Where The Kids Are Alright
You know you wanna talk about this. You know you do. Because it’s, like, really important. You see, The Times has found a new condo building in Carroll Gardens where, OMG, five out of six couples have, gasp, children. Isn’t that just, like, unbelievable? “The sleep-deprived residents are settling into a rhythm that contrasts with…
You know you wanna talk about this. You know you do. Because it’s, like, really important. You see, The Times has found a new condo building in Carroll Gardens where, OMG, five out of six couples have, gasp, children. Isn’t that just, like, unbelievable? “The sleep-deprived residents are settling into a rhythm that contrasts with the hushed order found in some buildings. The lobby often has an arsenal of Diapers.com boxes stacked at the entrance. Residents sometimes confuse cries emanating from other apartments as those of their own babies, and the first meeting of the condominium board was scheduled around feeding and sleep times.” The breeder takeover of 348 Sackett Street, it seems, was all part of a nefarious plan by the developer. “The building’s developer and architect, Alex Barrett, who has two children, designed the apartments with his own family in mind. All of the apartments have three bedrooms, and four of them have two full bathrooms.” The scandal and intrigue of it all!
An Apartment Building Where Babies Reign [NY Times]
348 Sackett All Spoken For [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Windows for Sackett [Brownstoner] GMAP
Development Watch: 346-348 Sackett Street [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 348 Sackett Street [Brownstoner]
History repeats itself. I was doing research on buildings on the Grand Concourse, and they were all heavily populated by young families in the 1930s (when the buildings were new). Some of those original tenants (minus the kids) are still there.
As a stroller-weilding parent in Park Slope, I really resent the whole stereotype of the SUV strollers. Yes, the wheels are larger – but that’s because the sidewalks are really REALLY bad (the stroller umbrella can be a serious hazard to the occupant, the pusher and bystanders because of sudden stops – usually unplanned).
I DO NOT own a Bugaboo, but a Valco (Ebay – $250!). And I hate PSP. And the moment my kid hits 3, stroller goes on Craig’s list (ok, no promises there).
…two years from now we’ll find out that the building was just a front for a large family of polygamists.
stranger things have happened. 😉
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It is family friends but Carroll Gardens and neighboring hoods (cobble and boerum hill) are not nearly as kid crazy as Park Slope. You can walk down Smith or Court st on the weekends without getting run over but some parent and their SUV stroller.
i have never gotten run over by a stroller in park slope hahaha even on busy streets on nice days. i cant say the same about lower manhattan.
*rob*
my old co-op had 10 kids under age 5, 6 units. Seems this is pretty common throughout South Bklyn, many of our friends also live in buildings that are overrun with babysitting swaps and playdates.
It is family friends but Carroll Gardens and neighboring hoods (cobble and boerum hill) are not nearly as kid crazy as Park Slope. You can walk down Smith or Court st on the weekends without getting run over but some parent and their SUV stroller.
The NY Times – finding breaking stories as they happen!
yeah, i’m overbearing and neurotic because i don’t want my toddler to fall out of the window and DIE! okay!
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Residents sometimes confuse cries emanating from other apartments as those of their own babies
clearly that speaks volumes about the quality of construction at this crotchfruit factory. hahaha. seriously tho, isnt caroll cardens traditionally a family neighborhood anyway? how is this shocking? at least the kids have other kids to play with it within the same building, that’s always fun as a kid.
*rob*