Condos of the Day: 794 St. John's Place
A reader who lives a couple blocks away from the newly renovated and converted condo building at 794 St. John’s Place in Crown Heights stopped by the open house last weekend and sent us the following report: These places are actually pretty nice. The finishes aren’t trying too hard to be fancy but are edging…
A reader who lives a couple blocks away from the newly renovated and converted condo building at 794 St. John’s Place in Crown Heights stopped by the open house last weekend and sent us the following report:
These places are actually pretty nice. The finishes aren’t trying too hard to be fancy but are edging toward hip. But the unique thing about these is: the price. They are priced low enough that a young person, who is just starting out, might actually be able to afford one. They are all one bedrooms. The two bigger ones have underground rec rooms (with one dark window) and private outdoor space. Downside is this block is far from pristine and still needs a few more years of makeover. Upside is great train access: 2/3 is two short blocks away and the 5 during rush hour. Plus Franklin Avenue stop is only a 10-minute walk.
Has anyone else checked these places out? According to the agent at the open house, they are 50% sold.
794 St. John’s Place [Apartments & Lofts] GMAP P*Shark
Presenting these as viable options for young professionals is a great thought. This young professional lived quite happily in Crown Heights until I was mugged at knifepoint on Eastern Parkway. These Condos are indeed a great investment, but the neighborhood still has a LONG way to go. My money is better spent in Park Slope’s tiniest studio.
Guest 9:58-Great advice. Though it was not meant for me, thank you.
My typing is not crappy as ever, and I am not whining. I am just so upset about what is happening to my neighborhood.Therefore, I am typing erractly.Also, it is obvious that you are blind to your surroundings.
Crown Heights was horrible a few years back, and the cops did nothing about it. For years the community protested and marched agaisnt the crime here.For example last week the project kids from down the block decided to have a huge party behind my building.I live on the first floor, and I have a 22 month old baby, so I became very irate. I called 311 and put in several complaints. I also called the 77th precint several times, and they did not come over. My entire apartment was shaking from the vibrations from the speakers. So, as a concerned mother I am sick of calling the cops and walking down St Johns while people barbeque. Now that new residents moved a few blocks away the cops respond immediately.So I am not whining I just want to know why the cops don’t respond when I call.
Oh yeah did you forget how bad Franklin and Nostrand Ave were? Now its called Prospect Gardens,whereas a few years ago you could not even walk down those streets without being shot.
Sure you can’t afford to buy a home in Crown Heights at $35,000 a year. You’re going to have to make more money, or get a partner or mate, or move somewhere else and save money until you can buy in Crown Heights. That’s the way it is. This is NEW YORK CITY, not down south. Anything that’s worth having is difficult to acquire, especially here. Stop whining and figure out a way to get it done if you want to buy a home here so badly. You complain about street trash and how it wasn’t cleaned up until white folks showed up, but there’s still crime here and in other parts of the city. It’s an oversimplification – and an tired excuse – to say that crime and street people disappeared because white folks live here. I’m 44 actually, and when I was growing up here, neighborhoods all over had crime problems. Trust me, in many ways, things are a lot better now. Two more points: the only people who sit on my stoop are my wife, my son (when he’s home from school) and my dog. I don’t let bums on my property, pal. And, your typing is as crappy as ever.
First of all, I know how to type properly, and I am not blaming anyone for the issues going on in Brooklyn. If anyone read my post accurately,they would know Brooklyn is becoming unafforable for the average person. Maybe your are fourty five and make a salary in the six figures range.But, I just graduated from college and can not afford a home on a $35,000 salary.Times have changed, and no matter how you sliceitthe average college grad can not afford to rent or buy in Brooklyn. Especially, if one graduated with $20,000 dollars in loans.
Furthermore,did you forget the downtrodden and despicable Brooklyn of years ago?No!Why was Brooklyn allowed to remain a warfare zone for so long? Why don’t the 71st and 77nd precincts respond to noise compliants?
Why did all the drug dealers and crackheads on Troy Ave dissapear when more affluent, and yes white people move in?Before that for years we fought to get crime out of Brooklyn, and build up the community. So, why doesn’t anyone see the difference?
By the way maybe you are one of the brownstone owners in Crown Heights that have the ghetto mafia sitting on their stoop.Don’t you see the influx of people moving back down south who cann not afford a million dollar home? The average American can not afford a brownstone on a modest income.
Yes, brother. I’m black like you, from East New York. I graduated high school, took out some loans, worked my ass off, graduated from LIU, and saved and rented and saved and rented until I could buy my house in Crown Heights. I sure as hell didn’t move to Queens. Like you, I don’t like crackheads, ghetto trash who blast their music to 2am or people sitting on St Johns cooking like they are in a damn park. So I’m doing something about it. I made some money, bought a house here in Crown Heights (it can be done if you make it a priority) and I’m trying to make it nice for me and my family. I’m trying to be an example of someone I would respect. I’m not crying about the white man and yuppies, and I’m not being forced out. I’m ASSERTING myself as an intelligent man who can do as well for himself as anyone else can, black OR white. AND, I have a son in college, whom I also tell to GET IT TOGETHER when he types poorly.
It was 3am it the morning, do you have anything constructive to say?
3:03, recent college graduates should possess much better typing skills. Get it together.
I am so tried of people moving into “my” neighborhood and then change takes place. Like as soon as a few yuppies move to Crown Heights the cops clean up the crime. But when the churches and the people organized to get the crime out all thoughts fell on deaf ears. Do you know anything about Crown Heights? How dare one poster say its needs more “gentrification” what does that mean? Or maybe that means a sushi restaurant on Franklin and Dean on one side and crackheads and bums on the other.Who is the new Brooklyn for? I just graduated college and in’t en afford these crazy prices for the hood? Are you kidding me?I don’t mean to place a race card oyt there but it bothers me. Brooklyn was so deprived and cracked out, and the few blacks like myself had to move ou to Queens, Hollis and Springfield Gardens just to get a quality of life.Whites were scared to move into Brooklyn, yet now crackheads and bums don’t scare them anymore.Guess why because as some have stated in 5 years it will change, or gentifried.So, where will I be, on a modest income? Will I, like many others be pushed out of Brooklyn, back down south?How can anyone with a average income afford a million dollar condo? Trust me I don’t like the crackheads, and ghetto trash who blast their music to 2am or people sitting on St Johns cooking like they are in a damn park. But, why does change only come when more affluent or yuppies move in?
Haven’t seen the apartment. If I were interested in seeing the place, I’d be turned off by the fact that it’s on a two-way street!
Gary