Wow! didn't realize how many racists folks were on this forum. If you are looking to live only with white people maybe you should try North Dakota.
New York is diversified, it has been for hundreds of years. To make comments about kids that dress a certain way and are of a particular "race", and lump them into a category IS subjective and entirely racist. The people living in the projects are not all dangerous, they all are living at a poverty level that I'm assuming none of you have experienced (I actually have)and have little choice as to where they live.
I was born and raised in New York in the 70's and have watched this city make huge changes for the better, but the only disturbing change I've watched is non-new yorkers making claims to neighborhoods and passing judgement on those who have lived there their whole lives and trying to decide if they are willing to live among "these people"and pricing the native neighbors out of their own neighborhoods.

Posted by: plasticlove at October 16, 2008 12:31 PM in response to House of the Day: 18 St. Marks Place

I live in the building and the apartment is quite large, the sq footage seems a bit off I think it's bigger. The building's mechanicals are all updated, including new intercom system. Our reserve is probably the largest you'll find in this neighborhood and many of the surrounding neighborhoods. Which means if there's ever a problem your maintenance will not go up because the money will always be available in the reserve. The architect they used to update the apt (pretty recently) did a wonderful job. The lobby and the hallways were also recently updated, so were the washers and dryers. New flooring is currently being installed in the hallways and stairs too. Everyone in the building knows each other and we all get along. I'd say we all know about 90% of our block's neighbors, which really helps have a sense of community. We are 100% owner occupied, unlike the place on Pacific street, which many a sumer day you will find a sidewalk bbq happening with loud music. Our building is a really quiet building.And you can't beat the location we are near every train line, A,C,2,3,4,5,Q,N,R,B,D,M, and the LIRR. And I agree with squaredrive it's reasonably priced for the size and neighborhood. And to answer the rental question, a 2 bedroom on this block goes for $2300-$2600. And that's without the use of outdoor space, we have roofdeck. And yes it will sell for asking.

Posted by: plasticlove at September 6, 2008 3:54 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 422 State Street, #20