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The Times gives a little love to Clinton Hill in one of its “Living In [x]” neighborhood snapshots, noting that Myrtle Avenue retail has been shaping up in the past few years and more money is coming into the community c/o well-heeled townhouse and condo buyers. The article also cites the area’s drawbacks, including its lack of some amenities, like a decent grocery, and its mediocre train access. Comps, per the story: Condos and co-ops are averaging about $500 per square foot; double duplex brownstones go from $1.2 million to $3 million, on average, according to a Fillmore broker, who says one-bedroom rentals average $1,600 to $2,000. (One Brownstoner reader already took exception with this price range as well as the out-of-date census data in the Forum yesterday.) The article also talks about the Society for Clinton Hill’s push to extend the neighborhood’s landmark district in the wake of condo developments like the Azure. You can just lose so much of your history by developers wanting to maximize the square footage, says Sharon Barnes, a member of the Society for Clinton Hill board. It’s really kind of a race against time.
Living in Clinton Hill [NY Times]
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  1. I hate the Park Slope vibe. Yes, Clinton Hill is seedier, the restaurants are fewer and farther between, and (gasp) there are black people. But, goddamn, the holier than thou vibe of PS is just so…off putting. But yet I am grateful that the Park Slopers and the Manh-assholes haven’t discovered Clinton Hill…so piss on our brick walls and keep walking towards the Slope. We like it that you’re scared of the neighborhood — keeps the real undesirables out.

  2. Clinton Hill is a predominently black neighborhood.

    Accept it and move on.

    4:47. you actually have no idea what you are talking about. “no more than 60% white or black”?

    what the hell does that mean?

    It is certainly AT LEAST 60% black.

    Maybe 20% white. MAX.

  3. “There are very few White families living east of Clinton Avenue.”

    I live on the CH side of Classon ave, and i think it’s very mixed. I don’t do race surveys but it’s no more than 60% white or black. You have no idea what you are talking about.

  4. The G seems to be getting better every year when I was a kid in the 80s it was like one train per hour… The G with get better in time… It would be nice if it stopped at Atlantic ave…

  5. G is good for getting to manhattan, just change at court sq. for the 7 or the V or E. Better than the L, which unless you work on 14th st. you’d need to change in manhattan with anyway.

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