House of the Day: Midwood Not Mid-Priced
This four-story limestone on Midwood Street in Lefferts Manor is the real deal but, man, $1.495 million is a lot of dough for this nabe, isn’t it? It looks like the extensive woodwork in the house (including several fireplaces) is in excellent shape. As usual, we’re not loving the kitchen reno, but that is what…
This four-story limestone on Midwood Street in Lefferts Manor is the real deal but, man, $1.495 million is a lot of dough for this nabe, isn’t it? It looks like the extensive woodwork in the house (including several fireplaces) is in excellent shape. As usual, we’re not loving the kitchen reno, but that is what it is. The house, which is of a grander scale than many in the area, also boasts inlaid parquet floors, pocket doors and stained glass. Still, $1.495 million? What do the locals think?
Update: This is 68 Midwood Street–the identical twin of #55. Both were built by W.A.A. Brown and were originally priced at $11,000 when they hit the market a century or so ago. According to Bob Marvin, the reason for the dumbwaiter is that these houses were built with TWO dining rooms–an informal one in the ground floor front and a formal one, over the kitchen, in the parlor floor rear.
Midwood Limestone [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Hey–we have our “neighborhood fixtures” on Flatbush Ave. too 🙂
I admit its a bit much to compare Flatbush Ave in PLG with 7th Ave In PS–NOT a comparison I’d have made. However Flatbush Ave. in both neighborhoods is not quite as different as you might think at first glance. Most of Flatbush Ave., for its entire lenght. is not the most attractive commercial street in Brooklyn.
Babs, Those people hanging out on 7th Avenue are neighborhood fixtures that we all know by name. They hang out there because they know people in PS are generous and will always give them a little money. There’s nothing seedy about them at all. I’m not saying the neighborhood is crime-free but you can’t even begin to tell me that a walk down 7th Ave. is anything like walking down Flatbush in PPG.
Just a comment on seediness on Flatbush in PS — the area around the exit from the Q train (by the former theatre now American Apparel) is far seedier than anything I’ve ever experienced in PLG — there are always people hanging out, begging for change, and making comments to the women going by. Then you have your other neighborhood regulars on Seventh Ave — in front of the deli on Garfield, opening the door for you at Citibank, etc. So PS is not a paradise by any means. And in terms of PLG being under-banked, I think the situation here is better than in Fort Greene — we have a Carver and a Chase on Empire Blvd. and Nostrand. Where are the banks in Fort Greene? When I lived there there simply weren’t any, apart from the Williamsburgh Savings Bank.
I’m curious where you live. Down by Lincoln Road, it’s totally changed in the last year alone. The groups of kids on the corner are gone (thanks to the NYPD). The demographics have really changed too. Just watch people as they exit Prospect Park Station at Lincoln Road.
I don’t want to be accused of “bashing” my own neighborhood, but honestly I haven’t seen much change at all since I moved here in ’97. Other than our wonderful coffee house, the area feels the same. Flatbush is the same, the noisy corners are the same, the drug dealers are the same. I don’t know what my neighbors who say there have been changes are talking about! That said, it is a great area with amazing houses, nice people (though you wouldn’t know it from reading these posts), and in a great spot.
That’s an interesting assessment because so many long-timers speak differently. I suppose some things have changed and others haven’t.
I was raised in PLG (my parents moved there in ’77 and still live there). Honestly speaking, the walk I took from the Lincoln Rd station to Mom’s house on Rutland II this past Sunday doesn’t feel any different than it did back in ’86 when I was in junior high school. Flatbush Ave is Flatbush Ave and yeah, it could surely use an upgrade or two but c’mon, this is Brooklyn and it ain’t always “pretty.” PLG is not PS (and may never be) but that’s cool with me ’cause it’s home.
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BK to fullest!
9:17– Franny’s, American Apparel, 2 great coffee bars, a great Japanese restaurant, amazing new burrito place on Flatbush, Chocolate Monkey…I could go on.
Flatbush in PLG? Hmm, there’s…well…um …any ideas?
A house like this in Park Slope would likely fetch $3M, no? That’s a sizeable price difference for one train stop, and quick access to the same damn park, isn’t it? What gives?