2005 Long/Short Neighborhood Bets Tallied

We were thrilled with the quality and quantity of discussion surrounding our year-end question about which Brooklyn neighborhoods to bet on and against in 2005. We have done our best to tally the results of your feedback. The clear winners, with several long votes and no short votes, were Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Crown Heights. Nearby Bed Stuy had its share of supporters but it also had a number of readers who thought it had gotten ahead of itself and was due for a correction. Not surprisingly, the blue chip nabes–likened by one reader to U.S. Treasury bonds–were Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope. The general consensus was that these were safe longterm bets, but unlikely to be the biggest movers in either direction. Williamsburg and Red Hook were the only two hoods to receive multiple shorts and no longs. Ouch. We look forward to seeing whose crystal balls were the most prescient–and hope to have many more of these discussions and debates going forward.
Longs and Shorts for 2005 [Brownstoner]