Surprise! 936 Fulton Will Be Condos
When work started at 936-938 Fulton Street in Clinton Hill a few months ago, we were thrilled that someone was taking on the rehab of these two decrepit (but architecturally attractive) brownstone buildings. Given that Fulton Street still lacks the drawing power of other blocks in the neighborhood, we made sure not to let our…
When work started at 936-938 Fulton Street in Clinton Hill a few months ago, we were thrilled that someone was taking on the rehab of these two decrepit (but architecturally attractive) brownstone buildings. Given that Fulton Street still lacks the drawing power of other blocks in the neighborhood, we made sure not to let our expectations rise too high. The first question was whether this project would be rentals or condos. The answer? Condos. Two commercial and 11 residential. That is itself is a positive step for the street (of course, we should wait to see if anyone buys ’em before breaking out the champagne). The second question is whether they will be nice. The website of developer Ore International (which Kensington Blog recently noted is doing another project on Crooke Avenue) says the units will be marked by “Old Brooklyn charm, coupled with stylishly modern sensibility and design.” We’ll see. We think a developer’s choice of windows has huge signal value for the quality of the rest of the project and the cheap-looking aluminum windows that just went in (reminiscent of the ones Guttman just put in at 155 Water Street) are a bummer. A snazzy storefront would be welcome news, though, indeed.
Fulton Street Development [Ore Int’l] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Thanks for shareing your unfortunate experience with Met. I am sure many others have an adversity to this purveyor of fine crap.
I stopped shopping at that Met after a cockroach crawled out of a shopping bag that I had just brought home.
Although it was a pretty small roach compared to the 2-incher I saw blithely dropping out of the candy shelf at the Duane Reade on Court St. @ Montague last week.
I saw LOX next to Kush this weekend – it was close. What is it? A Bagel place? Is it open?
Perhaps 9:57 meant “good” as in convenient, not necessarily high in quality. I’ve never been in a Met Food that had me looking forward to when I could next come back. And houseowax is spot on about Adelphi Station. (Is it true that the postal service calls them “stations” because when you get on line, you are almost stationary?)
Oh please, puhLEEEASE let it be true! How I’d love for things to pick up on this stretch of Fulton. Go ahead and call me a classist snob and tell me to ‘go back to Idaho’…I can take it.
9:57 – I’m confused by your referring to the Adelphi PO as a ‘good service’. Clearly you’ve never availed yourself of their ‘service’…
Great news for that end of Fulton… Watch out Park Slope I smell another 5th Ave
I just signed a contract at 179 Monroe (same developer, I did my homework) and I was impressed with how high quality that building is.
This is good news for the (burgeoning) stretch of Fulton east of Washington. Between Outpost, Joloff Restaurant, Brown Betty, Kush, Lox, and all the places going up on Grand St this area will probably attract some condo-buyers. I love to use the word burgeoning now! Thanks for introducing it to me, Mr. B!
There are good services within a block — the C train, the Met food, the Post Office, etc.
Sounds great! it seems that finally fulton is getting the attention deserved, two of the cast iron facades between clinton and waverly have been recently redone and i think the building next to 936 to the left is up for sale, check the link out!
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/rfs/346919939.html