Barbara Goes Long Stuy Heights
And so it ends. 408 Stuyvesant Avenue, a beautiful limestone mansion in Stuyvesant Heights that we’ve covered closely since December 2006, finally has a buyer, and her name’s Barbara Corcoran. According to The Real Deal, Babs shelled out $1,460,000 for the 4,000-square-foot pad, a good deal less than the original asking price of $2,100,000, but…
And so it ends. 408 Stuyvesant Avenue, a beautiful limestone mansion in Stuyvesant Heights that we’ve covered closely since December 2006, finally has a buyer, and her name’s Barbara Corcoran. According to The Real Deal, Babs shelled out $1,460,000 for the 4,000-square-foot pad, a good deal less than the original asking price of $2,100,000, but quite a bit more than the $1,115,000 a couple paid for 404 Stuyvesant Avenue last spring. It’s hard to take this as anything but a vote of confidence for the area and particular and the Brooklyn market in general, no? Then again, her foray in Red Hook real estate took a while to pan out.
Barbara Corcoran buys $1.4M Bed-Stuy townhouse [TRD] GMAP
Babs Buys in Bed-Stuy (After Monster PriceChopping) [Curbed]
Houses of the Day: 404 and 408 Stuyvesant Avenue [Brownstoner]
HOTD: Price Cut at 408 Stuyvesant Avenue (Again) [Brownstoner]
House of the Day: 408 Stuyvesant Avenue Revisited [Brownstoner]
House of the Day: 408 Stuyvesant Avenue [Brownstoner]
By old timers I mean, 30 somethings that were born and raised in Bed Stuy. Those that grew up during Bed Stuy’s worst years and came back after college. I know about 5 people in that category and they all pretty much hate the whole Stuy Heights thing.
But Bed Stuy is too big. I think N. Bed Stuy should get a special name. Stuy Heights is just surrounded by regular old Bed Stuy so it doesn’t make much sense to spin this little parcel off.
last post I meant late 1950s
Bed-Stuy was the made up name that came about in the late 1905s… Sorry doing a lot of research on the neighborhood.
The old time residents are the ones that wanted the city to go back to the name Stuyvesant Heights. In the late 1960s the people of this area went to the city and landmarks to recognize this area as Stuyvesant Heights. over 200 residents approved and one person disapproved back in 1971. Maybe the old person you are talking to is that one person.
7andfive: Bed Stuy is the made up name. You love it, so you can use it. Have fun.
Susan Elkins – good luck with your house search! i love the nabe. I don’t know if you have children but they just opened a new school, called The Brooklyn Brownstone School. They started with pre-k, kind, & 1st grade. they will add a grad every year. check out their website @ thebrooklynbrownstoneschool.org. it’s an application school and not a zone school. the first application elementary school in the city! i find this particularly exciting. this is the type of news that Brownstoner should be posting. Since it’s so positive bed-stuy, maybe he missed that announcement.
That is the best way to look for houses in the area is to walk around and talk to locals.. Most of the older residents are the best ones to talk to and they are super friendly.
bkny- I do actually live the Bed Stuy. I do see the signs everyday. And I know this whole stuy heights business makes many long time residents upset. Sure the historic district was called Stuy Heights but no one in the neighborhood referred to it as such. And now the agents have even redefined the historic district to only include those blocks near Stuy Ave and Lewis. Plain and simple this is Bed Stuy- like it or love it.
I have heard of Doctors Row from many of the long timers. I do know of a few homes going on the market sometime next year. My neighbors are moving to Georgia next summer.