Brooklyn Heights OR Park Slope?
If houses cost the *SAME* in Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope, which neighborhood would you prefer to live in? (serious question!) Also, does anyone know why the retail offerings on Montague are so slim?
If houses cost the *SAME* in Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope, which neighborhood would you prefer to live in? (serious question!)
Also, does anyone know why the retail offerings on Montague are so slim?
Is it fair to say that Brooklyn Heights is far more blue-blooded and rich than Park Slope? There’s money in Park Slope, sure, but I think you feel it more in Brooklyn Heights. It’s kind of intimidating for some people.
brooklyn heights, cobble hill, boerum hill are all much more neighborhoody than park slope in that you always run into people you know. park slope, you can fly under the radar. that’s something i’ve noticed that has not been mentioned above.
Thanks again. rk–I will definitely post in the forum once we’ve made our choice and take the plunge.
Well,you received many comments/opinions.
I think there is a little suspense as to where you’ll end up and some of the daily twists and turns you’ll encounter in the purchase process during the “credit crisis”
I for one would be interested in what your decision will be.
Cobble Hill by far. It’s got the best of both neighborhoods !
The streetscapes in Brooklyn Heights are much more attractive, in my opinion. The streets are narrower, which makes it feel cozier and more intimate, and I really like the proportions between building heights and street widths, plus I think on whole its architecture is more appealing.
In terms of urban design it’s much more like the West Village than the UWS.
The big downer for me for bh is its proximity to downtown bklyn and the courthouses. It’s congested during the day and barren there at night. the restaurants cater to the courthouse goers and they are horrible. Even to get to much better Cobble Hill you must cross formidable Atlantic ave and all of its traffic. With the choice of shops, food and entertainment there really is no comparison. It’s PS by a mile.
Thanks to everyone for these great observations. They’re very helpful. I appreciate it.
live in park slope, buy my kids go to school in bh.
it would be a heckuva lot easier for us to be in bh/cobble hill, because my hubby and i both work in midtown.
but the more time i spend in bh (because of school stuff) the less i like it. lots and lots of people/traffic. seems like a more transient community.
With kids, I want the park. I want the zoo. i want the easy walk to restaurants.
also, bh is very much a business district — with the court house crowds — which i think explains the bad retail on montague.