House of the Day: 711 East 18th Street
Ditmas Park’s star has certainly been on the rise in the last five years but have property prices doubled in that time period? We’re about to find out! This charming Victorian house at 711 East 18th Street sold for $705,000 in early 2006 (after making an early appearance as an Open House Pick in late…
Ditmas Park’s star has certainly been on the rise in the last five years but have property prices doubled in that time period? We’re about to find out! This charming Victorian house at 711 East 18th Street sold for $705,000 in early 2006 (after making an early appearance as an Open House Pick in late 2005). It’s now on the market for $1,425,000. To be fair, it’s not a totally apples-to-apples price comparison, as some significant improvements (most notable in the kitchen) have been made to the house, which had lots of historic charm to begin with. Predictions?
711 East 18th Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Ditmas Park is shorthand for the nice part of Flatbush.
This house is in Midwood Park, which is part of the Fiske Terrace/Midwood Park Historic District. Aside from the fact that it is a beautiful house on a beautiful block in a beautiful neighborhood (especially this time of year), it is now in the PS 217 zone. PS 217 is a fantastic school: great staff, diverse student body, warm and welcoming, solid academics. This house is also a 10 minute walk to Midwood High School and a 20 minute walk to E.R. Murrow HS. It is a 5 minute walk to the Avenue H “Q” station, recently designated a NYC Landmark and currently being renovated.
Not sure if it makes it worth 1.4, but sure close to it.
ditto: Rye is incredibly beautiful. expensive but worth it. you are very lucky.
all the best.
^I ask the same question if someone says they live in “Ditmas”. Or Park Slope for that matter. But my point is that “Ditmas Park” means nothing if you mean outside the historical area or its borders, whereas Flatbush means something, though you might have to say which streets for anyone who knows the neighborhood.
Well if I told somebody who is from Brooklyn that I grew up in Flatbush he would without a doubt ask me “what part?” – so in the world of real estate Flatbush is way to broad an area.
Yes, but Ocean Parkway and Flatbush Ave were always economic dividing lines even in the 1940s and 50s. People differentiated between East Flatbush and Flatbush proper back then and the area now considered Kensington was less affluent for the most part than most of the houses and apartments on the east side of Ocean Parkway. The buildings are grander, whether prewar apartments, row houses, or wood frame houses, in the core Flatbush area, especially between Brooklyn College and Prospect Park.
Well, someone I knew who grew up in the 50s in what we now call Kensington calls the whole area Flatbush: Kensington, Ditmas, East Flatbush, etc.
DitmasSnark, I think the entire “Victorian Flatbush” area should be called Flatbush. It’s not that huge. People differentiate north park slope, central park slope, and south slope (formerly “south brooklyn” or “sunset park”).
Minard, end your Flatbush hating. I moved here from Brooklyn Heights and I can tell you there are pluses and minuses to both, but I get the impression you last came to Flatbush in 1985.
I suppose there is certain heart-attack inducing drama in announcing to your family: Mom, Dad, we just bought a 1.4 million dollar house in Flatbush Brooklyn!