NY Post Up Close on Dyker Heights
Priced out of Manhattan and the ritzier sections of Brooklyn, Melanie Fox settled on a 650-square-foot one-bedroom in a white-brick corner townhouse for $850 in Dyker Heights. Where? Saddled between Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights is a quiet enclave of large houses and red-brick single- and two-family homes with views of the Verrazano Narrows…
Priced out of Manhattan and the ritzier sections of Brooklyn, Melanie Fox settled on a 650-square-foot one-bedroom in a white-brick corner townhouse for $850 in Dyker Heights. Where?
Saddled between Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights is a quiet enclave of large houses and red-brick single- and two-family homes with views of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge where rents can be considered reasonably low. How reasonably low? Try $900 for a 750-square-foot one-bedroom. Or $1,400 for a six-room, two-bedroom unit with a dishwasher and a washer/dryer. Looking to buy? You can get a 2,200-square-foot single-family detached home for approximately $750,000. Did we mention a garage? You get one of those with this house – and sometimes with the rentals.
The main drawback of the nabe used to be the difficulty in commuting to Manhattan. Things are different now. No longer a two-fare area, Dyker Heights is now serviced by an express bus that takes only 20 minutes to reach the Wall Street area.
Brooklyn Is Cookin’ [NY Post]
Statistics Clinton Hill and Bedford Stuyvesant are more ethnically diverse than Dyker Heights. And please don’t make me look these up for you. Oh and pardon me I meant backward Brooklyn.
To the conveniently anonymous commenter
For someone who doesn’t like racists you have no problem using dehumanizing racial epithets like “redneck”
Do you dismiss BedStuy or Clinton Hills residents as racist because they live in a black segregated area? Do you use racial epithets to dismiss them?
Brownstone Brooklyn has just as many racist, whether they are white, black or brown.
I bet whoever wrote that is just as racist as the people they call racists.
If you want to live in a black, hispanic, white or asian area it’s your choice to segregate yourself. You do not know everyone in suburban Brooklyn or brownstone Brooklyn on a personal level.
You are just as prejudice and racist for dismissing people as “redneck racistsâ€.
There are other things lost in living in suburban Brooklyn.
more like redneck Brooklyn. Too many racists for my taste.
Additionaly and most importantly “brownstone” Brooklyn neighborhood may have recent high sale values but crime levels are higher than suburban brooklyn.
There are other things lost in living in suburban Brooklyn.
It is easy to park on the street because the houses are spread out, and most houses are one or two famiy homes with driveways.
It is only 20 mins to Atlantic/Pacific Station on the subway. If you live in the prime area it is a walk to the subway.
If you haven’t been there drive by 11th Ave in the 80’s and the surrounding blocks. You will find at least one home that you would aspire to live in.
There are A few neighborhoods similar to DH like Bay Ridge (3rd Ave to Shore Rd), Manhattan Beach, SeaGate, Ocean Parkway area.
They may not be as close to Manhattan as “brownstone” Brooklyn, but the size of the properties, privacy, peace and quite, clean and well maintained streets make up for slightly further locations. You can buy a suburban size home with low NYC property taxes.
Additionaly and most importantly “brownstone” Brooklyn neighborhood may have recent high sale values but crime levels are higher than suburban brooklyn.
Does the express bus run on weekends? It is a lovely nabe but just inconvenient to the city. You can get a house with a garage/driveway which is nice since street parking during the week is bad. It is a long train ride.
Dyker Heights was developed as a country club community at the turn of the century.
The golf course was private and called Dyker Meadows. The Dyker Heights Country Club was located on the corner of 86th and 13th Ave. It later became the Italian Country Club and is now home to Knights of Columbus(in a new building on the site.)
I live in North Park Slope,where townhouses sell for around 2.300.000.
In Dyker Heights, only steps to a large park, at 2.300.000 you can get a 6.000 sqft house with 5.000 sqft of outdoor space and private parking for several cars.
http://www.therealestatebook.com/agent/agentdetail.aspx?refer=treb&mid=N167&aid=532205552
you could on the express make wall street in about 20 to 30 minutes, no problem. same from bay ridge, midtown however is more of a problem. and tommy believe it or not , the whole world does not want to live in park slope. and brownstoner excellent limetones on fort hamilton between 75th street and 77th street. and yes they are across a park with about 8 tennis courts.