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December 11, 2007
Rentals of the Day: Bed-Stuy No-Fees
Plenty of Bed-Stuy rentals advertised on Craigslist don't appear to cost a Mynt. Here are a few, clockwise from upper left:
1. Newly Reno'd 2 BR railroad, gas & electric incl. $1,400, Jefferson Ave. at Ralph
2. 2 BR + office w/ hardwood floors, private garden. $1,400, Greene Ave. at Throop
3. 1 BR, gut-renovated, walk-in closet. $1,100, 498 Jefferson Ave.
4. 3 BR duplex w/ hardwood floors, close to A train. $1,900, Decatur St. and Lewis
5. 2-bedroom in private house, new kitchen. $1,600. Pulaski St. at Marcy Ave.
These seem like OK deals?
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you get what you pay for
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 11:49 AM
these are nice.
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 11:58 AM
looks like $1500 is the avg for a 2 bedroom in ok condition. Not bad for a share
Posted by: MrHancock at December 11, 2007 11:59 AM
Love that one of the ads says: This is a Clinton Hill Replacement
Posted by: Park Place at December 11, 2007 12:04 PM
http://gentryornot.blogspot.com/2007/11/tribute-to-james-taylors-carolina-in-my.html
A song parody about Bed Stuy.
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 12:32 PM
What!!! these are nice - I thought there was no affordable housing in Brooklyn
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 12:37 PM
It's not bad for a share for some 20-something wanting to live in "the city", but it is far out of reach of the working men and women of Bed-Stuy. You have to make $60,000+ a year to afford one of these apartments.
So what are we saying is that civil servants, after years of loyal service, can only hope to afford a 2-bedroom apartment in BED STUY? Are we trying to insure that the middle class never can afford a home of sufficient size to raise a family?
Where, or where in this city can a developer actually build something that meets the needs of the people? If Bed Stuy, the most notorious ghetto in the United States, is not even ripe for higher density development, where do these people go?
Posted by: Polemicist at December 11, 2007 12:39 PM
"If Bed Stuy, the most notorious ghetto in the United States, is not even ripe for higher density development, where do these people go?"
What bullsh##t.
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 12:53 PM
richest ghetto in the world.... 1 million for a house... I grew up in a super ghetto
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 1:06 PM
""If Bed Stuy, the most notorious ghetto in the United States, is not even ripe for higher density development, where do these people go?""
Most notorious ghetto in the US?
Guess you've never been to North Philly, East LA, all of Detroit, Cabrini Greens. Hell, its not even the most notorious ghetto in NYC, or even Brooklyn!
You guys are such pussies.
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 2:06 PM
Thank god the trash of Bed-Stuy will now be priced out. No more Section 8 housing garbage.
If you lived in the 'hood for years, you could have bought a whole brownstone of less than $100K less than 10 years ago. Where were you then?
You poor financial planning is no one's problem but your own.
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 2:17 PM
Polem,
Should the brownstones be razed for some 60s-70s highrises? Is this your proposal?
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 3:16 PM
2:17, that's just absolute rot. It doesn't even make sense, not to even go into facts of homebuying, or what a dollar can buy.
If people here making over six figures can't save up to buy a house, how in the hell is someone below the poverty level supposed to?
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 3:50 PM
I make well into 6 figures so this is not me being jealous or anything.
What I really want someone to answer though, is seriously, how is someone who makes $50k or so a year suppose to live in the city? Where do you suggest they buy a place?
Many jobs will never pay much more than that. Even at $75k a year, without any bonus, it would be very difficult for someone to save much and purchase something at today's prices.
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 4:36 PM
"Many jobs will never pay much more than that. Even at $75k a year, without any bonus, it would be very difficult for someone to save much and purchase something at today's prices."
Yes. And where is it said that everyone has an inalienable right to OWN a house?
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 4:58 PM
You can buy a co-op or condo. Will it be in the center of everything? No. You buy what you can afford where you can afford. If htat means a longer commute, then so be it.
Stop crying!
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 5:10 PM
Hasn't NYC traditionally been about 60-70% renters?
Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 6:46 PM
people act like families have never crammed into tiny ass 1 bedrooms.
NYC has always been hard on poor people. Im sure none of them could buy their filthy apartments 80 years ago and they still cant now.
the only people really nostalgic for the old new york are middle class white kids from the suburbs who now cant sit around and do nothing in their gigantic cheap loft.
The poor people get shit on either way.
Posted by: Santa at December 11, 2007 8:43 PM
Merry Christmas, Santa
Posted by: guest at December 12, 2007 7:07 PM
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