood that’s gotten a lot of attention around here this past year, Victorian Flatbush. We bet there’s not a hardcore brownstoner out there who hasn’t gazed at those photos of lush front yards, vast front porches and two-car driveways and had second-thoughts. Like many parts of Brooklyn with top-notch housing stock, prices have zoomed in the past decade: The article notes that a large Victorian house could have been picked up for under $250,000 ten years ago, now a run-down comparable will run you close to a million bucks–if you can find one. Mary Kay Gallagher notes that there’s only one house available in Prospect Park South–and a long waiting list of folks who want in. That may be over-dramatizing the situation a little: There have been several cases of overpriced houses sitting on the market for a while this year. Nonetheless, as more and more people hear about the ‘hood, it’s easy to imagine it continuing to grow in popularity.
Good Manors [NY Post]