Advice on Moving to Greenwood?
My family and I are considering moving to Greenwood (21st street) from Cobble Hill. We love our current neighborhood, but are desperate for more space for our growing family. Can anyone tell me about their experience living there, if it is safe, a good area for kids, and if there is a good community for…
My family and I are considering moving to Greenwood (21st street) from Cobble Hill. We love our current neighborhood, but are desperate for more space for our growing family. Can anyone tell me about their experience living there, if it is safe, a good area for kids, and if there is a good community for families?
“The NY Times featured a Greenwood Heights property that turned out to be uninhabitable after purchase”
B.C., That was hardly due to the neighborhood and everything to do with the fact the building had no foundation. The buyer was an idiot…though the rehab they did turned out very nice. As was the second one they did.
Housing stock is what you make of it, inspect it and pay for it.
If you want a fixer-up-er, you find something for $750, while a nicely redone flip will start at $950…and those prices are nuts! Ah, back in the day when you didn’t need to crack $500K.
I have a couple friends in Greenwood Heights (including one on 21st Street), and while the community is nice, the quality of the housing stock is… variable, at best. The NY Times featured a Greenwood Heights property that turned out to be uninhabitable after purchase, due to “renovations” by the previous owner. My friends both found unpleasant post-purchase surprises in their own homes.
So, the best advice, in all home puchases, is to pay top dollar for that engineering inspection.
I lived there for two years with kids. Very positive experience. Safer than many areas, decent schools, parking, lots of families, good ethnic mix.
I hope you’re not buying that 600K greenish house on that block with the slanted floors. I looked at that place and even the broker representing the house told me not to buy it.
While I don’t live in Greenwood, I am at the outer limits of the south slope so go there often.
If you have or want a car and you’re coming from CH as we did, “PARKINGâ€,â€PARKINGâ€,â€PARKINGâ€. It sometimes brings tears to my eyes.
The Electrical station is kinda ominous as WTbound pointed out, but is on 24th btw 6th / 7th.
You can actually buy devices that measure what these stations emit. google “electric and magnetic fields’
Greenwood is a wonderful place to live. I’ve lived here for the past 10 years and absolutely love it. The train is close by and the 5th Ave bus is reliable. I find it to be a safe place.
Gemini10 – I have a 1br and I pay $1,050 a month, but I’ve been told recently that my rent is below average.
I like it over there, and there are some good schools too. The one thing that gives me pause is the large electrical station – I tend to be wary of electrical fields and would not want to live so close to one. But that said, I have no real data on either this particular station or its dangers, but for me personally it was enough to abandon our search over there.
anyone know what the rents are over there?
studios/1 br’s?
Great neighborhood. I agree with Mr. Limestone, block to block there can be a huge difference in the architecture, vibe and neighbors. Still a good mix of working class and middle class folks. Newer South American/Mexican population, mixed with old-time Polish and Italian families and ex-pats from all around Brooklyn like yourself.
21st St. is a fine block, albeit ongoing construction projects. 5th Ave is slowly catching up with the South Slope and you’ll be close to transportation at the R on 25th St, as well as the new C-Town on 25th and 4th and Eagle Provisions on 18th St.
Looking at a house or new construction?