Brooklyn Apartments No Bargain Compared to Manhattan
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…
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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“…yeah, I prefer lawyer presidents that get head in the oval office.”
yes, i think most of us prefer that actually.
probably about 75% of the country at this point.
Hey 12:47, self-proclaimed insider at Blue Ribbon, how’s your mercury count these days?
“Maybe 10% of all the places in PS are worth the bother.”
So basically you are saying PS is like pretty much every neighborhood in Manhattan also?
I can name a couple good restaurants in each neighbohood in Manhattan (except maybe noho and west village which have maybe 20% excellent restaurants) and the rest are crap.
But you think Park Slope should be held to a higher standard, because???
The Upper West Side has the worst restaurant scene in the city below 96th, yet somehow people still find it a lovely place to live.
…yeah, I prefer lawyer presidents that get head in the oval office.
Business school!
teaching idiots how to boss around people more qualified than them for the last 100 years.
“Rarely do I have to wait for a table. But they know me at the busier places like Al Di La and Blue Ribbon.”
Maybe 10% of all the places in PS are worth the bother. Is it any wonder that they same 3 or 4 places get name-checked? You know which ones they are. The rest are rather blah.
And if you live anywhere near 5th ave, you have to live with kind of noise and commosion that people in the East Village now complain about all the time. It’s gone from tight-knit residential to loud party zone. PS is headed in that direction.
business school is for losers.
everyone knows that.
take our illustrous president for example.
“if you didn’t care, you wouldn’t have written anything. it’s called defensive and it’s psych 101.”
…similar to your response to his/her statement.
-sounds like someone was denied to B school.
“if you didn’t care, you wouldn’t have written anything. it’s called defensive and it’s psych 101.”
Take at look at yourself, my friend. The need to lash out at your financial and career betters speak volumes about your own self esteem.