Co-ops of the Day: Head-to-Head Studio Battle
Douglas Elliman put up two new studio listings last week, one in Prospect Heights and one in Brooklyn Heights. The Prospect Heights pad, at 55 Eastern Parkway, is on the fourth floor with an asking price of $285,000 and monthly maintenance of $435; the Brooklyn Heights unit, at 54 Orange Street, is asking $319,000 with…
Douglas Elliman put up two new studio listings last week, one in Prospect Heights and one in Brooklyn Heights. The Prospect Heights pad, at 55 Eastern Parkway, is on the fourth floor with an asking price of $285,000 and monthly maintenance of $435; the Brooklyn Heights unit, at 54 Orange Street, is asking $319,000 with a maintenance of $333. Which do you think is a better deal?
55 Eastern Parkway, #4F [Douglas Elliman] GMAP
54 Orange Street, #1E [Douglas Elliman] GMAP
Eastern Parkway has people selling drugs on the street, but the actual coke is much better in BH. You do get what you pay for though.
I live in Prospect Heights. I’ve been to the Brooklyn Museum 565 times in the last year, the Botanical Gardens 50 times this year and the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket and library four times every day.
I like both neighborhoods and would live in either. Their is a much better food selection in PH. But i would give the nod to BH because it’s 1 stop on all the subways(2/3,a/c,m/r) from manhattan.
Eastern Parkway has to be the most overrated part of Brooklyn. I’d rather live in Canarsie.
i am so DOWN with Henry Ward Beecher
“How can you live “in” Eastern Parkway?”
Does sleeping under the scaffolding at OPP count?
I live on the block. 54 Orange has a lobby floor, so call this the second floor. This faces the Plymouth Church garden which is one of the prettiest in the Heights. Foot traffic? This is Orange Street, not 5th in the 50s. Its almost too quiet. You do have to put up with the tour groups outside Plymouth Church on Saturdays however and those boisterous Witnesses. Hearing about Henry Ward Beecher for the 20th time does get pretty painful. I will concede that the building is fugly on the outside, but its one of the prettiest blocks in the Heights.
The new wine bar around the corner is fun for a quick drink as is the Henry St. Ale house. Noodle Pudding is awesome, and Iron Chef, Siggys, Fascati, Petit Marche, Jack the Horse and Henry’s End are all great restaurants and within 2 blocks. You are 5 mintues from Dumbo, and Atlantic Avenue and Smith/Court street eateries are doable.
4:51, it’s Prospect Park, Vanderbilt Avenue and proximity to all that Park Slope has to offer that makes it a desirable location.
And I’ve been to the Brooklyn Museum probably 5 times in the last year, the Botanical Gardens twice this year and the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket and library once a week.
Yeah, PH and the 77th have had 11 murders and 14 rapes so far this year, versus 0 and 1 for the 84th and BH. Plus, living near 4 or 5 methadone clinics is really appealing. Brooklyn Heights just doesn’t have those amenities, or any amenities that an amenity-filled neighborhood like PH has. Brooklyn Heights is boring and doesn’t have any hipsters. PH is where it’s at.