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]
Hey Anonymous 5:36–I’ll get a grip if you get a sense of humor–OK?. It’s strange what part of my post you decided to comment about. Even if you don’t have a sense of humor the “:-)” was put there to let you know it was a joke!
I haven’t written any “PLG is dangerous” posts, but it is clear that even the most over-the-top posts did not in any way imply that walking aroung PLG during the day with a group of people would be dangerous. Get a grip. Insulting and making fun of people for raising concerns about an area is totally unacceptable–and doesn’t put your beloved area in a good light.
Personally, I’ve been in PLG many times durring the day and felt a bit uncomfortable crossing Flatbush but perfectly safe. I was there once at night, and wouldn’t do it again.
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Jamey and various anonymous posters for helping us sort out the whole PLG issue. It was a pleasure reading your posts and we read many more of them in the future. Thanks again!
Bob, you are welcome. Thanks for the info on the PLG tour, I, for one, plan on being there, because I am not that familiar with the area, and I’d like to see all of the gorgeous homes I’ve heard so much about. Hope to meet you.
Blogging about PLG may drive the number of posts up, but I suspect it would *reduce* traffic in the long run. Who wants to read this childish tit for tat? A guy I work with stopped dropping in on this blog because he was so irritated by the last PLG row.
Strange–I thought Jill’s last post was pretty funny.
If I were Brownstoner, I’d blog about PLG every day, drive the posts and traffic way up and increase my ad rates.
If I were planning to buy a place in Lefferts, I think might change my mind after reading the posts by Lefferts’ ‘defenders’ here. You guys seem really humorless and overly sensitive. Life is too short.
Gee–maybe Jill’s approach is better than mine–at least it will not lure the you-know-whats out from under their bridges :-).
Thank you Jill (and thanks to”Bunky” also).