This Olde House Gives Nod to Stuyvesant Heights
In its current issue, This Olde House picks its top 51 neighborhoods for old houses. Among its top six Editors’ Picks is none other than Stuyvesant Heights, which gets the nod for being the “Best Place for Brownstone Buffs.” Here’s what they have to say: This culturally rich nabe is shedding its high-crime rep as…
In its current issue, This Olde House picks its top 51 neighborhoods for old houses. Among its top six Editors’ Picks is none other than Stuyvesant Heights, which gets the nod for being the “Best Place for Brownstone Buffs.” Here’s what they have to say:
This culturally rich nabe is shedding its high-crime rep as restaurants, bakeries, and cafes open their doors to new and longtime residents, all of whom want a distinctly Brooklyn lifestyle for themselves and their families…While prices for townhouses were creeping into the millions a few years ago, they’ve come down of late. Some fixer-uppers are going for as low as $475,000. It won’t stay that way.
Sweet!
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yeah i laughed at the “i discovered it three years ago” line too. hahah
*rob*
“Lastly, I figured this out 3 years ago!!!! ”
Yes, when prices were at their highest and all the smart people were standing on the sidelines and watching the frenzy. But, hey, congrats. Now, my friends who bought a brownstone in Fort Green in 1979–they deserve some kudos!
DIBS — are there any good blocks with multiple frame houses in halfway decent condition? It’d be interesting to take a gander.
There are a number of frame construction houses in Bed Stuy from before 1870.
Joe, that’s probably crown heights SOUTH. Crown Heights North is great.
joe–are you commenting on the right thread?
Many of the newer transplants moving to Windsor Terrace are coming by way of PLG and Crown Heights. When asked why they chose to re-locate to WT the answer is always either crime or racial tension.
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Looks like the Old House editors are using some hyperbole.
ya think!?
*rob*
“Home to perhaps the most diverse array of townhouses in New York City, ranging in style from Federal to the ubiquitous Italianate brownstone to Queen Anne.”
Looks like the Old House editors are using some hyperbole. I seriously doubt there are any Federal townhouses in Stuyvesant Heights, or even Greek Revival. The earliest surviving houses weren’t built until about 1870. Not taking anything away from the neighborhood, but I think you need to look at a much older place (say Greenwich Village or Brooklyn Heights) if you want to claim “the most diverse array” of houses in NYC.