Bed-Stuy: The New Lower East Side?
The Times has a story about an architectural designer who’s moved to Bed-Stuy from Alphabet City and claims that Brooklyn reconnects me to New York City as a cultural and social phenomenon. Michael Andaloro lived on Avenue B for more than two decades and sold two apartments there for $1.2 million last year; he originally…
The Times has a story about an architectural designer who’s moved to Bed-Stuy from Alphabet City and claims that Brooklyn reconnects me to New York City as a cultural and social phenomenon. Michael Andaloro lived on Avenue B for more than two decades and sold two apartments there for $1.2 million last year; he originally paid $60,000 for the properties. Andaloro recently bought a Bed-Stuy building for $775,000 and spent almost that much on renovating the structure, which he says was a 7 on the squalor scale. The new Brooklynite says he doesn’t miss the East Village, which was like spring break in Orlando on Thursday nights and that his new neighborhood’s diversity and possibilities are like the Lower East Side of lore. And, of course, he’s banking on his Bed-Stuy investment eventually paying off the same way Alphabet City did: I always figure that a bleak or notorious neighborhood translates into cachet one day.
Rediscovering New York as It Used to Be [NY Times]
Photo by …neene…
I’m coining a new term for Bed-Stuy haters:
BedBugs.
They come out of their cracks and crevices at any mention of this neighborhood.
They feed like vampires on other’s good nature and intent.
They are insidious and low and tend to cluster.
They are hard to get rid of and nobody would ever want to have them as guests in their house.
BedBugs.
Seriously–Park Slope is the most hated, reviled, criticized neighborhood on this blog. Stop whining.
“Why is there so much hate for those that choose to live in Bed Stuy.”
Well, apparently there is hate for those who choose to live in any neighborhood in Brooklyn, especially Park Slope.
9:04 Are you kidding about Tillie’s and BreadStuy service? HANDS DOWN BreadStuy wins. Tillie’s has HORRIBLE service! I can’t believe it is even a question.
It is wonderful to read all the positive emails on here, and man (!) I am so so sick of the controversy anything having to do with Bed-Stuy causes. What is the deal?? Why can’t people just be happy for people who have found a way to be happy?? As far as I can tell, every single negative comment comes from someone outside of BedStuy which, hhhmmmmm, makes me think they don’t know what they are talking about.
Power to the man in this article – hopefully if he sees this he can ignore the haters. jeez.
Prospective Stuy-Heights buyer:
8 months ago I moved with my 11-year-old to Bed-Stuy, not in the historic district but a very nice area near the old Boy’s High School building.
I had lived in Clinton Hill since 1989 and I was very happy to raise my daughter there. Likewise, we are very happy here; in fact it’s faster to get home from work/school because we take the A train instead of the C. My daughter has always gone to school in Manhattan (although if I had a child starting school now I would definitely consider PS11 or PS20). Now, in 6th grade/middle school she travels many times by herself on the subway and walks the 5 blocks to our house alone.
I think the other questions you raised in your post have been addressed but no one else talked about the issue of raising children. You may want to join the Bed-Stuy kids Yahoogroup:
http://groups.yahool.com/groups/bedstuykids
Stuy Heights has an especially active community of parents of kids your child’s age, as well as more restaurants, a real book store a wine shop, etc., although further west we have a better supermarket (Foodtown on Fulton St. at New York Ave/between Tompkins and Marcy). There’s underground parking at Foodtown.
Re parking: I know you received one tip for a garage near your intended house. I’ve noticed several houses with paved lots next door and my guess is that you’ll be able to make an arrangement with a neighbor to park your car if you decide you want off-street parking.
Good luck!
This may be a small point but no way in HELL is the service at Breadstuy better than the service at Tillies.
Why is there so much hate for those that choose to live in Bed Stuy. Even if it is all that you all claim it to be… Most Dangerous, Over valued Catastrophe In Waiting…
What is the problem with someone beside YOU living, buying, and loving it??? You all are a bunch of Idiots.
Bingo Bingo!!! I would love to see this dude 5 years from now in Bed Stuy. The youngunis will use him for target practice.
Fitch Downgrades $37.2 Billion of CDOs
Monday November 12, 2:45 pm ET
Fitch Cuts Ratings on $37.2 Billion of Collateralized Debt Obligations, Affirms $6.9 Billion
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071112/fitch_cdo_ratings.html?.v=2
Allow me to translate! Credit conditions are getting bad by the second. Soon you will see the sell-off in this junk. Also commodities got hammered today due to margin calls. I don’t see where housing gets better.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
Why is there so much hate for those that choose to live in Bed Stuy. Even if it is all that you all claim it to be… Most Dangerous, Over valued Catastrophe In Waiting…
What is the problem with someone beside YOU living, buying, and loving it??? You all are a bunch of Idiots.
Hey 5:58, you sound like a great person to hang out with! Give me a call when you’re done throwing up on Bed Stuy.