Boerum Hill: In a Nutshell
The New York Times profiled Boerum Hill this weekend (timed, perhaps, to coincide with yesterday’s Atlantic Antic), focusing on the neighborhood’s boutiques and its transformation from shady (“rooming houses, drugs, and prostitution” in the 1970s and ’80s) to chic. On the real estate front, prices in the neighborhood are dropping as they are everywhere else,…
The New York Times profiled Boerum Hill this weekend (timed, perhaps, to coincide with yesterday’s Atlantic Antic), focusing on the neighborhood’s boutiques and its transformation from shady (“rooming houses, drugs, and prostitution” in the 1970s and ’80s) to chic. On the real estate front, prices in the neighborhood are dropping as they are everywhere else, but still, nothing’s cheap in Boerum Hill: townhouses selling for over $1.5 million, condos and co-ops between $600,000 and $1 million, and rentals starting at $1,300 for a studio. New construction in the area includes Green on Dean and the Nu Hotel on Smith, as well as several planned or unfinished projects on the periphery of the area. Beyond the housing market and the area’s commercial offerings, the profile gives a nod to yesterday’s Atlantic Antic and it profiles Boerum Hill’s schools with their test scores of varying levels. Did the writer miss anything?
Subway Lines Galore, But Who’s Leaving? [NY Times]
Atlantic Antic photo by Jim in Times Square
that it did, but I did make it into Club Wildfire a couple times, on rollerskates, we’d zoom in through the swinging doors scream something cheeky, then turn around and scream out of there, good times
Too bad Cinart closed before you were old enuf to bring a date.
The Theater on Court street: “Cinart” they had a sign that said “couples welcome”..
Growing up in Cobble Hill, I remember when I was allowed to leave the block by myself, my mother would say Court street was the line, no going to Smith st. When I was in high school in the 80’s I bought weed off dealers on the corner of Bergen and Smith, and in an apartment above what is now Sample. Smith street sure has changed. For better or worse? sometimes it’s relative.
check corcoran.com
brooklynbridgerealty.com
or other realtors in neighborhood – their websites.
Are you willing to pay a broker’s fee?
My fiance and I are considering moving to Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill or one of the surrounding areas. Other Besides Street Easy or Craigs List, are there any other good resources to check out about available rentals?
oh, you had to bring up the porn theater on Court st. I do miss that place. And Queens had the pizza by the slice.
And the rotisserie chicken and hot food from that place on corner of State.
While it is true that part of PS 261’s district is in Boerum Hill, the sad truth is that most of Boerum Hill is zoned for PS 38 (the Board of Ed gave it an ‘A’, so maybe it just LOOKS bad). For parents who are paying attention and are able to make choices, living in Boerum Hill means finding an out-of-zone or private alternative. A variance into PS 261 isn’t guaranteed, and for a while 261 was refusing to give variances to families zoned for PS 38.
I loved Atlantic ave. even way back when. Loads of great antiques/junque places. found great stuff- now those that are left are too expensive. there’s always something exciting about a place that has that “undiscovered” feel- I mean you wish it would be better for the businesses, but then it is just nice having the secret source thing going on too.