Gate Thief Strikes Twice in Broad Daylight
A reader in northern Crown Heights sent the photo above on Friday, noting: Ours and our neighbor’s front gates were stolen about an hour ago…Yes, in broad daylight and when contractors were working in our house and the house next door (gate was strangely not stolen from that house but from the next one over)….
A reader in northern Crown Heights sent the photo above on Friday, noting:
Ours and our neighbor’s front gates were stolen about an hour ago…Yes, in broad daylight and when contractors were working in our house and the house next door (gate was strangely not stolen from that house but from the next one over). I guess another example of the apparent increase in Brooklyn street crime you’ve been reporting on. I hate to knock our hood since it gets knocked enough by other posters on your blog, but people should be aware that yet another item is vulnerable (I never thought someone would take the trouble to steal something as heavy as this and I can’t imagine it’s worth much). Scrap metal? Or could one of these salvage places actually be willing to buy stuff “off of the back of a truck”?
Maybe attractive to someone looking for the Key Master? First we’ve heard of a thief absconding with gates.
As well they should be, no?
Parts of Tokyo that are accessible by train/subway and that are equidistant from, say, Ginza as Brooklyn is to midtown are far more expensive than Brooklyn.
Nope, I meant New York.
I didn’t single out specific areas of Tokyo or Dubai. Those are cities with expensive areas and not as expensive areas. Just like New York.
And btw, after just having come back from a trip to Tokyo not long ago, I can tell you that the youth there are OBSESSED with Brooklyn. You need to open your eyes a little bit. What makes NYC so special are all 5 boroughs. Just like what makes London so special is the huge area of neighborhoods it is made up of. London is not just the West End.
Here is something I’ve noticed about New York (and especially Brooklyn…)
A lot of newcomers to NYC seem to think of New York as one of the capitals of the world, love what this city stands for and seem to have been able to embrace and love it…and this purchase property here for what some consider huge prices.
It’s those who have lived here a long time (perhaps even born here) who are very down on the city and seem to think that you should be able to buy a house in Park Slope for 200K.
The ironic part is that us newcomers are bashed for gentrifying these places, but we are sometimes the ones who love it here even more than those here for 40 years. I can’t tell you how many of my 75 year old neighbors talk about Brooklyn as if it’s Beirut in 1981.
It’s those of us who love it who are willing to pay for it. It’s not my problem that a lot of longtimers don’t have pride in where they live anymore. You old folks are starting to sound like those in Philadelphia. Brooklyn will never be anything…blah blah blah
Well it is something. And to many of us, it’s something really special.
11:27 – When you say New York, I assume you mean Manhattan, right?
You don’t really think that Brooklyn should be priced like Tokyo, do you?
Well, perhaps your beliefs are misguided.
My point is that I believe New York should be comparably priced to places like Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, Zurich, Sydney, Moscow and Dubai.
And it’s still cheaper than most of those places.
10:54
That is only true if you do an analysis using nominal numbers.
In the 1970s, houses in Brooklyn were worth a small fraction of the value demonstrated in the pre-depression era – and perhaps even during WWII.
Remember, a house no one will buy by definition has no value. There were literally thousands of such homes that the city couldn’t even give away.
In any event, I agree – 50% decreases in nominal numbers won’t manifest. The excesses of the debt induced real estate bubble will be inflated away in the short term. That doesn’t mean however that they are increasing in real value.
i agree with you 11:18. i believe nyc was extremely undervalued for many, many years.
i remember even 10 years ago, san francisco was a lot more pricey than nyc. to rent and to own. now that new york has cleaned itself up, the prices went up. makes sense to me. for a world class city (which it is, whether you want to admit it or not) it’s still a bargain.
i don’t know why people don’t take that into consideration in their thought process. it’s like those who just ignore the fact that gas has been $9 a gallon in europe for YEARS! it’s about time the u.s. catches up with the rest of the civilized world.