clinton hill co-ops

“The arena design is irrelevant. It's all lipstick on a corrupt pig, window-dressing on a boondoggle....It is unconscionable that any elected official could support this farcical project any more."

These guys are looking for a productive, meaningful and constructive conversation that will result in something building built at AY?? REALLY???

B-A-N-A-N-A. Sorry, but that's what it sounds like from where I sit. I've spent many years in and around land use politics in NYC. When your strategy is to develop/support a completely different, alternative plan and ignore the plan that already been submitted, than either you're monumentally naive or you have no interest in seeing anything built on the site.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at September 9, 2009 5:08 PM in response to New Barclay's Center Design Revealed

"The name of DDDB is DEVELOP, Don't Destroy. There happens to be a difference which rabidly Pro-Ayers conveniently overlook. Most of us have no problem with development, We just want it to be intelligently designed and scaled. I don't think that's too much to ask for."

Really??? Honestly, you think DDDB has added anything constructive to the debate over AY? I'm not "rabidly pro-AY," the project has some real problems, but I think I stand with a "silent majority" in Prospect Heights/Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene who think the giant urban scar that separates two of the most vibrant nabes in the borough should be developed. And I think that I'm not the only person around these parts who thinks its a shame that DDDB has so monopolized the conversation and backed itself and local electeds into such a corner with its rhetoric that little, if any, productive negotiation or converstaion is practical.

Its a shame. Something good really could have emerged out of this process if groups like DDDB and its supporters had been a little more rational and constructive.

If you really think DDDB is in favor of "responsible" development, than I'm sorry, but you're kidding yourself. The fact is that DDDB is BANANAism (Build Absolutly Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody) in its most sophisticated form.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at September 9, 2009 4:18 PM in response to New Barclay's Center Design Revealed

I gotta say, it looks pretty cool. It relates far better to its surroundings than the original Gehry design. Buildings should relate to their surroundings in a positive way, but shouldn't be cheap imitations of older buildings. I think its great that we're finally starting to see some bold and cutting edge architecture again in NYC.

Too bad DDDB and its myopically anti-development, reactionary supporters will likely sabotage this and we'll be left with a giant hole stretching for blocks between Clinton Hill and Prospect Heights.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at September 9, 2009 1:54 PM in response to New Barclay's Center Design Revealed

The seller must be rather liberally partaking in the Greene Grape's wines if he thinks $465 is reasonable for a small 1BR whose only "amenity" is a stove!

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at September 9, 2009 1:29 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 96 South Portland Avenue, #8

Beautiful...but $800,000 for a walk-up seems silly. Killer roof deck though, but then again, you'll be lugging your kids and groceries up 4 or 5 flights of stair every day and only using your killer roof deck for 4, 5 months tops.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at September 8, 2009 1:19 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 99 State Street, #3E

What an insulting story for all of us who aren't wealthy, spoiled 24 year olds from Jersey with rich developer fathers. Their rental was unacceptable because the shower suddenly went from hot to cold and the heat was spotty?? C'mon!! When you're 24 and have no money, thats kinda par for the course.

Though I think this is my favorite part:

"They found a new condo listing with potential, and Mr. Freda called the listing agent, Maxine Resnick of the Corcoran Group’s Park Slope office, to say his two daughters would be attending the day’s open house, and if they liked the place, they would buy it."

Daddy not only bought them an apartment that my girlfriend and I (at 30 with savings and good career track jobs) cant afford, he even HAD TO SET UP THE VIEWINGS for them and apparently deal with the broker!!!

I wonder if he got the condo to put up a big red ribbon on the front of the building so he could give it to his daughters as an Xmas gift, like in those silly holiday season car adds where the guy goes out to the driveway and the new car is there with a bow on it. So sill.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at September 8, 2009 9:28 AM in response to Renters Become Their Own Landlords

I do wish Brownstoner would be a little more impartial in his posts about the Coney Island redevelopment. This is a smart redevelopment plan that will retain the core of the amusement area as a year round, inexpensive destination and provide desperately needed jobs and services for one of the poorest communities in the City.

I'm so sick of these self righteous hipsters like the "Save Coney Island" bunch whining about this project. These are middle and upper middle class white kids from Williamsburg who enjoy spending the weekend in gritty, sketchy, dangerous Coney Island and pretending like they're some sort of Warriors-Joey Ramone hybrid. And while I suppose that charming and all to some people, it (and they) utterly ignore the 40,000 mostly black and latino residents of Coney Island who suffer in serious poverty in a dirty, crime infested and poorly served community.

Coney Island used to be a destination for middle class outer borough families...the "working man's riviera." It hasnt been that for years. Its become a playground for thugs and rich 20 something white kids looking to "slum it" for a few hours. The idea that we should somehow save a seedy, run down, tawdry and crime ridden place as some sort of "romantic" "icon" to the "good old days" of the 70's and 80's is absurd.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at July 30, 2009 9:34 AM in response to City's Coney Plan Approved, Deal With Sitt Near

I would be very interested in a similar analysis for the Prospect Heights area, particularly with all the new condo bldgs that seem to be sprouting around Washington Ave. I'd be surprised if anyone is buying in those things.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at July 29, 2009 3:58 PM in response to Taking the Pulse of 4th Avenue's Inventory

Its because people are entering the price they WISH properties were selling for, not what the actually think the seller can reasonably expect in the market.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at July 23, 2009 10:00 AM in response to Bearish Brownstoners Miss Mark on 2nd Street Sale

I think this awesome apartment. Great building, great location. Love the corner balcony. I agree its really a one bedroom and should be marketed as such. Given the location, balcony, view and all around nice renovation i'd say it should sell (as a 1br) between 500 and 550.

And good god give me a break about the kitchen "being too narrow." Do any of you people actually live in New York City?!?!? I lived for 22 years in a 2 bedroom on the Upper East Side with a kitchen like that and it sold for well north of 1 million.

From reading the posts on here it sounds like most of you really want a to be living in a nice split level out in Merrick. This is freakin new york city. you cant have everything!

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at July 21, 2009 4:45 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 34 Plaza Street East, #704

EPA won't be able to help you. A few places that you might look:

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygenie (DOHMH) maintains comprehensive health surve information for the entire city, often sortabel by zip code. Here you'll be albe to get a very comprehensive health snap shot of your new neighborhood, including asthma rates. Check out Epiquery and other information on their website:

https://a816-healthpsi.nyc.gov/epiquery/EpiQuery/

The other best way to get environmenatl information is to see if any Environmental Impact Studies (EIS') have been published. These documents are all project specific, so nothing would have been done if a large and environmentally sensitive project hasnt been completed in the area recently. Howver, as lots of work seems to alwasy be going on with the BQE I imagine the New York State Dept. of Transportation would have had to file an EIS at some point. Check out their website and call there to see if one was completed and where you can view it. They are often enourmous (1,000+ page) documents but always include detailed air quality anaylses. If the BQE isnt a State owned expressway that City DOT would have info, but I think the state owns the BQE

You might also want to reach out to the local Council Members office (Tish James I believe).

Good luck!!

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at July 17, 2009 11:02 AM in response to Enviromental Impact of BQE?

Those of us in Prospect Heights desperatly need something like Union Market...

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at July 9, 2009 10:15 AM in response to Union Market Coming to Court Street!

I would LOVE a Union Market. And a butcher!

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at July 2, 2009 10:46 AM in response to Streetlevel: Unnameable Books Re-Opens on Vanderbilt

This is a great and very welcome addition to the neighborhood. Now all we need is a good butcher and a we'll be all set.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at July 1, 2009 4:07 PM in response to Streetlevel: Unnameable Books Re-Opens on Vanderbilt

Wait a second....$714,000 for a one bedroom condo?!?! Am I missing something here? I'm sure its a nice place, maybe even a full step above your average Brooklyn 1 BR. And I'm sure being in a high end condo & having a Viking range warrants some level of price premium...but $714 grand for a freakin' 1BR in this market????? Insane.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 25, 2009 1:24 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 110 Livingston Street, #6W

I second Jasonliu

This is an example of how irrational the Brooklyn real estate market can be, and the pointless markup that "prewar charm" gets you. The kitchen looks nice but the layout is prewar in the worst way. It simply isnt functional or practical.

If I'm going into debt for half a million bucks and forking over sizable chunk (if not all) of my life savings, than I want a place that fucntional enough for me to live there for a good long time. This apartment has the same layout of the places my friends and I rented when we were right out of college. Screw the moldings and the fixtures and the silly Victorian door hinges (who cares?!?) and give me light, closets, a dinning area and functional space.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 24, 2009 11:22 AM in response to Co-op of the Day: 30 Willow Place, #4

From my perspective this is a pox on all their houses type situation. I live in Prospect Heights (the neighborhood that will supposedly be most adversly effected by AY) and can tell you that development on this property is desperatly needed. The northern edge of prospect heights (north of Bergen) and the souther edge of Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill are desolate and poorly designed areas. Smart and sensible development of this parcel could have a tremendous positive impact on both neighborhoods. While I have always felt that the Ratner plan was too big and too out of scale, something clearly must be done. I am disapointed that DDDB and our local elected officals chose to leap for the baricades (and press conferences) instead of working with the developer to create a sensible and economically workable alternative.

And Arkady, gimme' a freakin' break. I'm so sick of people who live in some of the wealthiest communities in the borough hyperventilating about "gifts to the rich" and all this class warfare bullshit. That sort of language does a tremendous diservice to the entire conversation and serves to discredit the more reasonable critics of AY.

Like it or not, wealthy & greedy developers built this city...from day one. And that includes the precious brownstone blocks we all adore in Park Slope. Who the hell do you think built those??? A not-for-profit community affordable housing cooperative using sustainably quaried brownstone and union workers?

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 22, 2009 11:30 AM in response to Big Week for Atlantic Yards Sweetheart Deal-Making

I give these guys 8 months before they all start suing each other.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 16, 2009 10:01 AM in response to Banks Throw Co-Housing Project a Curveball

I second Sam...thank God this is over. What an absurd and pointless battle. Talk about a classic fight between the very rich and the absurdly rich (Two Trees).

"Stewards of the Brooklyn Bridge" my ass. Gimme a break. Does anyone REALLY believe these entitled assholes cared about anything other than the views from their million dollar condos?

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 11, 2009 11:01 AM in response to BREAKING: City Council Approves Dock Street Dumbo

How on earth does B'stoner identify these "apartments of the day?" Looks like a what would be a really nice rental for a couple kids right out of college splitting an apartment. But asking well over half a million for a walk-up that looks to be literally directly next to the BQE in this market? Gimme a break.

For 550 you should be able to get a perfectly acceptable 2 BR in Prospect Heights or Clinton Hill, and a true 1BR starter apartment anywhere in brownstone Brooklyn for less than 400,000 these days.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 8, 2009 12:59 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 96 Luquer Street

the chicken:

There is a difference of being resentfull of people with more money than oneself (or trustfunds) and being resentful of people with college educations who somehow slurch into their late 20s without ever managing to get themselves a real job. I dont resent parents trying to help out their kids, what I do resent is spoiled little hipster brats with holier-than-thou attitudes who think its their God given right to waste their lives making crappy esoteric music on daddy's hard earned dime.

More4Less has got it right man...PAYCHECK. JOB. RESUME. GAINFULL EMPLOYMENT. These are all word that should be added to the hipster lexicon.

In short, GET A FREAKIN' JOB!!!

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 8, 2009 10:53 AM in response to Dose of Reality for Trust Fund Kids

Not half a mile from Berkely Place hundreds of thousands of our fellow NYers live on blocks where the color of the street signs and the speed people drive is not exactly a priority.

Some folks really do live on a different planet. Amazing. If you can afford to live on Berkely Place btwn 7th and 8th Ave count your damm blessings and enjoy yourselves.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 3, 2009 5:31 PM in response to Berkeley Bump Bungle?

I'm terrified of these little co-ops. Seems like a commune. And what on earth does "self managed" mean? No managing agent? No super? What happens when the "charming and historic brownstown" heating goes kaput on a cold January night?

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 2, 2009 1:37 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 328 Clinton Avenue, #3

Vanderbilt is indeed turning into a nice strip. There is even a little used bookstore set to open soon. I've seen major improvements in the short (3 years) that I've lived in the neighborhood.

That said I think 389 for a studio is pushing it in this market, even though its a pretty cool looking building.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at June 1, 2009 1:32 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 279 Sterling Place Studio

I wouldn't want a first floor apartment on that block...and remember that if Atlantic Yards ever gets moving you'll be living a block from the biggest erector set in Brooklyn for a good ten years.

That said I dont get the trashing of the kitchen! Brownstoner must be going on some swanky-ass sailboats. Looks big and well laid out to me...just needs some updating.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 21, 2009 3:49 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 555 Washington Avenue, #1A

Again with the moldings! Someday someone is going to have to explain to me what is so damm attractive about crown moldings. Are there people out there who honestly pass on apartments because they lack moldings?!

That said this place is way overpriced, even for Brooklyn Heights. There are better laid out apartments (also on prime blocks) in the Heights listed for similar prices. Unless I'm really missing something in these pictures and the apartment is a lot bigger than it looks I say this place shgould be listed in the low 400s, not the upper 400s.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 20, 2009 3:46 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 30 Monroe Place, #5A

bessie2:

I'm sure thats part of the problem here...I looked at a place in here maybe 2 or 3 years ago and the maint was much, much more reasonable. I'm surprised people on this blog dont recognize ground lease issues very often...maybe it isnt as much of a problem in BKLYN as opposed to Manhattan. My parents owned a co-op on the Upper East Side for 25 years and sold just before the ground lease on the building expired and maintenence seriously went up well over 150% in many cases. People who didnt get out have lost upwards of 30-40% of the value in their apartments. Its a big issue that people should watch out for!!!

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 18, 2009 3:57 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 100 Remsen Street, #8K

The maintenance is way too high, I would want to seriously look at the building's financials before forking over $500,000 for this place. I've been looking at 1BRs in the 600-750 square foot range in Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Clinton Hill areas and can attest that the average maintenance seems to be around 700-800. I remember checking out a 1BR in this building a few years ago and the maintenance wasnt nearly that high. Something must have happened.

So while this looks like an awesome apartment, they should be knocking down the price to offset the high maintenance. And please gimme a break with all this "no crown moldings" "not a charming building" crap. Some of us care more about getting acceptable living space with closets and light and a workable kitchen than about crown molding and charming exteriors.

I spend a lot more time in my apartment than I do on the street staring at the building.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 18, 2009 1:30 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 100 Remsen Street, #8K

unbeatable location, great layout, looks like good light. Would like to see the kitchen/bath picks, but this (for once) seems to be fairly priced. I bet they get close to ask, assuming the kitchen/bath aren't total disaster areas.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 13, 2009 1:11 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 1 Plaza Street West 2 BR

bulls***!!!!! I think this a WAY overpriced considering other options in the neighorhood.

If you're hoping to make a $50,000 profit on a 1BR in this market I'd sure as hell hope you'd do a little bit better job of marketing your aparment. This seller/broker must have been on the moon for the last year. The original listing on Corcoran from '06 gives you a better sense of the space than whats on streeteasy!!

There are a crop of very nice looking 1BRs in the Heights that are selling in the 470-425 range. I can't imagine why you'd plop down 499 when these other places seem to be available for considerably less:

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/378994-coop-145-hicks-street-brooklyn-heights-brooklyn

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/378210-coop-75-henry-street-brooklyn-heights-brooklyn

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/406867-coop-75-henry-street-brooklyn-heights-brooklyn

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/389505-coop-brooklyn-heights-brooklyn

OF course I'm sure I'll get beaten up by the "pre-war charm or bust" crowd who are willing to pay premiums of tens of thousands of dollars for crown molding or whatever it is that folks find more valuable than space, light, closets and functionality.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 12, 2009 2:15 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 38 Livingston Street, #54

Two words:

dog run!

One other word:

Suburb!!!

If you can't imagine living your life without owning a St. Bernard and letting it run free to its heart's desire than move to the 'burbs. We all make sacrifices living in a big city, and some of these crazy dog owners need to realize that. I imagine a lot of these people, such as the one whose dog attacked the poor bagel eating family in Ft. Greene Park, are folks who are enchanted with the idea of owning a dog but haven't got a clue as to how much work is involved with taking care of a dog in NYC.

And yes...people who think its appropriate to leave big stinking piles of dog s*** on the sidewalk are barbarians who should be fined so steeply they have to leave town.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 11, 2009 2:53 PM in response to Prospect Park Vigilante Wages Canine Campaign

Slopefarm:
What the city needs is a more effective, more nuanced and more widely mapped contextual zoning text that would establish guidlines for the sort of architectural features you descripe...uniform cornice lines, setbacks, and streewalls for example. Those sorts of designations would protect the general character of an area without freezing development, as landmarking does.

My fustration with proposals such as this are that they irresponsibly mis-apply the landmarking statute in a manner that damages the credibility of the entire preservation movement in New York. In order to be practically and politically effective, landmarking must be based on BALANCE!

The fundemental policy issue wiht landmarking, especially in NYC, is how do you balance historic preservation with the reall need to encourage development and growth. This is particularly important in a city such as NYC which is defined by its dynamism and constant change.

See Benson's imagining of what would have happened to the old Waldorf Hotel, site of the Empire State building, in a landmark era. Also consider the howls of modern day preservationists were they to be transported to a Brooklyn of the 1870s or 1880s as developers swarmed the rapidly growing borough building mile upon mile of our currently beloved brownstones on what was then farm land or virgin forrest.

Proposals such as this one regretably ignore any sense of balance and make preservationists look like impractical zealots at City Hall.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 11, 2009 2:35 PM in response to Civic Council Wants to Supersize Park Slope Historic District

FSRQ is 100% correct. This proposal is a textbook example of a civic organization attempting to use the landmarking process to achieve other land use goals...namely an anti-development agenda.

I'm certainly not supportive of willy-nilly over development of a neighorhood like Park Slope. But the remedy should be thoughtfull land use policies that direct development into areas that are able to handle the population increase (IE well served by transit and other infrastrucutre).

Its irresponsible to declare vast swaths of NYC unavailable to development. Its also irresponsible to hijack the landmarking process to achieve unrelated political goals. Its one of the reasons why LPC has so much trouble. Landmarkings should be done with a scalpel, not a chain saw. These sorts of proposals serve only to undermine the legitimacy of the entire landmarking exercise.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 11, 2009 1:26 PM in response to Civic Council Wants to Supersize Park Slope Historic District

price is absurd but I love, love love the wide plank floors. This place's parlor floor seems airy and open, as opposed to many brownstones that seem stuffy and Victorian. I dont want to live in a house where I feel like I need a starched colar and dinner jacket to have a cup of coffee in my living room. Whats with the bedrooms though?? For 2.5 million I'd like more than the 1990s-exposed brick fad.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 6, 2009 2:04 PM in response to House of the Day: 433 Pacific Street

I dont get this place. It does seem silly to buy an apartment whose main selling point is you get teh "feel" of living in a brownstone without owning one when you could own one for the same price.

Though I totally see Sam's point that the attraction here would be getting a b-stone feeling without all the maintenance and hastle that goes into owning own.

That said I expected to love this place but find it dark and overly....Victorian. For this type of money I'd want a house with a backyard or a really nice apartment with a view.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 6, 2009 1:58 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 11 Garden Place

Clearly someone took two enormous alcove studios and did the minimum amount of work to combine them into a 2 bedroom. I could almost see this working better as a big 1 BR with a formal dinning area (which personally I'd like much more than a 2nd bedroom).

That said its a lot of space in a nice building with an unbeatable location. Bottom line for me is great space with potential but in need of some serious work to make it functional.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at May 6, 2009 10:49 AM in response to Co-op of the Day: 225 Park Place, #2G-H

Ugly ass building, cramped, small, cheap looking cubicle condos with beautiful windows looking out onto the chop shops, tire stores and hair braiding shops of lovely Washington Ave. I'll pass.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 30, 2009 1:31 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 655 Washington Avenue, Apt. 3B

Has to go for under 300K It looks small and poorly laid out...and in terms of the neighborhood I live there and would never pay 665 a square foot! Especially on Washington Ave.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 29, 2009 4:53 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 175 Eastern Parkway, #6N

How arrogant do you have to be to list a one bedroom at such a pre-Lehman price without even bothering to take some half way decent pictures???

The fact that the listing says the kitchen "could have a dishwasher installed" suggests its a pretty old and un-renovated kitchen...I can't imagine this place going for north of 500,000.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 27, 2009 1:29 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 101 Lafayette Avenue, #6A

Thats kinda cool!

But as a point of fact B'Stoner, it can't be a destroyer AND a frigate. Its either a frigate or a destroyer.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 24, 2009 3:47 PM in response to Aux Armes, Citoyens!

I agree wholeheartedly with the other commenters in just not getting the whole DUMBO thing. I mean whats the attraction?? Beyond killer views there is nothing there. I just dont get it. Its a fake neighborhood made up by David Walentes...down to a handfull of imported artists designed to bring some sort of bohemian flavor. Absurd.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 23, 2009 3:33 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 70 Washington Street, #4S

Does it strike anyone but me that for an apartment this big and this expensive the kitchen seems kinda small?? Looks like the took a standard 1BR new development condo type galley kitchen and plopped it into this otherwise magnificent apartment.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 22, 2009 2:19 PM in response to Condo of the Day: One Main Street, #9B

"...Ikea kitchen and white appliances..."

White appliances!!!

THE HORROR!
THE HORROR!

Shield my eyes from the blinding and non-chic white appliances!!!

Quickly dispach the allmighty appliance exorcist to spray paint them a fashionable silver!!

People's priorities really amaze me. If I had kids and was looking for more space in a good Brooklyn nabe I imagine the collor of the fridge would be the last thing on my list of housing worries.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 20, 2009 12:53 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 39 Remsen Street, #1E

Nomi hits the nail on the head here. No adult who has 399,000 to blow on an apartment wants a mini-fridge.

This is insultingly overpriced. Looks tiny and is really a studio. Shouldn't sell for more than 300. But who knows. This seems to me to be yet another example of people valuing "prewar charm" above everything else (namely space, closets and basic adult functionality).

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 15, 2009 1:37 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 277 Washington Avenue, #3J

Outrageously overpriced. Who cares if it looks like a tenemant or is poorly laid out...after carrying groceries up 5 flights of stairs I'd be too exhausted to care. Anyone who pays more than 350 for a 5th floor walk-up in this market is out of their minds. In any market, actualy.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 14, 2009 1:12 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 670 Park Slope

No actually, it isnt. I know Domenic Recchia and am somewhat familiar with the Coney Island fracas. I can tell you without question that Domenic Recchia cares deeply for the Coney Island community. He in fact initiated the entire redevelopment process. Both Sitt and the administration have taken overly extreme positions in Coney Island. What isnt often reported is the level of irrational antagonism the administration has for Sitt and Thor. Domenic is trying to get them to come to the table, be rational and move the project forward. The biggest fear is continued stalemate and more vaccant lots.

And yeah he and Joe are childhood friends and they look out for each other. What a horrendous sin!!! I'm glad to know that you all are so pious and ethicall that you'd sell out your best budies to cozy up to the Mayor. Nothing pisses me off more than people with no real knowledge of how government works passing judgement on hardworking civil servants.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 13, 2009 9:55 AM in response to Cozy in Coney: Sitt and Recchia

Oh no this sounds like the begining of a hipster invasion. May we be protected from the comming plague of locusts!!!

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 9, 2009 12:12 PM in response to Manhattans in Brooklyn

beautiful apartment, though $599,000 seems a bit much for a one bedroom in this market. This isn't even something you could pitch as "convertible." I'd say no more than 525, 550 at best.

Posted by: clintonhillbuyer at April 7, 2009 2:05 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 32 8th Avenue