Condo of the Day: 153 Lincoln Place, #3C
It looks like most of the units at 153 Lincoln Place—the former bordello in Park Slope—are now spoken for: Seven have closed, one is on contract and two are still for sale. One of the apartments that’s still available, Unit 3C, has had its asking price cut twice in the last three months, bringing it…
It looks like most of the units at 153 Lincoln Place—the former bordello in Park Slope—are now spoken for: Seven have closed, one is on contract and two are still for sale. One of the apartments that’s still available, Unit 3C, has had its asking price cut twice in the last three months, bringing it to $999,000 from an initial $1,245,000. It has a lot of space—1,388 square feet—so we suspect the problem has been the untraditional layout. Or maybe, to beat a familiar drum, it’s the lack of original details inside a historic shell. Thoughts?
153 Lincoln Place, #3C [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
“But growing up in an interesting, exciting, diverse environment that doesn’t revolve around the automobile and soccer games ”
There’s more interesting shit and diversity in Montclair, NJ than LOTS of Brooklyn at the moment.
“oh stop it. give it 10 years and it wont. what goes up eventually MUST come back down.”
Rob, what you don’t realize is that Park Slope has been a pretty nice neighborhood for a really, really long time. At one time (when it was first built) it was the wealthiest area of the COUNTRY. It fell on some hard times, but in general has been a great neighborhood throughout its history.
You do not know of what you speak. Even those who tell me about the “tough times” said that Park Slope was always pretty nice.
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“I’ll have been getting fuc*ed 53 years”
haha you just channeled Dibs in your little queen-out right there. have a pina colada on me.
*rob*
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But growing up in an interesting, exciting, diverse environment that doesn’t revolve around the automobile and soccer games
lol. yeah youre right. like park slope isnt a lily white neighborhood, like 75 percent of the houses have cars (i have eyes i can see who is getting in out out of their big SUVs with Obama stickers on them), okay maybe the kids of park slope dont go to soccer and there arent soccer moms… oh wait a second, brownstoner brook is INFESTED with soccer type moms! dont deny it.
unfortunately poor people now HAVE to live in the suburbs (and brooklyn btw IS one big suburb whether you want to admit it or not that aint my problem) and have taken their ghetto mentality to the suburbs, but EQUALLY more concerning, perhaps WORSE is the suburban mentality being thrust into cities now. it’s pretty barf worthy when you think about it. this may in fact why i pretty much just hate everyone these days. everyone is a gigantic phoney
*rob*
About me fucking everyone with my cheap taxes, lessee…
Years in NYC living in apts, owned or otherwise, and getting fuc*ed by homeowners, 53.
Years spent fuc*ing people who live in apts, 2.
If I live to 85 and stay in this house, I’ll have been getting fuc*ed 53 years, fuc*ing people, 32.
Guess I get to go to t6 heaven.
dh, that would be a large part of it but not all of it. Personal safety of course means something, as Rob suggested. But growing up in an interesting, exciting, diverse environment that doesn’t revolve around the automobile and soccer games is worth a lot, imo, in an increasingly global economy where a grad may have to sit across the table with someone from another culture entirely.
Frankly, I’ll trade 100pts on the SATs for that. I think I made a good trade with my own kid.
rob, my kid went to MS51 and LaGuardia and to my knowledge was never ‘beat up’ or even threatened. In fact the worst incident she had was in 321, and that never made it to that level.
God – people sure do get touchy when someone suggests that not everything in Brooklyn is the best, always and forever.
So what do you judge quality of education on if not standardized test scores and % of children in grade school who are reading/doing math at their grade level?
“Tell me Denton, do you think the taxes you pay are fair and equitable? Or are you just happy you don’t have to pony up the cash and fuck everyone else?”
t6, I am aware that I pay less taxes on my residence than some others. OTOH, I spent years paying more. Probably, I will have spent more years of my life living in highly taxed residences than lower taxed ones. Overall, I think the taxes I pay are fair and equitable, as I am living in probably the highest tax area in the country, and being in a high income tax bracket, pay plenty of taxes. Additionally, as a business owner, I pay another layer on top of what most people pay. So, I hardly feel I am ‘fucking everyone else’.
The guvment appears to have decided the single family mode of ownership is to be encouraged. That’s the job of the guvment, to use the tax system to encourage desirable behavior. I didn’t make that policy, nor is it why I traded a coop for a house. Frankly, the TCO is not hugely different in Brooklyn. So, you should take it up with the mayor, or vote for that ‘rentsistoodamnhigh’ guy.