Newcomers Find Crown Heights Retail Lacking
North Crown Heights may be luring more affluent buyers with its gorgeous—and recently landmarked—rowhouses, but some of the newbie homeowners think the area’s shopping scene leaves a lot to be desired. According to an article in today’s Sun, as more buyers see the neighborhood as an affordable alternative to Prospect Heights, they’re also anxious to…
North Crown Heights may be luring more affluent buyers with its gorgeous—and recently landmarked—rowhouses, but some of the newbie homeowners think the area’s shopping scene leaves a lot to be desired. According to an article in today’s Sun, as more buyers see the neighborhood as an affordable alternative to Prospect Heights, they’re also anxious to see a retail renaissance on thoroughfares like Nostrand. A Wall Street worker who recently closed on an $870,000 Hampton Place home, for example, says he’s ready to see more restaurants in the ‘hood: “If there was something to patronize, I’d willingly spend money there. I’d like to see more amenities. People have money here. Somebody has to be the pioneer and open up something. It’s just a matter of time.” Think he’s right?
Retailers So Far Fail To Follow Homebuyers to North Crown Heights [Sun]
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Well I don’t know about you 12:53, but I purchased my home for 200k and few yrs ago and sold it for 1.3m recently. The guy who is managing your “ING” account…lol, is probably feeding you this “real estate is a bust bullshit”. 12:51 knows what he is talking about. You tried to paint a picture of doom and gloom and got busted and had to come clean.
“No one denies the existence of crime in Crown Heights. No one ever said there is less of it here than in Brooklyn Hts. That’s really not the point. It just gets very irritating to those of us who live here, and walk these streets (at night, as well as all day)to have crime stats used as a constant negation of all of the positive things that this community has going for it. ”
I totally agree. For goodness sake, I have never felt uncomfortable and I know all my neighbors. Young and old.
You are the definition of ignorant, 1:06.
Brooklyn Heights is host to the Brooklyn Headquarters of the Catholic Archdiocese. There are six catholic churches, two catholic colleges, a number of catholic high school, middle schools and grade schools. It is home to the Catholic Charities Society and was the subject of a manhunt that involved a priest that harmed young boys for 20 years. I don’t know about you, but that is a hell of a lot of celibate employees walking the streets of Brooklyn Heights. So 12:48, you do the math.
Untrue, 12:58.
Crown Heights is one of the most crime ridden neighborhoods in New York City.
Doesn’t mean there aren’t lovely homes and nicer blocks, but please don’t mislead people into thinking Crown Heights is a safe neighborhood. It really does no one a service.
Maybe do something to help the situation instead of spreading lies about it to boost your bottom line would be more helpful.
That’s what they did in Park Slope. That’s what they did in Ft. Greene and that’s why they’ve done in Prospect Heights.
Now all I hear from Crown Heights residents are…me me me…where are the boutiques, where are the stores, why are there young men hanGing out on the corner.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
No one denies the existence of crime in Crown Heights. No one ever said there is less of it here than in Brooklyn Hts. That’s really not the point. It just gets very irritating to those of us who live here, and walk these streets (at night, as well as all day)to have crime stats used as a constant negation of all of the positive things that this community has going for it.
It’s not taboo to talk about crime. But those of us who live here also talk about bettering our personal surroundings and helping those around us who have less get the services and help they need. We don’t cower in our homes afraid to get out there and enjoy the architecture and parks, and to interact with our neighbors and friends. I’m not afraid to live here, period.
Also, Crown Heights North has very few abandoned buildings and/or vacant lots. The most blighted site I can think of off hand is for sale – a huge chunk of Nostrand near Prospect Place, which was allowed to fall in on itself. I would not be surprised to see a big noncontectural condo going up there in the next couple of years, and I’m sure it will have commercial space.
Those of us who love it here are indeed in it for the long run. Nostalgic on Park Ave remembers a past that was and prosperous, and a great place for a child to grow up. That part hasn’t changed, and prosperity is coming back, and this time, will be shared with the Caribbean, African American, and all other neighbors who are making Crown Heights a better place for all. We believe it, and are working to make it happen.
To the armchair entrepreneurs on this board with their mindless business advices…shut-up already! Show some respect for the mom/pops stores & businesses that are there, and managed to survive and even thrive all these years w/o a single cent from you or your approval. I know that just eats you up inside, huh?? What a bunch of sorry-ass arrogant pricks!
There are pockets of crime in Crown Heights near the housing projects, the rest is lovely.
“Condo prices in Brooklyn remained high at an average of $613,000, but the increase from 2006 was just 5 percent.”
That is actually the sentence from the article. Nothing on single family home prices. And these numbers were BEFORE the credit crisis. We’ll see what happens after. I guarantee you it ain’t no 20% price increase.
You are seriously living in a dreamworld, 12:51.