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While it’s not exactly breaking news that rents in Park Slope and Williamsburg are very high, did you know that median rents in the two neighborhoods are steeper than they are in Hell’s Kitchen and the Lower East Side? The Observer has an article this morning about how rents in A-list Brooklyn neighborhoods continue to rise while prices in the Manhattan rental market begin to dip—taken together, the trends suggest that Brooklyn’s days of being an affordable alternative to Manhattan are long gone (as if anyone needed a newspaper to tell them that!). According to listings on StreetEasy, the median monthly rent in Park Slope is $3,050, while Williamsburg’s median is $2,900. Both numbers are higher than the median rent on the Lower East Side ($2,700). In addition, rents in prime Brooklyn neighborhoods have gone up at a startling pace over the past couple of years: The median rent for Park Slope in ’05 was a comparatively affordable $1,090. Conclusion, per the article: “Queens, anyone?”
Park Slope Living at Manhattan Rents! [NY Observer]
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  1. Do you people actually ever get outside? Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill (just like every yuppie neighborhood in NYC and probably nationally) are virtually 100% democratic and pretty liberal too.

  2. brooklyn heights and cobble hill still cost more to live in.

    that’s not a good thing in this new economy, 3:13.

    i’d take a yuppie or stroller over a bush loving republican any day of the week.

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