$1,000 PSF on Below Fourth Ave? Gimme a Break
Our first reaction to this listing was that it had to be a joke. But on closer inspection, it appears to be a legitimate, albeit delusional, attempt to push the bubble to its outer limits. In fact, this one might burst it. Over $1,000 a square foot for an average-looking, new-construction condo on Seventh Street…
Our first reaction to this listing was that it had to be a joke. But on closer inspection, it appears to be a legitimate, albeit delusional, attempt to push the bubble to its outer limits. In fact, this one might burst it. Over $1,000 a square foot for an average-looking, new-construction condo on Seventh Street below Fourth, yes Fourth, Avenue? We don’t know what else to say. We’re stunned.
7th Street [Corcoran]
Maybe I was a little overzelous! I see the joke. Seriously though how could Corcoran tell these developers to put condos in that location on the market for $1000 a/ft? I think that’s extremely irresponsible coming from a firm that touts themselves as the best. Maybe there are really 9 morons from Manhattan that will pay that.
ltjbukem —
What’s the difference between a hooker and a prostitute? And why does your site always crash my computer? Also are you the dj of the same name or just an admirer. enquiring minds want to know…
Also, is the Whole Foods really under constuction already? Does this mean we can expect it in 2006?
Ron Weasley
Did anyone go to the open house today?
Ron Weasley
Um, does anyone want to tell Rubenstein that the whole “Barbara” thing is a joke?
That is typical Fort Greene/Clinton Hill elitism…4th Avenue is an exciting, vibrant location close to the excitement of the “new West Village” on 5th Avenue and moments to the “new Tribeca” in DUMBO…I suggest you revise your antiquated, brownstone-oriented perspective and celebrate this triumphant confluence of modern design and marketing…Regards Barbara
WHAT?!?!? You are dilusional!
“We are currently in negotiations with the auto supply store to sell that property to Whole Foods…can you please provide me the square footage of your brownstone between 4th and 5th as we are also in discussions with the Gap to open a series of “Baby Brownstone Gap” stores…both of these trends, we are convinced, highlight the value exhibited by this beautiful condo project…thanks Barbara”
That is just false information, Whole foods is not opening a store anywhere in the vicinity except for 3rd Ave and 3rd Street, construction is progressing well and will be the flagship Whole Foods for NY.
I grew up in Bklyn and called the entire Carroll Gardens area “Red Hook.” And if I remember The Fortress of Solitude right, Jonathan Lethem uses the term “Red Hook” to describe the area surrounding Boerum Hill — which was, of course, carved out of Red Hook. Park Slope, though, was always Park Slope although Prospect Hts was usually referred to as Crown Hts.Does this help?
I found this on the web, from the WPA Guide to NY (1939). It sounds like Park Slope wasn’t part of South Brooklyn, but was limited to the area around Grand Army Plaza. Then down to Sixth Avenue was a neighborhood called “Prospect Park West.” Below Sixth Avenue, it was a seedy area with a small colony of Newfoundlanders. 🙂
“The Park Slope District, centering about the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway, has been since the mid-nineteenth century Brooklyn’s “Gold Coast.” In the quiet streets off the plaza are rows of residences that rival the mansions on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue…
“Prospect Park West is an equally fine neighborhood, which west of Sixth Avenue changes into an area of seedy houses, industrial plants, and warehouses. In the latter section dwells a small colony of Newfoundlanders, known to the neighborhood as “blue noses” or “fish,” who gain a livelihood on the fishing smacks that go down to the sea from Sheepshead Bay.”
Yes, I’ve always heard that what we now call Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus and Red Hook used to be called simply South Brooklyn — which is kind of funny given that it’s not the southernmost part of Brooklyn. According to Wikipedia, the term South Brooklyn drives from its location in reference to the original Village of Brooklyn (i.e., the Dutch settlement of Breuckelen), rather than its location in the larger borough. (Wikipedia also includes Park Slope as part of South Brooklyn, but I don’t think that’s accurate historically.)