Prospect Lefferts Gardens: Next Condo Frontier
February 5, 2006–How hot is Brooklyn these days? So hot that condo developers are seeking building sites even in Prospect Lefferts Gardens — where single-family homes are the only thing that’s allowed in a big section of the neighborhood, because of deed covenants that date back to the 1890s. And other parts of the nabe…
February 5, 2006–How hot is Brooklyn these days? So hot that condo developers are seeking building sites even in Prospect Lefferts Gardens — where single-family homes are the only thing that’s allowed in a big section of the neighborhood, because of deed covenants that date back to the 1890s. And other parts of the nabe are included in a city landmark district, which also limits new construction. Builders are heading to this area despite the relatively low supply of available sites because of the continued strong demand for housing in one of the hottest boroughs. “The pattern in Brooklyn is a repeat of a century ago. First people settled in Brooklyn Heights, then the brownstone belt was created, then radiating bands were created outside the brownstone belt,” said Kevin Holmes of Massey Knakal Realty Services. “It’s a reclaiming of the brownstone belt.” (More…)
Building on Condo Boom [NY Daily News]
Ditto!
Wholeheartedly ME TOO! 🙂
You don’t have to convince me that some of the other posters (e.g. Jamey) behaved badly. However, that happened after the ‘battle’ was well underway. I don’t want to argue about it, though. I just wish people would start getting along again.
Taken in context, Carlo, Bob is correct. He was referring to previous posts in this thread and another that trashed PLG. If you read them you would know that the “defenders” by and large are people who live there and have first hand experience of the nabe. They simply defended their nabe as they live in it. Instead, the bashers were the ones who freaked and had hissy fits that anyone would claim a different experience. Otherwise, why take offence at someone saying something good about PLG? Since when does a differing (and positive) point of view constitute an attack on our freeedom and civil rights? Yet the bashers went instantly on the attack- calling them censors, and doing a little race bashing too. Then we come to : “This is undoubtedly the most retarded thread I’ve ever encountered. Little Lefferts crybabies who feel bad about their hood, refusing to let anyone get a real look at it. WAH WAH WAH!!! Go ahead and cry, Lefferts crybabies. Pathetic.” as posted by Jamey. If that (or Anonymous’ 11:26) post represents mature, intelligent discussion then there is no sense in discussing it further. Bob, on the other hand showed a lot of humor and a tough hide in praising his home. He never attacked anyone. Nor was he the one who ratcheted up the debate by calling names (that was Jamey).
Anonymous 5:52,
I certainly HAVE read all the posts and still stand by what I wrote above–we’ll just have to disagree about that. I intend to attempt to distinguish between trolls and serious postings like your’s.
Bob, that sounds reasonable. But it is not accurate. Try reading the posts from start to finish and you’ll see that Carlo is correct. The post was about a project in PLG and one person made a comment about PLG–and suddenly all of the PLG residents freaked out.
I feel safe in Bushwick but not Bed Stuy, safer in Cobble Hill than Carrol Gardens, safer in Fort Greene than Clinton Hill, safer in DUMBO than Brooklyn Heights. Safety is relative to the individual.
Long time reader, first time poster here.
In my opinion the defenders of Lefferts overreacted in this instance. I don’t blame them for loving their nabe and I don’t blame them for sticking up for it. However, this all started when someone said they had safety concerns about Lefferts. In my opinion this does not constitute an “attack” on anyone’s home. It’s just an honest expression of concern and/or fear. Even if this person’s concerns are unwarranted, s/he does not deserve to be slammed. However, as soon as this person’s post hit the board, people were jumping all over him/her. I found it really weird and somewhat disturbing.
We’re all Brooklyners, are we not? We should not be so quick to go on the attack against one another.
My guess is Anonymous 11:26 pm probably assumed all white sheets came with pointy hoods and eyeholes. >:-{ This is not the place for comments like that.