You should ask them both nicely. I asked my neighbor to move the sound system to the other side of the room. He moved it. It used to be right up against the wall and drove me crazy.

Posted by: Dora Chica at July 28, 2009 4:23 PM in response to TV Noise Through Wall

I don't know if it is so far off. I think they are going for an IKEA red hook kinda thing. They do after all want a parking lot which will attract people with cars. And they have all those condos buildings (toren, avalon(ugh!), catsimadis building) going up on flatbush with nowhere to shop. Dumbo people also complain there is nowhere to shop. The problem for the 10 minute thing from Fort gReene is that the BQE makes crossing over to flushing highly unattractive, it is a mental block walking i think i would rather go to the myrtle ave associated. But considering that the BQE is right there and there is an exit right there I assume they are trying to attract drivers... I hope they get that bikeway set up quickly because right now traffic there is calm, but it could get very busy...either way I will miss all those trees. To have a parking lot there and all those beautiful trees gone will be sad. They are a pocket of freshness. I hope it is a decent supermarket like a Whole Foods instead of Gristedes? Maybe they can ditch Gowanus and go Navy Yard?

Posted by: Dora Chica at July 10, 2009 4:34 PM in response to Navy Yard Kicks Off Supermarket RFP Process

A lot of SUVs in the neighborhood drive very fast

Posted by: Dora Chica at July 9, 2009 1:22 PM in response to Another Crash on Waverly

Massey Knakal can try to paint it whichever way he wants to make his sellers feel better. Supply constraint? Blah, blah, blah. Yo Knakal, financial jobs are evaporating in this city, how is that for a demand function...

Posted by: Dora Chica at January 28, 2009 12:04 PM in response to Knakal: Supply, Not Demand, the Problem This Time

FYI, statistically speaking most rapes happen in the morning, between 5 am and 9 am.

So if you are a woman, be particularly careful around these times.

Posted by: Dora Chica at January 23, 2009 11:41 AM in response to Sexual Attack on St. Felix Prompts Press Conference

I heard that the tenants made a deal with the landlord where they paid a lot of money for the floor and they were in a bad spot. Its weird too, because the sign on the door says, Cafe and Construction Company.... What is up with that?

Posted by: Dora Chica at December 15, 2008 12:00 PM in response to What's Keeping Catherine Café?

This is what sucks the most about NYC building permits. This is where NYC building commissions/authorities have failed us the most

Posted by: Dora Chica at December 8, 2008 1:40 PM in response to Dark Times for Some Toy Factory Loft Dwellers

ahhhh, because there are more car owners here than not mister brownstoner. obviously they would say no. marty is NOT right on this, and neither are you

Posted by: Dora Chica at December 5, 2008 12:58 PM in response to Majority of Readers Opposed to Bridge Tolls

This building reminds me of those ugly buildings in my hometown, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Posted by: Dora Chica at November 11, 2008 12:51 PM in response to Sales Moving Along at 378 Baltic

Pay up drivers.

Posted by: Dora Chica at November 10, 2008 11:41 AM in response to East River Bridges May Not Be Free For Long

Instead of plummeting into a severe recession, the US economy appears to be easing into the downturn with a certain grace, shrinking “only” by 0.3% q/q annualized in Q3. However, the better than expected headline hid a few
truly ugly details, as personal spending contracted at the fastest pace in 28 years. Going forward, the intensification of financial troubles in September paints a grim picture for Q4. Sectors which contracted over the summer months (consumption, residential investment and business investment in machinery and equipment) should remain in the red in Q4. In addition, sectors which have helped keep the economy afloat (business investment in
structures, exports) will likely suffer at the hands of tighter credit standards and global recessionary woes. In addition, given gloomy prospects for holiday sales, the likely unintended inventory accumulation recorded in Q3
suggests production is likely to plunge towards the end of the year.

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 31, 2008 9:26 AM in response to Foreclosure of the Week: 167 Prospect Place

New York,

You ain't seen nothing yet.

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 29, 2008 11:16 AM in response to Housing Slump Almost Over

I hope you got a good deal on the land, because that project was dead in the water for a long time

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 27, 2008 1:13 PM in response to Brooklyn Cohousing Selects a Site

Tish is probably supporting De Blasio. I don't know if it is a good move.....

Bloomberg pandered to real estate developers yes and sold out on the AY. Maybe Tish should make a deal with him and let him out on the lawsuit if he promises to block the AY.

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 27, 2008 10:11 AM in response to Tish and BdB Suing Over Term Limits

Funny, there weren't any articles like this one in the WSJ talking about how everyone in these blogs was talking UP the market when it was exploding for the past 3 years.....But when the markets go down of course blame the bloggers!

I think these blogs have their fingers on the pulse of the cities they are in. Whether markets are going up or down. We are literally all up in the asses of the communities we live in! And I love it!

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 24, 2008 10:00 AM in response to Real Estate Blogs "A Great Forum to Vent Anger"

All I have to say is:

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is preparing to cut about 10% of its 32,500 employees, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of deepening job losses on Wall Street.

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 23, 2008 10:50 AM in response to Checking in on The Vermeil

i like what they did to the front steps

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 23, 2008 10:44 AM in response to 2008 Neighborhood Preservation Awards Announced

Can you guys stop trying to sell people on Fort/Greene Clinton Hill. yes we love the neighborhood. That is why we live here. Stop trying to get other people to move here.

The coops are fine places, we have a couple of friends who live there. They are spacious light filled apartments. I would never buy. But the space and affordability makes it easier to have a small family in one of these apartments than in a small floor through apartment of a brownstone.

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 17, 2008 10:10 AM in response to Co-op of the Day: 201 Clinton Avenue

Who cares about the 3rd quarter. Lets wait for 4th quarter, aye? October is the really important month here, it is seriously when everything collapsed.

To give you more of a real feel, I went out last night to a club in the West Village. I left at 1:30 in the morning and Bleecker street had about 30 empty cabs outside waiting for clients. There was nobody to pick up!

The cab driver who drove us to my lovely Clinton Hill one bedroom told us that business has gone down by 40% or so in the past 2 weeks. The club I went to see my DJ friend play was only 1/4 full when he usually packs a house.

Have a good weekend everybody

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 17, 2008 9:49 AM in response to Another Third Quarter Market Report

Every day. I just keep it in the freezer silly!

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 16, 2008 2:21 PM in response to Closing Bell: Mmmmmmm, Pig Roast

This is you! Don't you look pretty all roasted up....because the closest thing to pork meat, is human meat. yummmmm.

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 16, 2008 12:56 PM in response to Closing Bell: Mmmmmmm, Pig Roast

rentals!!!!!!!

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 15, 2008 11:35 AM in response to Price Cuts at the Oro

Larger payroll declines are larger. Who will afford the Forte, Toren, Avalon, Ratner, Albee Square, Shcermeron, Absolut, Clermont Greene, Williamsburg, and other condos?

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 6, 2008 11:00 AM in response to Quote of the Day

Ahhhhh! All prices down, what a beautiful thing!

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 3, 2008 12:40 PM in response to Open House Picks: Six Months Later

Employers cut 159,000 jobs in September, more than twice as many as in August or July, the Labor Department reported. It was the biggest monthly decline since 2003, when the economy was still losing jobs in the wake of the 2001 recession.

keep denying the way you were back in June when you thought NY would hold up.

Posted by: Dora Chica at October 3, 2008 12:31 PM in response to Third Quarter Report: Foreclosures Down in Brooklyn

Please keep the cuts coming, maybe one day i'll be able to afford something! I always wondered how people afforded things.

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 29, 2008 4:21 PM in response to Brooklyn Bargains? Condo Price Cuts

Townhouse Lady,

Of course they are there to make a profit but a studio at 575,00 is at the low end of the prices. and the avergae unit is price cost was 250,000. the lowest studio price is more than double the average cost price which means taht the average price is actually probably three or more times the cost. Which sorry makes it way way way way way way way way way way overpriced. No matter how you try to spin it it is overpriced.

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 29, 2008 1:50 PM in response to Sales Begin at The Steelworks Loft

Well according to your previous post they bought the building for 26,000,000 and with 96 units the average cost was 276,042 a unit. A studio starting at 575,000 means this is way overpriced...

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 29, 2008 12:32 PM in response to Sales Begin at The Steelworks Loft

this building is cursed

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 24, 2008 11:32 AM in response to Development Watch: 163 Washington Avenue Rising

denial is a beautiful thing....

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 23, 2008 10:21 AM in response to Brooklyn's Financial Class and the Condo Boom

wait a few more months to see where these prices go....

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 19, 2008 1:28 PM in response to Open House Picks: Six Months Later

I miss the summer. There was none of this going on while school was out.

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 16, 2008 10:36 AM in response to More Troubles with Teens

How original the structure that almost copies the Robert Indiana LOVE piece. NOT!

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 12, 2008 12:08 PM in response to Bird Blog: Week 17

Sell! Mortimer! Sell!

Posted by: Dora Chica at September 2, 2008 1:39 PM in response to Condos of the Day: 335 Warren Street

Boy is that ugly!

Posted by: Dora Chica at August 29, 2008 10:54 AM in response to Scarano-on-Fulton Finally Finishing Up

This is THE most beautiful garden I have seen on Brownstoner. its very charming. I want to roll around on that grass...

Posted by: Dora Chica at August 15, 2008 10:43 AM in response to Garden of the Day: A Decade in Coming

Wasder,

No, Mojito is on Washington and Park. Are yout thinking of Luz?

Posted by: Dora Chica at August 13, 2008 4:22 PM in response to Streetlevel: Il Porto Opening Tomorrow

850 - 900 K

Posted by: Dora Chica at August 8, 2008 2:44 PM in response to Auction Time for 306 St. James Place

Another horrendous building, brought to you by your local scammer: Ratner.

Is this residential? What a view! That ugly building next door and polluted flatbush screaming with cars. Makes for a relaxing living spot. But there is Fort Green Park only a few blocks up, so that should be a draw. And it is literally one block from the subway.

Posted by: Dora Chica at July 30, 2008 11:36 AM in response to 80 Dekalb Avenue: Get Ready for Take-Off

PLease read the WSJ today and the case-shiller index which shows deteriorating conditions for NYC. The boom is over. These areas are not going to suddenly become a wonderful glamorous place to live because new residents are going to come in and make you feel special. You either like these areas for the beauty you see in them or you don't, with the rent stabilized residents. Don't expect the place to transform itself. It is not going to happen, especially not under current and near term economic conditions. If you want to live in a bubble move to Greenwich or something. Otherwise welcome to reality.

Posted by: Dora Chica at July 29, 2008 2:08 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 255 Eastern Parkway, #C16

This is an old article

Posted by: Dora Chica at July 29, 2008 1:24 PM in response to Onion: Gentrification Being Trumped by Artistocratization

Mr. Raines ex-ceo of Fannie Mae was paid 20 million in 2003. Who knows how much Countrywide and all other invetsment banks earned in fees for packaging and selling these mortgage bonds.

Now the goverment is insuring $300 billion of refinanced mortgages with my taxpayer money. I feel pretty angry right now.

Privatize the gains and socialize the losses. Sounds like a free market to me. NOT!

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore.

Posted by: Dora Chica at July 23, 2008 10:48 AM in response to Mortgage Rates on the Rise

Whaz up with da bad bed-stuy renovation...isshhhh

Posted by: Dora Chica at July 18, 2008 3:00 PM in response to Open House Picks

As a recording engineer (of 25 years) who has enjoyed tackling sound issues outside of my work for the challenge, I can assure you that it basically lies with your neighbors' cooperation, and whatever you as the recipient can do will have only marginal effect. I'm not saying that there's no point in a little acoustically geared construction, but it pretty much only helps to do it on their end.

The suggestions for friendly negotiations are spot on.

Best of luck! : )

Posted by: jland at July 28, 2009 7:22 PM in response to TV Noise Through Wall

the LR party wall i share has no outlets or switches. it is just a blank wall. and she is actually pretty conscience of the tv volume and in the evenings it's very low and not bothersome. however, the people below me are not as aware. i have isolated the corner of the room where the tv is below me and i have two elec outlets in that corner. i will try insulating them. ironically that is the spot where i had planned to put the sofa...when it gets purchased so lets hope it can absorb some.

Posted by: CTG at July 28, 2009 10:50 PM in response to TV Noise Through Wall

The arrival of new soft furniture will only help if your space is still very reflective with the rugs in place, and even then it helps tame the sound once it has entered your room. Here's a test: clap your hands slowly. Walk around the room clapping, and listen to the sound of the room. If it's a pleasant clapping sound then probably any treatment won't alter the problem. If the claps sound a little clangy, that's the sign of what's called "standing waves", which happens when lively walls are parallel. What might be happening is that once the sound has entered your apartment, the lack of furniture to break up the sound waves from reflecting *might* be causing it to sound a bit more unpleasant than it would otherwise, so it's more noticeable in its annoyingness. Not having bookshelves sounds like a culprit in this kind of thing. I have doubts the added furniture would make it seem lower in volume, though. Just not as harsh, but if it helps, it helps : ) And unless the room is really cavernously big, that's the only kind of sound bouncing you'd get. (If you clap and it sounds like a concert hall, that would be pretty surprising! : ) )

Posted by: jland at July 29, 2009 3:53 PM in response to TV Noise Through Wall

jland, great post thank you. I will try the clap test. For the record my LR is pretty big - 18'x11' with 9' ceilings...

I plan on introducing myself to the neighbors tonight and delicately mentioning their TV noise. I'll post the outcome later!

Posted by: CTG at July 29, 2009 4:17 PM in response to TV Noise Through Wall

So I spoke to the woman who lives below me last night. she was very friendly when I explained the tv noise (and actually the TV was on in the background when I knocked...) She said the previous tenant used to bang on the floor all the time! yikes. I told her to please please please do not hesitate to come upstairs if i am being too loud. anyway, she said she'd move the tv away from the wall and keep the volume down. Judging by how friendly and sympathetic she was i thought it was resolved, but this AM she was back to her old ways.

only 5 days into my new apartment, and I dread the thought of going home

:-(

Posted by: CTG at July 30, 2009 10:17 AM in response to TV Noise Through Wall