"the block it is on sucks"

Biff, I understand that THAL got under your skin a little, but to use words like "horrific" and "sucks" about a block where lots of people chose to make their home is really uncool, dude.

Posted by: 11201 at June 25, 2009 3:35 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 110 Livingston Street, #6W

Biff, how can you say there's "nothing in the immediate vicinity"?

Agreed that block itself is utterly charmless, but it's also one block to Brooklyn Heights proper, two blocks to just about every single train line, three blocks to Boerum Hill, and four blocks from Montague Street, Cobble Hill, Atlantic Ave (Trader Joe's!), and the restaurants on Smith.

It isn't a lovely brownstone street, but it's probably much more convenient than anything in Brooklyn Heights.

Jasonliu, you can poopoo the block all you want (and I tend to agree), but one block does not a neighborhood make. Expand the definition of "neighborhood" slightly to, say, a five block radius and let us know if you still think the neighborhood stinks.

Posted by: 11201 at June 25, 2009 2:39 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 110 Livingston Street, #6W

For a Gene Kaufman, this is actually not terrible. It might possibly be the best thing he's ever done.

Posted by: 11201 at June 4, 2009 2:44 PM in response to Development Watch: Aloft/Sheraton in High Gear

Walking down Nostrand and Fulton Mall always brings to mind that old Ice Cube song "Us":

"Us will always sing the blues, cause all we care about is hairstyles and tennis shoes"

Posted by: 11201 at May 5, 2009 1:13 PM in response to Nostrand Ave: Many Hair Salons, No Cafés

Great news. This corner has been a dead zone for far too long.

Posted by: 11201 at January 21, 2009 4:37 PM in response to Development Watch: 238 Atlantic Avenue

YngPlnr--

It's an HDR photo. Multiple exposures of the same shot. Pretty easy to do if you have a tripod and Photoshop.

Posted by: 11201 at January 21, 2009 12:28 PM in response to Wednesday Links

"brooklyn is a gigantic small townish type suburb, not a city proper with sky scrapers and stuff."

Completely disagree.

By your definition, Paris is less of a city than Atlanta or Houston.

Posted by: 11201 at January 21, 2009 12:18 PM in response to Last Week's Biggest Sales

Hey SnarkSlope,

I lived in Atlanta for three years--how familiar with the city are you?

The article clearly states that they live in the suburb of LOGANVILLE. Yes, the city of Atlanta is largely black, but no one considers Loganville, a suburb 50 miles outside the city limits, a part of Atlanta (city).

Loganville (again, where the family Merritts live) is 92% white.

Research poorly much, SnarkSlope?

Posted by: 11201 at December 22, 2008 1:24 PM in response to Atlanta All The Way

White and overweight. They'll fit right in.

Posted by: 11201 at December 22, 2008 12:49 PM in response to Atlanta All The Way

Snarkslope, if you have good credit and 20% down, you can get a 30 year fixed for 6% flat with no points, making your monthly nut on 9G $3097 a month before the tax benefit. Not a huge difference, but every little bit counts, right?

Considering you'll pay that much *in rent* for a similarly sized one bedroom in the area, I could see how the numbers could make sense for a lot of people.

Here's a link to some past rentals for comparison:

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/building/110-livingston-street-brooklyn

Posted by: 11201 at October 6, 2008 8:00 PM in response to Price Cuts at Be@Schermerhorn

THAL wrote:

"BH76, 53 Boerum is in a great location with great access to subway and B-Heights, Court and Smith street. The Be@Scher is in a pain in the ass area but building looks ok. I like 53 Boerums location much better."

Let's see...Be@Scher is closer to all the subway lines and is further from the jail than 53 Boerum. Odd that you think that constitutes a "pain in the ass area", especially when the two buildings are a only a couple of blocks apart.

I suspect you're either a broker with a 53 Boerum listing or a rather defensive owner.

Posted by: 11201 at October 6, 2008 12:56 PM in response to Price Cuts at Be@Schermerhorn

I had one installed in a closet. Stashed my printer, modem, and router in there.

Posted by: 11201 at August 27, 2008 5:11 AM in response to Need to add an outlet - Any electrician recommendations?

Assclown,

It'd be easier to ignore your clusterfuck of garbage "posts" if they were of reasonable length instead of the long, useless cut-and-paste jobs of random articles that have nothing to do with the topic at hand.

Not only are you a misinformed mental midget, you're a tool and a pathetic joke.

Enjoy your sad life.

Posted by: 11201 at August 6, 2008 1:09 PM in response to Avalon Myrtle Hit With Stop Work Order

Mr. B,

Can we PLEASE get an "ignore user" function (or better yet, could you just ban the What? I'm really sick of reading "fucktard" and "asshat" before lunch.

Thanks.

Posted by: 11201 at August 6, 2008 11:29 AM in response to Avalon Myrtle Hit With Stop Work Order

I'm not expecting the Burj Al Arab, but it's certainly upscale (note that I never wrote luxurious)--especially for the Downtown Brooklyn area, as 11217 pointed out.

BH76, have you stayed at Cambria Suites Hotel?

Posted by: 11201 at August 4, 2008 3:47 PM in response to DOB Green-Lights Cambria Suites Hotel on Schermerhorn

I doubt anyone at 110 Livingston bought a unit facing the inner courtyard expecting light and views.

Anyway, isn't it vastly preferably to have an upscale hotel next door to your apartment rather than a parking lot surrounded by barb wire?

Posted by: 11201 at August 4, 2008 2:15 PM in response to DOB Green-Lights Cambria Suites Hotel on Schermerhorn

Not a bad development at all, and on a block that really needs it.

I'm curious to see how well (or how poorly) the units sell given the current economic malaise. I'm hoping they make out alright--hopefully, more residents will translate into more shops and services for the immediate area.

Although it's probably going to be cheaper than either the Toren or Oro, the location is head and shoulders above anything on that stretch of Flatbush.

Posted by: 11201 at July 28, 2008 3:54 PM in response to Be@Schermerhorn Website Fleshed Out, Still No Pricing

A huge improvement over the previous occupant (Samurai Sam's).

Welcome news, although I'll still probably end up waiting in line at Uncle Louie G's a few blocks away.

Posted by: 11201 at July 16, 2008 3:01 PM in response to StreetLevel: Yogo Monster Coming to Court