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 (One Brownstoner reader already took exception with this price range as well as the out-of-date census data in the Forum yesterday.)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.
11.09 – still waiting for the pic…
12:11:
the shooting was written about on the clinton hill blog.
bet you feel like a dumbass now.
believe it or not, we don’t talk about clinton hill on the ps blog.
I can’t find any info on this shooting… Is this all made up in the heads of the PS people… you guys really need to get a life and stay on the PS blog and write about Eden over there…
yes because the shooting has nothing to do with me 11:50
yes because the shooting has nothing to do with me 11:50
Clinton Hill has Beautiful old houses.
That’s about it. Oh, it’s walking distance to Pratt Institute. The subway service is very very bad, perhaps that is why it is well preserved? The Times article said it is something like 60% African-American, and 15% Latin and Asian. That only leaves 25% for “other” i.e. White. Is that accurate? I thought the neib was more 50-50.
I care about crime, and PS crime is way lower than CH, but I’m still waiting for you to show a pic of a house in PS nicer than those shown above.
those houses look like a nice part of London.
most likly this was not a random shooting, and I’m glad no one was hit with a stray shot.
That shooting took place yesterday, on Easter Sunday in the middle of the day.
What a lovely Easter Sunday in Clinton Hill.
But who cares about crime when you have nice, wide streets. Right, 11:23??