397 Jefferson Goes Into Contract...Finally
We received word this week that 397 Jefferson Avenue, which was listed as an Open House Pick back in December at $699,000, has gone into contract. The price? $650,000. At the time, one reader had this to say about the house: “Needs major work. I viewed it last week. Sagging ceilings etc. Need architect, engineer…
We received word this week that 397 Jefferson Avenue, which was listed as an Open House Pick back in December at $699,000, has gone into contract. The price? $650,000. At the time, one reader had this to say about the house: “Needs major work. I viewed it last week. Sagging ceilings etc. Need architect, engineer and contractor.” Compared to what people are used to, five months to get a get deal is long time. GMAP
Open House Picks [Brownstoner]
The inquiry pertained to which AREAS of Bed-Stuy were deemed to be the most attractive, i.e., best. My opinion made reference to the square block area from Monroe to Fulton and Nostrand to Malcolm X. I called it Prime Brownstone Bed-Stuy. Of course BS is much bigger than this area. Can you people read? I don’t get the tangent about boundaries. Whoah!
I recently saw a Corcoran ad for a house on Bedford Avenue advertised as Clinton Hill. Gotta love it.
The bounderies are Flushing to the north, Atlantic to the south, bedford ave to the west and broadway/saratoga to the south east.
Once and for ALL!!! “…Today the boundaries of Bedford-Stuyvesant are Flushing Avenue on the north, Broadway on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and Classon Avenue on the west. Bedford-Stuvyesant borders on Williamsburg (north), Bushwick (east), Crown Heights (south), and Clinton Hill (west). According to the The Encyclopedia of New York City, “Before 1977 it extended as far south as Eastern Parkway.” Now that’s a funny thing to read. Actually, before the early 1900s, the whole area was known simply as Bedford In the early 1900s, the part of the west was known as bedford, while the part to the east became known as Stuyvesant. In the 1920s and 1930s, a large part of central Bedford where many blacks had settled became known by the hyphenated name of Bedford-Stuyvesant. By the 1960s, this name was used not only for all of what we now know as Bedford-Stuyvesant but also for much of what we now know as Crown Heights. In 1968, the city established its system of community planning districts and defined Bedford-Stuyvesant as extending south to Eastern Parkway. In 1977, the city changed its mind and decided that the area between Atlantic Avenue and Eastern Parkway was Crown Heights, not Bedford-Stuyvesant. Even so, some community development organizations continued to define Bedford-Stuyvesant as extending to Eastern Parkway…” http://www.bedstuy.org/history.php
I hope we never have to talk about this again… 😉
as far as “by definition” actually the name of the neighborhood has nothing to do with those two aves. it was the combination of two areas bedford and stuyvesant that forced the creation of the name “Bed-Stuy”. also, I know this isn’t considered common knowledge and people shouldn’t be expected to know this but I’m almost positive that bedstuy is the largest neighborhood in brooklyn and one of the largest in the country (though I could be wrong). the area between bedford and stuyvesant is only about 7-10 blocks, that wouldn’t make sense in theory.
I don’t know the definite eastern boundary of the stuy but I do know that its not beteween stuyvesant and bedford. the general consensus is that it begins on Classon I know it goes far past stuyvesant though past including utica, patchen, ralph etc… I would venture to say its broadway probably near broadway junction or a little farther.
I don’t think this is a discussion about boundaries, Just the Nabe!
aren’t the borders of bed-stuy, by definition, bedford ave. and stuyvesant ave?
SoHo doesn’t start at bleecker street, right. . .it’s the same idea, i think
This is an article from 1985 NY Times about Bed-Stuy brownstones:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE0D91039F933A25753C1A963948260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fB%2fBrownstones
The Bed-Stuy brownstones haven’t changed much, just the willingness of people to consider living in the neighborhood.