Carroll Gardens wasn't to bad unless you're in district 71 for some reason. Skip the long line in the hallway by the bake sale and go right to the info desk to the left to find your district.

Posted by: CGj at November 4, 2008 9:55 AM in response to Long Lines, Everywhere

comments got cut off, but I think you get the picture from my perspective...

Posted by: CGj at July 17, 2008 1:41 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 505 Court Street

I live in the building, moved in just over a year ago. I love my apt, on a high floor, great views, 8 foot windows, 12 foot ceilings, great lobby staff/porters/super. No neighbor noise at all due to thick concrete floors and I have no common walls with anyone.

I can see how people who expect new construction quality would be turned off, and a lot of the apartments we looked at either had strange floor plans or had obvious defects in workmanship and presentation that would turn people away. I was willing to overlook some of these workmanship flaws and think I got one of the better apartments in the building for the square-footage I wanted. (I will be replacing floors and cleaning up cosmetic issues at some point). No in-suite bath, no central air, no sub-zero fridge. I don't need those.

I do not face the BQE which is not right across the street as some may think, so I do not hear it. I do hear the F train with my windows open. With windows closed, you can ever-so-slightly hear it if you have no radio or TV on and you're trying to hear it. So would anyone living south of 4th place. It's just background noise now, especially if I open windows slightly or in rooms I am not occupying. I sleep with windows open in other rooms and it's not an issue at all.

This is a city, so if it's not the F train, it's a bus stop, or a highway, or a Fire House or a quiet tree lined block that becomes a shortcut to the highway for 3 hours during rush hour, or you're paying an extra $150/sqft for that perfect perfect apartment.

I know this building is a favorite punching bag for curbed and

Posted by: CGj at July 17, 2008 1:33 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 505 Court Street