Development Watch: 160 Schermerhorn Tops Out
It only took about three months for the Schermerhorn House at 160 Schermerhorn Street to top out at 11 stories. Half of the 190 units will be for low-income residents and artists while the other half will be for the formerly homeless. Strange bedfellows for the new owners of the fancy 14 Townhouses next door….
It only took about three months for the Schermerhorn House at 160 Schermerhorn Street to top out at 11 stories. Half of the 190 units will be for low-income residents and artists while the other half will be for the formerly homeless. Strange bedfellows for the new owners of the fancy 14 Townhouses next door.
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The only ones who call it being “pushed out” are the ones who are NOT already homeowners in these neighborhoods. Try renters. These are the whiners who could very well buy a nice place in Queens but don’t think it’s hip enough or good enough for them, and so they’re bitter about it. These aren’t hardworking middle class cops and teachers are posting on Brownstoner right now. They’re too busy working. These are people with desk jobs or who are freelancers in media who work at home.
how is someone getting pushed out by selling their home they paid 30K for 20 years ago and selling it to someone new for 3 million dollars?
truly…i want to know how that equates to being pushed out.
“But if the middle class in Brooklyn is essentially being told that Boerum Hill (in this example) is a neighborhood for the rich and for the poor, but not for them, maybe they have a right to be pissed…”
2:44: I think you’ve hit the essence of the conflict right on. Many in the middle class in Brooklyn have lived here a long time, decades, generations even, through good times and especially through the bad times during the 70s and 80s. They worked long and hard to turn things around to save this city. They now resent those newcomers who come to Brooklyn thinking that they’ve discovered America…who have deep pockets and think they can push out anyone they please…because someone has established ludicrous benchmarks for real estate prices here and they can afford it…because the newbies now perceive Brooklyn to be “desirable” for no one but themselves. Therein lies the conflict.
Better than the poor Wall Streeters who everyone is crying that their bonuses will only be 10 million this year instead of 15.
I am sick of hearing about poor teachers, firefighters and cops. The starting salaries aren’t that great, I’ll admit but every cop, teacher, firefighter and correction officer for that matter make 100 G’s a year and better if they have moved up the ranls or are at top pay. The Cops qualify for public housing where they pay next to nothing in rent so that they can save up for a home, they all get to participate in Officer/Teacher next door where they get HUD homes for 50% off, the teachers get more holidays off than anybody, the CO’s and Cop’s flash their badges and get comped all over the place, the firefighters work 3 days a week and many have lucrative off duty jobs, they all get to drive to work and have designated parking no matter where they work. They get unilimited sick days, excellent medical benefits, over 30 paid vacation days a year and retire after 20 years with half pay their pay which is not taxed by NY state or NY city. Yes they deserve what they get but stop the poor old cop routine already.
This is a really well-designed building.
I’m happy to see it coming to fruition.
It’s obvious that a lot of you would like to make certain neighborhoods only for the wealthy, put a wall up around them and then make separate ones for the poor, but luckily for those of use who actually appreciate socioeconomic diversity and vibrancy, you are not the ones who make these decisions.
THANK GOD.
AS someone else points out above, it’s hardly strange bedfellows given the jail and courthouse across Smith Street.
In any event, this building and its proposed focus on low income units was part of the entire development plan for this block for a long time, so I seriously doubt that any of the purchasers of the new townhouses are surprised.
But 2:37, I think the only reason they’re complaining (which you interepret as “entitlement”) is because people who earn a lot less than them are getting handouts to stay in those very neighborhoods. The middle class in LA may not complain because they accept that Beverly Hills is a neighborhood for the rich. But if the middle class in Brooklyn is essentially being told that Boerum Hill (in this example) is a neighborhood for the rich and for the poor, but not for them, maybe they have a right to be pissed…
2:03 said:
“They are only getting squeezed out because they are so entitled that they think they have the birth right to own a brownstone in Park Slope. Go farther out…it’s what people do in every city in America.”
THAT’S the truth. I’ve said it before on this site, I’ll say it again, you don’t see middle class in Los Angeles whining they can’t afford to buy in Beverly Hills. If you can’t afford Park Slope or Brooklyn Heights, you go further out in Brooklyn, or you go to Queens or the Bronx. Thereby helping improve those places, btw, which is good for the whole city. Literally it is only in Brooklyn I’ve ever heard or seen this kind of entitlement. It’s absurd.