Out-of-Context Brownstones in Vinegar Hill
We drove through Vinegar Hill on Sunday on the way to Brooklyn Bridge Park and were reminded how fun it is to find pockets of charming brownstones out of context. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Vinegar Hill was an Irish working class neighborhood (where many of the maids for nearby Brooklyn Heights lived)….
We drove through Vinegar Hill on Sunday on the way to Brooklyn Bridge Park and were reminded how fun it is to find pockets of charming brownstones out of context. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Vinegar Hill was an Irish working class neighborhood (where many of the maids for nearby Brooklyn Heights lived). The area was cut off from the rest of Brooklyn when the BQE was built. Now that several of its streets are designated historic districts and Dumbo is booming, its fortunes have obviously changed. Does anyone know if any of these houses have been on the market in the recent past? How are they priced versus other brownstone nabes?
I love this area but it has all sorts of environmental issues (elec fields and such). I would be rather reluctant to live there with small children.
Does it have the amenities of DUMBO, Ft. Greene, etc.?
We bid on a new building last year, they wanted a million for a 2 family plus basement. Right off the navy yard and next to the ConEd plant. We passed. But it’s an interesting area.
The frame house listed by Brooklyn Bridge sold some time ago…
That’s funny, I heard it was transexual Zorastrians.
I heard that 67% of the neighborhood’s real estate is owned by lesbian Jehovahs Witnesses.
Cross-posted with bc…good for you!
Does anyone know if there’s there any truth to the rumor that many of the homes in Vinegar Hill were bought up by a group, or community, of lesbians?
Although one of the realtors I was using when I bought my house three years ago claimed that it “wasn’t unheard of” for these houses to go on the market, I’ve been watching this neighborhood like a hawk for 4 years now and haven’t seen any listings in that time (a few questionable frame houses, but thats it.) I ended up with a lovely “out-of-context brownstone” on a vinyl sided-block in Greenpoint–good term!