$2,000 a Foot in Gravesend? You Betcha
A new development called The Venetian going up on Avenue P in Gravesend is a rather not-so-subtle reminder that not everyone covets the brownstone aesthetic. The fellow who brought it to our attention claims that apartments at the over-the-top residence are selling for between $700 and $1,500 a foot. Our tipster also notes that Sitt…
A new development called The Venetian going up on Avenue P in Gravesend is a rather not-so-subtle reminder that not everyone covets the brownstone aesthetic. The fellow who brought it to our attention claims that apartments at the over-the-top residence are selling for between $700 and $1,500 a foot. Our tipster also notes that Sitt Asset Management, the company that is behind the Venetian, also has assembled another two sites nearby, one on Avenue U, and the other on Ocean Parkway and R. The Ocean Parkway project reportedly will be even more luxe, with per square foot estimates in the $1,300 to $2,000 range. In what is sure to elicit accusations of narrowmindedness and provincialism (heck, given some recent threads someone will probably find a way to call us sexist or racist), we’ll go out on a limb and say that we didn’t know that there were that many folks in Gravesend packing this kind of buying power. Different strokes for different folks.
The Venetian [431 Avenue P] GMAP
Introduction [Venetian Plaza]
Russian Vodka Room is gross. I would try Uncle Vanya’s in Manhattan.
For fun times (and to see the kind of people who will live in this type of a property), go to Baku Palace in Bklyn – dinner, show, and a bottle of booze for $75/person.
Insomniac anon at 12:06 – here here to the ‘no taxes for Russians’ rule – I would love to stop paying mine.
Petunia alot of the large newer brick construction you see in Midwood are owned by religious Jews that have very large extended families.
I love this city, its people and the energy!! You guys are hilarious!!! Brooklyn is a huge borough and offers something different for everyone. Some of us prefer urban over sub-urban; coastal over rural; brownstones over apartment buildings; mc mansions over grand ma colonials, etc. Nevertheless, it’s all here in Brooklyn- the borough/city that allows everyone, no matter what race, creed or color to carve out a piece of something unique for himself and call home.
hm… Interesting discussion… I am russian, my husband is russian, heck, paying and paying and paying taxes… Please, give me more information, are russians exempt from paying taxes? Did I miss anything? fuck, 15 years, two six-figure salaries!
Ouch! If we knew about this russiannotaxes rule earlier!
IF ANY OF YOU SO CALLED BRIANIACTICS HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET IT IS BECAUSE YOU NEVER ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE AREA MUCH LESS THE REAL WORLD. CAN ANYONE SAY SEPHARDIC JEW.
AND IF YOU THOUGHT ALL THE MONEY IS IN MANHATTAN THINK AGAIN THESE GUYS HAVE BLOOMBERG AS THERE PERSONAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS.
FEAR NOT HOWEVER BECAUSE THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS WILL NEVER BE BUILT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO BUILD A DOG HOUSE MUCH LESS AN APARTMENT BULIDING OF THIS RIDICULOUS MAGNITUDE.
DID ANYONE KNOW THIS IS ENTIRE AREA IS A SACRED INDIAN BURIAL GROUND? SOMEONE BETTER CALL AN ARCHIOLOGIST BEFORE THE FOUNDATION STARTS.
Anon 1:35 is not us. And, by the way, Anon 2:26, this is NOT radio free Brooklyn. This is more like our living room–no first amendment for you to lean on here. So be respectful and avoid the profanity, or you’re out. Pretty simple.
Speaking of Russians, does anybody know a really good Russian restaurant in Manhattan or Brooklyn?
I sometimes hit the Russian Vodka Room in Midtown but could use a few more recomendations.
Thanks in advance
Not just Russians. There are wealthy Syrian Jews in that part of the city, especially the Ocean Parkway-Avenue R area where that other development is supposed to go up. Just saying.
There isn’t a need to bash others on this blog.
Poor against Rich, Rich Against Poor, Black Against White, White Against Black, Mixed White against European White, Hispanic against Asians. Office workers against uniformed workers.
Why can we have intelligent discussion about real estate?