Greene Avenue Townhouses Have a Name, Aspirations
We can see how the temptation to market a property just east of Classon Avenue as being in Clinton Hill would be just to great to resist, but can’t help but be annoyed by it anyway. Such is the case with the recently-unveiled Lineage Condos, as the row of new-construction townhouses from 315 to 327…
We can see how the temptation to market a property just east of Classon Avenue as being in Clinton Hill would be just to great to resist, but can’t help but be annoyed by it anyway. Such is the case with the recently-unveiled Lineage Condos, as the row of new-construction townhouses from 315 to 327 Greene Avenue are now being called. And it turns out that while they may look like townhouses, they buildings have actually been divided up into one-bedroom and duplex condos. We’re dying to see some interior photos and pricing, but right now all the website has is one of those forms to fill out to receive information at a later date.
Greene Avenue Townhouses All Glassed Up [Brownstoner]
Brick Revealed at Greene Avenue Townhouses [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 315-327 Greene Avenue [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 323 Greene Avenue [Brownstoner]
136 Clifton Place: Karl Does Bed Stuy [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark
315 Greene Avenue/136 Clifton Place [Brownstoner] DOB
I’m betting that these floor plans are the same as the Jacksonia in Williamsburg. Different facade finishes, but the same architecture.
What’s wrong with saying Bed-Stuy near Clinton Hill? I say Clinton Hill near Bed-Stuy all the time, especially since my suggestion of “Putnam Corners” (As in: I got some good rock in Putnam Corners or They offed another teenager in Putnam Corners) hasn’t caught on.
It is in Clinton Hill.
These don’t look like townhouses.
***Bid half off peak comps***
I also find these arguments on neighborhood borders silly. I don’t like when real estate people unreasonably expand a neighborhood, but this is different. We constantly see on blogs and forums people arguing over the Clinton Hill / Bed-Stuy border, and Prospect Heights / Crown Height borders. But ask people on the street, and I bet the vast majority would not know or care. I’m sure there is a reason why many people say Classon is the border (community board map?) but in most people’s life I don’t think this has much significance.
In this particular case, I think if I lived there, I would feel like I belonged to CH more than BS, due to proximity to CH restaurants, stores, etc.
I also believe Bed-Stuy is too large… It is really imprecise when you say you live in Bed-Stuy. I live near Fulton Park, and while this building may technically be in my neighborhood, it is so far away that I feel no connection to this story. We need to subdivide Bed-Stuy (although if we do we will have more borders to fight about…)
Zip codes mean nothing. You would have the same 11238 zip code if you lived on Eastern Parkway and Washington (Prospect Heights) or Washington and Gates (Clinton Hill) and a different code 11205 if you live Washington and Dekalb (Heart of Clinton Hill)
I’m with blowfish on this one. I live on Jefferson between Franklin and Bedford which is definitely Bed Stuy as far as the boundaries go, but when people talk about all these places in Bed Stuy (Breadstuy, stores on Lewis etc) I’ve no experience of them since they are so far away from me. Clinton Hill and even Fort Greene are much more accessible.
For what it’s worth, the zip code changes at Franklin.
Mr. B, I am annoyed by your constant viligance over the supposed Classon dividing line between Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy. There is no formal, legal line. Why do you keep harping. Both sides of Classon share the same zip code. You would think that the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood stretches forn Bedford Ave to Stuyvesant Ave, no? Otherwise, Clinton Hill is the narrowest neighborhood in all of Brooklyn. Just East of Classon is much closer to the amenities of Clinton Hill than it is to those of Bed-Stuy. It just makes no sense to be so anal about a made-up border. There is no truth here. It really doesn’t matter which neighborhood can claim this block, because either can, its just a short-hand designation for where you are on the map of brooklyn. It is annoying for those of who live here who can never answer simply where we live without annoying people like you have very strong opinions about it, in either direction, for no good reason.
Mini-balconies in front, check.
Multi-colored bricks, check.
I swear these must be designed by a space and square-footage maximizing software, using leftover materials from previous projects.