Tuesday Links
Red and Blue House, Carroll Gardens. Photo by dondidwhat. Park Slope Clogged by Parking Seekers [NY Sun] Pats Coach Also a Park Slope Landlord! [Gothamist] Blowtorch for Revere Sugar Factory [Curbed] Big Price Drop at Fort Greene Rental [Set Speed] Le Petite Marche Gets Facelift [BH Blog] J Condo Owners Can See Their Place [Dumbo…
Red and Blue House, Carroll Gardens. Photo by dondidwhat.
Park Slope Clogged by Parking Seekers [NY Sun]
Pats Coach Also a Park Slope Landlord! [Gothamist]
Blowtorch for Revere Sugar Factory [Curbed]
Big Price Drop at Fort Greene Rental [Set Speed]
Le Petite Marche Gets Facelift [BH Blog]
J Condo Owners Can See Their Place [Dumbo NYC]
Agnes Gund: Real Estate Better Than Art [Intelligencer]
If you only use a car every couple weeks RENT a car! It’s far cheaper, once you figure in costs of purchase/insurance/tickets for owning one. And far more practical. There is an Enterprise on 3rd Ave and 9th Street that’s great, they’ve always had a car when I needed one. You can get luxury cars too; we got a Volvo once. Anybody who bothers to even recycle and also owns a car while living in NYC, is a total hypocrite. This is completely ridiculous. All we Park Slopers totally benefit from the success of the commercial district in Park Slope, by a huge margin in the way it’s raised quality of life and property values. Show a little appreciation to these businesses – get rid of your completely unnecessary cars.
Thoughts on the house that Belicheck bought in PS? Assuming it was in good condition (with at least some original detail), what did he get it for a good price? What would it sell for today (given that it is right near the park and 4000 SF)? Thoughts???
i hate having a car in the city, i really do. i’m better than that.
it’s just that i really like it sometimes and find it convenient…um, i mean, i REALLY NEED a car. that’s it: NEED.
I’m not 11:12, but the main reason I don’t keep my car in a garage is there isn’t one within 10 blocks or so of me. (I use it more than every couple weeks, but not every day.) Could I put it in a garage and walk the 10 blocks? Sure, but it wouldn’t be worth it and I don’t feel morally obligated to. I’m not entitled to a parking space on my block, but neither is somebody driving across town to shop at Matter or eat at Blue Ribbon or whatever.
Which is why again I say, if the city is going to let people like me store cars on the street, it might as well charge us for it.
11:12(a), if you only use your car every couple of weeks, shouldn’t you keep it in a garage? at least you wouldn’t have to move it all the time for no reason, and we’d benefit from one less car clogging up the street.
Is anyone else following the search for a new Park Slope slogan? I’ve seen a couple that I liked. “Land of Entitlement” was pretty good. My favorite so far is “Park Slope: What’s Ours is Ours”. lol
anon 11:09
we use public transportation every day, and only rarely use the car, but with 3 animal and kids, we need the car to leave town. the car is only used every 2 weeks or so, but it is neccessary
How about all those homeowners with cars start using public transportation like the rest of us hoi poloi? For nineteen years in brownstone Brooklyn I’ve managed just fine without a car. Less pollution, more spare change. Connect with your inner Al Gore.
How about only overnight permit parking. At least it would get people who register their cars in Maryland and New Jersey to save on insurance would have to register in NY. That would also lower our insurance rates (the highest in the country) and maybe get really bad drivers off the street.