Co-op of the Day: 201 Clinton Avenue
The Clinton Hill Co-ops generally are a pretty good value. They’re not the sexiest apartments around, but they tend to be a little cheaper than the competition and they come with a solid financial footing and a nice community. And, as in the case of this one-bedroom, some of the upper-floor spaces offer killer views….
The Clinton Hill Co-ops generally are a pretty good value. They’re not the sexiest apartments around, but they tend to be a little cheaper than the competition and they come with a solid financial footing and a nice community. And, as in the case of this one-bedroom, some of the upper-floor spaces offer killer views. This 750-square-foot unit could use a new kitchen, but the asking price of $320,000 seems pretty reasonable.
201 Clinton Avenue 1 BR [D Cherry RE] GMAP P*Shark
Actually, mortgage is less than a one bedroom rental in Stuyvesant town. Clinton Ave between willoughby and lafayette is by far one of my favorite blocks in Brooklyn.
Ok. Fair enough. I’ll play
Clinton Hill is the best because I live there and I like it so it’s the best.
Park Slope has too many mommies.
Manhattan is O-V-E-R!
Jackson Heights is in Queens, enough said.
Dumbo… you can maybe hear the trains on the bridge overheard so that’s no good.
Bed Stuy… basically if you go there you will die.
Same with East New York.
Same with Crown Heights.
Same with Bushwick
Williamsburg… oh lord where to begin? trust funds and skinny boys everywhere! who could live in that environment?
discuss.
“That kind of discussion is useless because noone is wrong.”
Hey – who the hell made you the Brownstoner discussion director, anyway? This is a blog. It’s about discussion. What’s your problem?
People pay good money to live in project style apts – I’m sure a mortgage on a 1 bdrm in Clinton Hill co-ops is comparable to a 1 bedroom rental in Stuy-Town/Peter Cooper Village.
Why would someone choose to live in the East Village when you can get more space in Brooklyn? Because some people like living in the East Village. That comment is just going to start a “my neighborhood is better than your neighborhood” debate. Some people prefer Jackson Heights, some people prefer Clinton Hill, some people prefer the Upper East Side. That kind of discussion is useless because noone is wrong.
Everytime there is a post about the Clinton Hill Co-Ops, this same “looks like a project yada yada” conversation occurs. Can’t it just end? I agree – they aren’t the prettiest. So don’t live there. There are many of us who live here and love it. I own my own apartment that is huge (comparitively for a 1 bedroom) and I have kick-ass Manhattan views. My neighbors are super-nice (old-timers and new ones), and many of them are like me – hardworking middle-classers. I live in the North campus – closer to Myrtle, and the walk is longer to the G, but I don’t mind – I like being closer to the commercial strip. And I love Clinton Hill, and these Co-Ops enable me to afford to live in a beautiful place. I don’t want to live in Jackson Heights. If I did, I would.
Why live here when you can get the same, or more, space, plus character and great subway connections in Jackson Heights?
“Actually, that’s the same insight you already told us.”
No, actually it’s not. I specified the project in my second post.
Sadly, your laughable attempt at sarcasm is quite misplaced, because the city’s housing projects simply don’t all look the same. The Queensbridge projects in Long Island City (largely four- and five-story buildings with small courtyards and pathways) look much different from the Linden Houses in East New York (very tall buildings with larger pathways with playgrounds, basketball courts and large parking lots). The Gowanus Houses projects are white brick, unlike the first two examples. Several of the buildings in the Harlem River Houses have a “mews” style of architecture. All are housing projects. You’d know there are differences if you were the least bit informed, or had bothered to observe some of the housing projects in this city.
So basically one is paying more to live with people in the same building of higher income. Xander, please explain.