$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]
anon – I agree! The building looks like it’s actually over the trees in the drawing. Very odd and hard to get the height perspective.
My uncle, who’s in his early 80s and lived in Brooklyn until the 1960s, doesn’t know what I mean when I say Carroll Gardens (in “I got this fresh mozarella at Caputo’s in Carroll Gardens.”) He calls the whole area South Brooklyn.
I think the name “Park Slope” is also a relatively recent (post 1960s).
I can’t figure out the perspective of the steps in the drawings. It looks like massive front stoops, rising to the tree tops.
An old timer who lived in Boerum Hill all her 80-year life told me Boerum Hill, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook used to all just be called Red Hook. Anyone know if that’s true?
yes – a clear identity and a catchy name are in order. This sounds like East Gowanus, so how abou EGO?
(better than NoGo)
linusvanpelt: I guess I don’t call it Gowanus b/c we aren’t right next to the canal, but rather just on that side of Park Slope. Park Slope is so big I think it can use a few more micro-hoods. also, I usually think of the name streets (Union, Sackett, Carroll) when people say they live in the Gowanus area. but it’s no big deal, I don’t need my area to have a cool name to like living here. (I will say that we lost a few prospective tenants b/c this area doesn’t have a clear identity. that was really suprising to us!)
The map on the Community Board 6 website (www.brooklyncb6.org) suggests that yes, this property is in fact located in the neighborhood known as Gowanus. Bet the Corcoran brokers would love that.
Anyway, the borders of Gowanus appear to be 4th Avenue and Court Street, 15th Street and Warren. That places the southern half of the Gowanus and Wyckoff houses (of yesterday’s discussion) in Gowanus, with the northern half in Boerum Hill.
Jemstone,
Why not just call it Gowanus? Is there actually room for another neighborhood between Gowanus and Park Slope? At this rate there will be nothing left of Gowanus that isn’t covered by water.
yes, there are some prostitutes along 3rd Ave. but I used to live in the far East Village so that’s nothing new to me. I can’t say much in support of these new condos on 7th St – the development looks so ugly and ticky-tacky – but I just wanted to stand up for our sub-Slope blocks. by the way – we need a name for this hood. I was think GoSlo (Gowanus Slope)?
PS: earlier this year Brooklyn Properties had a house on 7th between 3rd/4th on the market for over $2 million. I wonder if it ever sold?
linusvanpelt: ha, nice comment..i’m wondering about their existence. this is at 6 to 7pm, this past month or so. hardly during the dark hours. they are dressed in the requisite microminis and look pretty cracked out. possibly trying to get a hit from crack alley behind the 505 court complex that’s been profiled on curbed a bit.