HOTD: Brooklyn Heights Prop Looks Cheap to Us
We’re far from being experts on the Brooklyn Heights market, but it tends to catch our eye when a solid looking property in the nabe hits the market under $3 million. While not over the top, the interior looks very nice in an old-school way, certainly move-in condition we’d think. You can take the edge…
We’re far from being experts on the Brooklyn Heights market, but it tends to catch our eye when a solid looking property in the nabe hits the market under $3 million. While not over the top, the interior looks very nice in an old-school way, certainly move-in condition we’d think. You can take the edge off that mortgage with the garden rental which should net you, what, $2,200 in this part of town? Kitchen’s new too. We’re thinking there must be a catch here. Is this block considered fringe Heights or still prime? Are we missing something?
Joralemon Townhouse [Corcoran]
39 Joralemon [Douglas Elliman]
In defense of the BHers who opposed the orignal park plan. That plan looked a lot like Chelsea Piers and not “park”. As a 23rd Street resident, I can see how that’s not ideal. The plan now seems much more park-like due to the opposition. I think it’s worth the wait to get it right. There’s a reason BH is BH and the BHA is the oldest neighborhood association. People who call them NIMBYers are not informed, IMO. The BHA supports the current park plan (Willowtown — where this house is located — oppose but they are way too late to the table). I work in city govt. I think plan is close to happening — what is considered the Dumbo waterfront park is a part of this plan, of course, and that was buily shortly after approval.
I live on 9th St in Park Slope, only a block from the entrance to Prospect Park. It is not a major nusance. During the warm months we get a lot of foot traffic up and down the street. I rather enjoy sitting on my stoop watching all the park-bound foot traffic. It also makes for excellent stoop sale potential, and I enjoy being only a stones throw from summer concerts, playgrounds, etc.
The downside is that during special events, such as parades, summer concerts, etc. 9th St is often blocked off to vehicle traffic. In addition, keeping the sidewalks clean is a major hassle either from litter or from inconsiderate dog owners who do not scoop.
All-in-all, the positives far outweigh the negatives. I don’t own a car, so that probably helps my perspective. But nowhere in Park Slope (or the Heights for that matter) is parking easy.
The money is there now. That deal is done. So I think it will happen. But I seem to be in the minority.
And the issues now concern those 2 30-storey apartment bldgs mentioned and the Witness bldg in the 300 block of Furman than is being developed (sale is now compelte). No one is complaining about grass, it’s the literal thousands of “park” residents that is of concern.
I’ve been somewhat involved on and off, and I do think it wil happen. Honestly, getting the state money and the city money was the big hurdle.
On BBP, it seems it will most similar to Hudson river park, not Prospect Park, and look at the prices of condos in the new “West Coast”, as they call it. Also, think about the promenade and fulton ferry, or the little park in dumbo…are there really that many people there to make it unbearable? Anyway, I’m betting it won’t happen.. those piers are going to be found to be so dilapidated that the cost will rise even more, and they’ll need so much housing to make it cost effective that people will find it unacceptable. Does this park even make sense?
The problem with that street vis a vis waterfront park is that the plan is to build a 30 story bldg at the foot of it which would mean a lot of things, including blocked light
There are pedestrian entrances to Prospect Park on all sides of the park, not just on Prospect Park West (and even on PPW there are more pedestrian entrances than listed below — like 11th St., Garfield).
I live near by, and I am very excited about the park. I don’t think a little extra foot traffic will make a big difference, considering what we are getting in return. After all, it’s most likely that those who live closest will use the park the most…and whether or not there is an entrance on Joralemon street, most people (not from the nabe) will end up using the main Atlantic Street entrance anyway, and folks living around Joralemon will essentially have a private entrance to the park. As for parking, it’s already so bad, we might as well get a park for it.
Uh no you cant enter prospect park anywhere. There are designated entrance points, unless you hop a wall
The world does not end at PPW — you can access park all the way around it.