From what era is this linoleum?

Look, it's Vinegar Hill's one street.

Posted by: Jeremy at March 8, 2010 4:22 PM in response to Spotlight on Vinegar Hill

"In a bubble, everyone wants to live in PS, but can't, so they end up in Bushwick. When demand falls, everyone still wants to live in PS, and now more can afford to. Guess where that leaves Bushwick."

With less strollers. But seriously, nobody ever chose Bushwick because they couldn't afford Park Slope. Bed-Stuy is there to catch you brownstoners. And thank god.

Posted by: Jeremy at March 3, 2010 11:17 AM in response to Last Week's Biggest Sales

"a great place to displace working people"

Guess they shoulda worked a little harder.

Posted by: Jeremy at December 22, 2009 10:39 PM in response to Closing Bell: Meet The Latest Slope Rant

EWIP ends at Grand.

Posted by: Jeremy at November 6, 2009 9:23 AM in response to Closing Bell: Greening of Greenpoint

Blah, old news in an old project, it's just Vito Lopez packing his district with more RBSCC members and their voting cousins.

Posted by: Jeremy at September 29, 2009 12:41 PM in response to Beer City in Bushwick

If there are no heirs, deed the building to the tenants and turn their damn water on. Ridiculous.

Posted by: Jeremy at September 11, 2009 2:45 PM in response to No Water for Two Months in Bed-Stuy Building

The Bushwick price is simple -- these houses are lived in by Bushwick's middle class, they put a premium on living in the area near their extended family, and to them parking their quite luxurious cars IS worth a lot of money. On top of it, these houses do not have the problems old houses do and long-time locals don't care at all about historic charm the way Brownstoners or newcomers buying houses in Bushwick normally would. To us, it's boring and ugly and somewhat depressing -- to them it has everything they want.

Posted by: Jeremy at August 13, 2009 4:24 PM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

So what, I'm "underwater" already and I don't care -- I like my house, I like my neighborhood, and I can quite easily afford it. Besides, if the banks really do start letting go of that stimulus money inflation will make studios in Canarsie a million bucks by 2015. Then who will even remember there was a bust?

Posted by: Jeremy at August 12, 2009 4:56 PM in response to DB: Half of Mortgages Will Be Underwater by 2010

Yay landmarking! Squeeze those gross poors out!

Posted by: Jeremy at June 23, 2009 6:01 PM in response to Prospect Heights Landmarked!

I've seen better architecture from the Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizen's Council.

Posted by: Jeremy at February 27, 2009 7:51 PM in response to A Rocky Start at The Clermont

This is a reprint of a Washington Post article from several months ago.

Posted by: Jeremy at February 2, 2009 12:49 PM in response to Bushwick Goes National

Thanks! Based on the first link, I think we figured out it's pre-1913 congoleum. It seems to almost certainly be printed by hand, though machines back then weren't as precise as now, so who knows.

Posted by: Jeremy at December 26, 2008 1:37 PM in response to From what era is this linoleum?

Turns out it's paper-backed and almost looks hand-painted -- which seems ridiculous, but I don't know how else to describe the pattern's imperfections.

Posted by: Jeremy at December 25, 2008 4:22 PM in response to From what era is this linoleum?

Correction, hannible: There's never been any problem with talking about crime or other bad stuff in Bushwick on this site. The gorier/uglier the better. It's across Broadway that the brownstone bubble begins.

Posted by: Jeremy at December 10, 2008 11:22 AM in response to Bushwick Resident Beaten to Death

I'm a Floridian, and am completely baffled by the assertion that Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach have any particular ties to Florida.

Posted by: Jeremy at December 8, 2008 4:48 PM in response to The Four Brooklyns

This not not in any way socialism or communism. It's just a really, REALLY annoying coop.

Posted by: Jeremy at December 1, 2008 4:37 PM in response to Utopia in the City

bxgrl: a huge company using hyperefficient manufacturing and sourcing to deliver inexpensive products all around the world is proof that socialism works? rotflmao, indeed.

The Scandinavian countries are huge engines of business, megacapitalist hoardes of knowledge and wealth -- that is why they live so well. They're only socialist where people pay attention -- little meaningless perks like free health care and subsidized dildos. Americans are fat and irresponsible enough as it is -- can you imagine if the doctor was free? I shudder to think how decrepit and cellulite-ridden you'd all be with even more moral hazard tossed into our fucked-up regulatory soup.

Posted by: Jeremy at July 4, 2008 12:55 PM in response to Ikea is Everyday People

Actually, 6:47, "muerte" is Spanish for "death," not "dead."

Posted by: Jeremy at June 26, 2008 7:23 PM in response to Closing Bell: Goodnight, Grand 275, Goodnight

1:08 is clearly being sarcastic. God.

5:28 -- if it were all "New Yawkas" in this city it would look like Detroit and be just as vital.

Posted by: Jeremy at June 24, 2008 6:30 PM in response to New Domino: The Renderings

Finally, the City of New York gives us what we need: socialized amusement.

Posted by: Jeremy at April 17, 2008 7:08 PM in response to City Looks to Compromise on Coney

That should be *BY the agencies...

Posted by: Jeremy at April 14, 2008 10:50 AM in response to Housing Collapse: A Global Domino Effect?

The "worldwide troubles" are being blamed on too-lax lending standards, of course, but never the system of banking safety nets run by the government that mitigates the risk of such standards biting banks in the ass. And also, never, ever, is the government blamed for its role in artificially cheap and easy money. Instead, the drums are beaten for MORE "oversight" but the agencies and entities that are the root of the problem.

Meanwhile, I fail to see the bad, macro-wise, in flagging home prices. All this means is that more people can afford a home. Benefits shift from those who bought high to those who can now buy low. The economy doesn't care.

Posted by: Jeremy at April 14, 2008 10:48 AM in response to Housing Collapse: A Global Domino Effect?

1:54, Bedford-Stuyvesant is not named for Bedford Avenue, it's named for the two towns of Bedford and Stuyvesant Heights. The border is Classon, according to several sources online. That took me about 30 seconds to find out.

Posted by: Jeremy at April 9, 2008 8:26 PM in response to Wall Collapse in Bed-Stuy

I'm amused by the "additional housing for inmates" bit, like it's a home for battered women.

Posted by: Jeremy at April 1, 2008 6:17 PM in response to City Looks to Supersize the House of D

One major problem -- where will all these poor people come from? The ranks of the poor have been dwindling for decades. The suburbs will not be abandoned to decay, they will just be even cheaper than they are now.

Posted by: Jeremy at March 18, 2008 3:00 PM in response to Little Boxes, Big Slums

Luxury condos! I know this because the sign tells me so.

Posted by: Jeremy at February 28, 2008 7:59 PM in response to Is this a brownstone?

There are no people of color in these photos! Clearly, unmistakably, indubitably, Mr. B, this site, this event, those vendors, and all of you by extension are racists. Filthy, unabashed racists. And the parking lot they had it in too. And so...SO sexist. Sexist, all of you. I'm appalled.

Racists.

Posted by: Jeremy at February 18, 2008 11:02 PM in response to A Look Back at Salvage Fest '07

So, let's get this straight. In Bushwick, where industry is pretty much finished, and residential demand for former manufacturing space is massive -- the City refuses to rezone or allow residential use. But in Red Hook, with viable, in-demand, already-existing and -operating industry, the City seeks to run this industry out of town and build some superblock municipal redevelopment garbage. This isn't Miami, people don't covet the waterfront in Brooklyn.

Totally ass-backwards insane.

Posted by: Jeremy at February 15, 2008 1:06 PM in response to Red Hook Containerport to Stay

The 50 mil was a gift from the Mayor? Man he's generous.

Posted by: Jeremy at February 15, 2008 12:13 PM in response to $50 Million McCarren Makeover Gaining Momentum

What, no obligatory post about who we're gonna call when we get mugged? About how cops can do whatever they want because they're heroes and whoever doesn't like it is a terrorist? Did the NY Post have a free pizza and donut Giuliani convention for their readers in Bensonhurst today?

Posted by: Jeremy at January 9, 2008 7:11 PM in response to Closing Bell: New York's Finest, Leading by Example

Lawyers don't create wealth, so needless to say, those who do will continue to eclipse them in the money department.

Posted by: Jeremy at December 18, 2007 9:28 PM in response to Rich Lawyer, Poor Lawyer: partners forced to bypass Manhattan to take it to Brooklyn

The Linden house is, as Jimmy Legs said, a mile from Ridgewood. It is also about a mile from Life Cafe. It's also a good 10 blocks up Broadway to Goodbye Blue Monday, which isn't exactly a very exciting place. Linden Street, while physically beautiful and near pretty Bushwick Avenue, is not at all an exciting or even particularly safe place to be, and I mean for Bushwick.

I always laugh at the rampant "BROKER!" accusations on this blog but in this case, the person who pimped this house in the comments can't be anything but the broker. Or maybe he's looking at the house in Google maps and zoomed way out.

Posted by: Jeremy at December 14, 2007 7:07 PM in response to Open House Picks

Oh no, a heroine's been shot!

Posted by: Jeremy at December 6, 2007 12:33 AM in response to Closing Bell: Beautiful in Bushwick

How was the dotcom bust a catastrophe? Imean,m if that's your measure of a "crash" we don't really have much to worry about. Morons who bit off more than they can chew will have their asses handed to them, like always. Big deal.

Posted by: Jeremy at November 9, 2007 3:03 PM in response to Extra, Extra: Negative Press Sinking Housing Market?

It could just be that the "new and exciting" quality of all these real estate websites is wearing off, and a normal pace is being settled into.

Posted by: Jeremy at October 9, 2007 2:24 PM in response to Real Estate Buyers Clicking Less and Less in '07

Wait, are we completely sure this isn't a housing project?

Posted by: Jeremy at October 9, 2007 2:09 PM in response to Development Watch: 126 4th Avenue

The hell does "progressive politics" have to do with whether or not a neighborhood is nice, Marty?

Posted by: Jeremy at October 2, 2007 10:41 AM in response to Pat on the Back for Park Slope

Is this any kind of special wrought design, or just your standard straight railing stuff? I'm also thinking about an iron tree pit guard.

Posted by: Jeremy at September 28, 2007 2:01 PM in response to Tree Guard Opinion / Reccomendation

This Amanda Burden is a micromanaging totalitarian. She's the urban planning-obsessed dork who read A Pattern Language one too many times, but happened to be blue-blooded enough to actually get into power.

Concrete yards are ugly, yes, but so are many gardens. Some people just have abominable taste, and unless Ms. Burden is going to start showing up and personally planning people's gardens and paved areas so that they are more legally stylish (haha), this should be dropped.

Posted by: Jeremy at September 24, 2007 3:14 PM in response to Not in My Front Yard?

Jesus christ, I, and most of my friends have always paid nearly or more than half our income in rents so that we could live in cool places. And I'm talking about when I was 18 in Miami, and I struggled to pay half of $650. It's not "unsustainable" or a harbinger of anything -- if you want to live in a very popular location, you pay more for the privilege. And that's what living in NYC is: a luxury.

Posted by: Jeremy at September 13, 2007 7:11 PM in response to Brooklyn Breaks the Bank for Housing

3:38: You and I go to jail for Ponzi schemes. But the government has all kinds of Ponzi schemes and bills them as among their most valuable services.

Posted by: Jeremy at August 30, 2007 6:39 PM in response to The Dewitt Update: Not a Sale in Sight

I can't imagine market rate to live in what is in more ways than one a copy of an outer-ring Moscow suburb -- but less convenient to the city than its Russian inspiration -- could possibly be much more than the below-market rent.

Yuck.

Posted by: Jeremy at August 30, 2007 6:32 PM in response to Starrett City’s Owners Look to Leave Mitchell-Lama

Actually, the place looks fine in person -- Williamsburg isn't exactly full of awesome architecture. It's a bunch of shitty old buildings and empty lots. A blank canvas for cool, and this makes the grade.

Posted by: Jeremy at August 25, 2007 10:39 PM in response to Adventures in Architecture: North 6th and Berry

"Affluent residents and tourists appreciate heavily policed public spaces"

"For example, one woman in Clinton Hill described changes in Fort Greene Park to Dr. Freeman. Previously, she said, mostly black residents used the park, and often barbecued there during the summer. “Now that’s where you see a lot of white people,” she said. “They sit outside tanning and walking their dogs. The folks in the brownstone are complaining that the smoke bothers them.”"

"Gentrification brings to the fore clashing ideologies on public space. You have on the one hand the more romantic view of public space as a place where people can come together unfettered unrestrained, compared with the view of public space as a place of ordered, controlled recreation. Gentrification is typically associated with the latter, as a place where space is controlled and privatized, with less opportunity for random interaction."

We get it! White people are boring and those cute ethnics are so flavorful! Listen to the academics.

Posted by: Jeremy at August 15, 2007 4:28 PM in response to Wednesday Links

I say build a monorail.

Posted by: Jeremy at August 15, 2007 4:19 PM in response to McCarren Pool Park: How to Spend That $50 Mil?

Charming home, beautiful proportions. Would take this over cookie-cutter brownstone mierda any day.

Posted by: Jeremy at August 14, 2007 9:34 PM in response to House of the Day: 419 Washington Avenue

"Anglo" is generally a word to differentiate between English-speakers and Spanish-speakers in the US. Black people are Anglos. So the person who used "anglofication" here isn't too sharp.

Posted by: Jeremy at August 14, 2007 9:27 PM in response to Streetlevel: Foccacia Spot Sprucing Up Bedford