Townhouse for $600k?
My husband and I are looking to buy a 3+ BR place so we can start a family (we currently live in a little 700 sq ft Boerum Hill condo). We’re open minded about neighborhoods in Brooklyn (preferred) or Queens but want a commute to mid-town that will be less than an hour. We could…
My husband and I are looking to buy a 3+ BR place so we can start a family (we currently live in a little 700 sq ft Boerum Hill condo). We’re open minded about neighborhoods in Brooklyn (preferred) or Queens but want a commute to mid-town that will be less than an hour. We could swing $600k and it would be a dream to have a townhouse but from what we’ve seen that puts us in Bed Stuy or Bay Ridge. Would anyone have advice on what it’s like to live in either community today? Safety is a question, and value for the money. We’d also love recommendations for other neighborhoods we haven’t discovered.
jersey city or guttenberg nj. much more convenient than many places in brooklyn and especially queens.
*rob*
bensonhurst, gravesend,midwood still have cheap housing. very decent public schools to boot.
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/112-Hall-St-Brooklyn-NY-11205/30611800_zpid/
by Myrtle in the Clinton Hill/Wallabout area
Take a look at http://www.century21.com/realestatelistings/Brooklyn-NY-11233-624A+Macdonough+St-35083795
its on a great block in Bedford Stuyvesant where you will see Gays, Whites with children and Blacks with children and we all love it here and at a price you could afford.
Oh and my husbands commute to midtown is just about an hour but we live very close to the subway. So to keep it just about that you want to live close to the subway or close to the express but line.
We moved from Park Slope to Bay Ridge about 4 years ago for the same reasons you did. So schools, safety and space were the priority. Schools here do very well particularly Ps 185 and ps 102.
We love the neighborhood and find it very safe. There are tons of resturants and lots of things for children to do here. There are plenty of parks for kids to run around and have met lots of nice families at these parks.
I thought I’d never leave PS but my husband was set on moving here so we could finally have our own backyard garden. So I agreed to go check it out one weekend and that’s all it took. We liked the nabe immediately.
I would check out the areas you’re interested in and see what’s right for you.
Good luck with your search.
Check out Midwood, 11230 zip code. You may find some diamond in the rough in your price range. And if it’s located within walking distance to B/Q on Newkirk (not Ditmas park, but something between Ocean Parkway and Coney Island), you’ll get a great commute time.
Check out Midwood, 11230 zip code. You may find some diamond in the rough in your price range. And if it’s located within walking distance to B/Q on Newkirk (not Ditmas park, but something between Ocean Parkway and Coney Island), you’ll get a great commute time.
Jackson Hts is great in Queens – super close to many subway lines, great schools(public and private) and a good mix of people
However if you really want to stay in BK, I would look for fixer-uppers in Park Slope, Greenwood, Gowanus and Windsor Terrace. I have seen lots of properties that are hovering anywhere between 650-850 that you could probably offer a lot less and get into a great nabe