The Times Cozies Up to Clinton Hill
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…
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 (One Brownstoner reader already took exception with this price range as well as the out-of-date census data in the Forum yesterday.)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]
Frank Lynch.
I moved to a city to live an urban-liftestyle.
And by that I mean living within a short walking distance to shops, restaurants, grocery stores, banks, gyms and cultural amenities.
I did not move here to live in a satellite community, where I must travel by car, bus and plane to get some nice produce.
Paying large sums of money to live near a train that does not go to Manhattan seems absurd to me if you were not priced out of ones with better amenities and transportation.
The people will change. The vibe changes all the time. If you are plunking down millions of dollars though, I need a little more substantial info than “i like the people there”
In my Clinton Hill building, about 50% of people are white, 50% black or “other”. We’re a white family living in Clinton Hill, and there are more than a “very few” of us… how silly. I like Park Slope, and could have chosen to live there (am not priced out), but I personally like Clinton Hill better. Amenities are better in Park Slope, and I sometimes go to stores there. I just like the people who live here and the atmosphere in Ft. Greene/ Clinton Hill better. There are many people who feel this way, and many people who justifiably like what Park Slope has to offer, whatever that is (just kidding).
Clinton Hill used to attract upper class residents b/c there was an express stagecoach to the Fulton Ferry.
The simple fact is that architecturally these houses (and others in Clinton Hill) beat PS to the post. No-one will post any pics because theres no houses that are that good.
That said, PS is by far the better hood.
The Montauk club is not comparable, its not a house.
The psychopath asking about pictures is starting to scare me.
If you don’t have enough pride in your own neighborhood to like it without needing pictures of homes in Park Slope to compare, you really need to see someone.
i think the montauk club building on lincoln place and 8th avenue in park slope is more beautiful than these buildings.
I’m from Park Slope and I’ve never seen a home like this. You can smoke your cigarette now 1:55. The Pratt family had a lot of money and proximity to manhattan was just as important back in the day as it is now.
I think 1:02 has the racial breakdown correct. The census data from 2000 – which is incredibly old – doesn’t support such a large number of blacks in Clinton Hill, i.e. 80%.
11.09 – your silence is deafening