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
9:17, I would love to see some documentation on that claim – “During the 80’s most of Brooklyn was given away for free (Yes for free) as long as the pioneers invested in the buildings they would eventually occupy.” I must have missed that free cheese line, where was that, again? I remember stories of apartment buildings that were rehabbed and sold to tenants, but not houses.
Anyway, I still don’t understand why people don’t get that words like “pioneers”, and your whole premise that gentrifiers are needed to “save” a neighborhood is offensive. and at the very least, classist.
Conversations like this always seem to negate the law abiding, go to work everyday, family raising good folk who make up the majority of people in these neighborhoods. They may not have very much money, they may have come to this country from somewhere else, and their priorities may not be cafes or fancy shops. They are working hard to hold on to what they have, and they have grabbed a piece of the American Dream – home ownership. While they may need more services, police action, amenities, and would profit from some new neighbors from outside their specific communities, what they don’t need is the calvary in the form of ” Gentrifiers should be welcomed with a parade and open arms in these neighborhoods”.
Anon: 9;17
Hello! The year is now 2006. Are these neighborhoods, by and large, black?
Now you want welfare to subsidize home purchases?
Whose fault is that you are a loser?
Not worth the price advertised.
Some neighborhoods are not worth the money they ask.
The city should help with this sale and subsidize 3/4 of the price while the gentrifier pay the rest. During the 80’s most of Brooklyn was given away for free (Yes for free) as long as the pioneers invested in the buildings they would eventually occupy. Gentrifiers should be welcomed with a parade and open arms in these neighborhoods
Holy smokes! I made the original non-gentrified comment and I meant this is real Brooklyn (I’m a few blocks south) and not a row of houses filled with Manhattan refugees. Yes, class and starbucks not race. It’s a black neighborhood like Fort Greene but it’s not gentrified like Fort Greene. I’m half sorry and half bemused at what I’ve accidentally stirred up!
It’s a deal!
I thought HWG made some very interesting comments.
If I were her, I’d move further uptown to Washington Heights. Spanish people don’t care if you live in their neighborhoods and it’s much easier to blend in.
In fact, I’ve never heard of any kind of Spanish/White or Spanish/Black conflicts. Maybe it’s because in the Domenican Republic and Puerto Rico there was so many shades of white and black, that color isn’t important.
I want the black cookie! I want the one white! What the hell’s the difference?
lp, Italians are and have been acknowledged minorities since 1973.
If you ever fill out a government form, under background it says italian, hispanic, black, white, asian and other.
So if you’re saying (According to Ms. Sensitive) bensonhurst is not gentrified, then you’d be correct.
Stop denying it (Wink, wink), Ms. Sensitive is correct. It’s a coded message for all whites. Did you not get your recent edition of the Gentrify All. It’s on page six right before the article about how to walk across the street when you see one approaching you (LOL)
Forgot to add that this is a really cute house. I like it. One could do much worse for much more.
Fine, this one isn’t worth getting that worked up over.
At least no one said living in East Flatbush meant that you would be subject to softball sized bulletholes, and was the case for another much maligned neighborhood.