House of the Day: East Flatbush Under $600K
This house sure looks cheap to us at $585,000, but, frankly, we have no idea what this block of East 32nd Street between Beverley and Cortelyou in East Flatbush is like. It seems like there must be a catch. Given that it’s a three-story, three-family, the layout’s probably not ideal for a family buyer; on…
This house sure looks cheap to us at $585,000, but, frankly, we have no idea what this block of East 32nd Street between Beverley and Cortelyou in East Flatbush is like. It seems like there must be a catch. Given that it’s a three-story, three-family, the layout’s probably not ideal for a family buyer; on the other hand, there are original floors and moldings as well as a bay window that sweeten the deal. The footprint of the house is large–20 feet by 53 feet–and, as the listing points out, there’s another 1,500 square feet of buildable FAR as of right. Whether this is a “deal” or not hinges on what the immediate nabe is like. Help please?
3-Family Bow-Front Limestone [Craigslist] GMAP
I know, for a fact, that I put in an offer just shy of asking. It is truly a fantastic property with period details intact.
This ought to sell in less than a week, I bet! (at asking price!)
I wonder are they having some sort of open-house for this property. Would love to see the interior.
I love when people try to explain why some low lifes are intolerant, prejudiced a$$holes. Well done Bx2Bkln. How about just saying their behavior is unacceptable rather than trying to imply some sort of justification. Crap like that would not be tolerated if the community they live in deemed it unacceptable.
1. Yes- I certainly hope so
2. There is nothing typical about liberals
Typical liberal response from Bx2
Ah- anon 12:47- a perfect example of what I’m talking about. I love being proved right. FYI- nowhere do I say money isn’t an issue. It’s one of many.
Blah, blah, blah Bx2. If money isn’t an issue, then loan me the money to buy this home and i’ll be a great influence to my new neighbors
HWG- what’s been happening to you is not right. Any one should be allowed to live wherever they want. But the reaction you are getting is not a random, out of the blue response. To be fair, Harlem has been a source of great cultural pride and history to Black people in this country. It is a unique neighborhood that is now feeling threatened by changing forces. FOr years whites ignored or avoided Harlem- and Harlem developed in its own remarkable way. Residents don’t want to see Harlem slowly (or not so slowly) disappear. In the same way we love having a little Italy or a Chinatown, so we should appreciate Harlem.
Beyond that, there is a very ugly history of Black people being kept out or driven out of neighborhoods by whites. Or whites simply abandoning the areas. If that was a lesson we whites were teaching, why are we so surprised that some Black people learned it? That said- by and large I accept some people will be upset by me moving into the neighborhood but the vast majority have been warm and welcoming. I’m not saying that you have this attitude, but unfortunately a lot of whites do. That somehow a neighborhood needs saving and white people are the ones to do it. Or even worse- these neighborhoods are there for the taking because money is the only criteria.
Gentrification can be great for a neighborhood so long as it is for both residents and newcomers both. When it is used as a means of forcing people out, it becomes a destructive effort. Black gentrifiers who live in these “non-gentrified” neighborhoods live there for different reasons- loyalty, comfort zones, givng something back to the community. There is a difference in how neighborhoods are treated- Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights North have always had more than their fair share of Black middle and upper middle class families, with a great deal of economic clout. Why then haven’t the “amenities” kept up with the demand until maybe the last 10 years or so when white people started buying into these areas? And the truth of it is because big business, big chain stores and upscale restaurants thought the Black market was non-existent.
Many posters on this board see money as the prime moving force in real estate. Many of them forget that homes and communities are social forces that run the engines of society and if you look back at history, we ignore them at our peril.