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This weekend’s “Living In…[X Neighborhood]” feature in The Times was about Bay Ridge, and it had a few interesting details about the neighborhood’s real estate scene, like the mention of a woman who owns a “three-bedroom limestone row house that cost $46,800 in 1969 but that she estimates might bring $850,000 today.” The article also says real estate values in the neighborhood have weathered the downturn relatively well: “demand has remained strong through the slump of the last few years. Last year, 76 single-family homes sold, at an average of $812,000; at the peak, in 2007, 99 sold, at an average of $841,000, city data show.” Possible reasons for this include that there wasn’t a glut of condo development during the boom years because of zoning restrictions and because “Bay Ridge never really had a fallow period in the 1970s, like other parts of Brooklyn, brokers say, because there was never an exodus of families.”
You’ll Notice There’s a Bridge [NY Times]
Photo by Violette79.


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  1. I’m not saying it is the best commute in the world, but it is not as bad as some people think. I walk 3 blocks and an avenue and a half to the 86th St. station and work in midtown – Rockefeller Center. It took me 45 minutes from the time I left my house until the time I walked into my building this morning. I transfer to the N at 59th St if it is there, or wait for the D at 36th St. It could take a few minutes longer if I have to wait for the trains, but once you get into your routine you know when the R train will pull in (yes – it really is on a schedule) and try to time it. As far as the neighborhood, we love it. We looked in Park Slope, Cobble Hill, etc., but decided to come out here primarily for the space & the decent schools, and the extra few minutes on the train lets me catch up on some reading.

  2. I lived after after 2004 when the N express could be picked up at 59th street. But I endured long waits at that stop at all times other than non-peak commuting times, either waiting for the N to Manhattan after getting off the R, or waiting for the R to go home after getting off the N. As for skipping the R and just getting on the express, if one’s prospective apt or house is close to 59th street it’s not the nicest part of Bay Ridge.

  3. I also live on a a street with very few curb cuts. Its no worse than the parking in Park Slope. And actually I found parking in PS worse than in Bay Ridge. It depends on your block. And the commute again depends on where you live.

    If you lived here before 2004 when the N did not go express to 59th st. your commute was probably hell. But now we have express so to me its not that bad.