House of the Day: 351 Pacific Street
This 20-footer in Boerum Hill should spark a lot of interest at $2,095,000, we suspect, unless Boerum Hill has lost its hotness and someone forgot to tell us. The house has lots of old deets (including five marble fireplaces and two pier mirrors). There are some slightly non-traditional touches that work quite nicely, too, namely…
This 20-footer in Boerum Hill should spark a lot of interest at $2,095,000, we suspect, unless Boerum Hill has lost its hotness and someone forgot to tell us. The house has lots of old deets (including five marble fireplaces and two pier mirrors). There are some slightly non-traditional touches that work quite nicely, too, namely the skylight and splash of exposed brick in the lofty top-floor studio space. As for the price, it falls right between the $2.27 million that 90 Dean Street (one block west) sold for in November and the $1.965 million that 208 Dean Street (one block east) sold for in January. The first open house will be on Sunday from 12 to 2. Should be a crowded one.
351 Pacific Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Anon 12:55 Are you new to Brooklyn?
Because we really don’t need extra foot traffic from loud sports fans yelling, pissing and turning cars over after the Nets lose.
Most people I know would want a nice big ol stank gate and an access pass for local residents and yes the city needs to pay for it too since we’re just giving money away.
The dynamics of the movie theater and those of Atlantic Yards are entirely different.
With 11 subway lines AND the LI Railroad underneath Atlantic Yards, the only people with no direct mass transportation access to AY live in NJ and CT.
The same cannot be said for the Court Street theater. Though there is good subway service NEARBY, moviegoers must hike a few blocks to reach it. Moreover, with 12 screens (?) in the complex and movies starting on a staggered schedule, the crowds moving through the area take on a very different quality than those arriving for a single event at AY.
RE: TRAFFIC
Let me see if I understand this, Ratner’s building the most densely populated area in AMERICA just off Flatbush Avenue and some people don’t think it’ll impact traffic too much??????
There’s several reasons why the comparison between MSG and AY doesn’t pass muster, and Brooklyn being too provincial isn’t one of them:
One, MSG is actually built. We’re 15 (yes 15) years away from AY being finished. That’s 15 fun-filled years of literally hundreds of millions of tons of materials and construction equipment crawling through Brooklyn. How on earth does this not impact traffic?
Two, after 15 years we will have 6,000 residential units and god-only-knows how many zillions of commercial properties being delivered to/moved into/out of.
This isn’t anything like Battery Park. It’s several Battery Parks in half as much area built on top of Madison Square Garden – and all being built in an area already plagued with traffic problems.
Granted, game day traffic won’t be worse than traffic on any other day, but every day will be miserable for those poor folks that live on what used to be quiet streets anywhere near this publicly funded abomination.
The AY backers (admittedly, many are paid) have, in a very Karl Rovian manner, framed the debate well – between Ratner’s obscene development and no development at all. Development in a manner and scale that would benefit the community and not just Ratner’s wealth has been conveniently removed from discussion.
Our quaility of life got sold.
Yes Anon 1:22. You could not be more on point. We live on Livingston and have since prior to the theatre going up. The difference is absolutely shocking. The foot traffic of groups of rowdy teenagers on weekend evenings was never present before the theatre, nor was the traffic and the constant double parking and dropping off on Court Street. The theatre really hurt the surrounding areas in my opinion.
I can’t say how this compares or will compare with AY but if the theatre on Court is any example, it was a horrible move for the hood.
To all those who think traffic and parking will not be an issue with AY: The hideous Ratner-built movie theater on Court Street was supposed to have no traffic impact too. Well, you can time the traffic and parking by the movie clock. Plus all those people who park drop all their trash on the sidewalk when they get into their cars (even with trash bins on every corner). Just wait… And we got this monstrosity instead of a supermarket thanks to the Brooklyn Heights Association.
the reflexive ay comments really are a bit much. yes, if you are buying a property next to the demo/construction site, that’s going to be a real problem. and yes there will be more traffic at atlantic and flatbush – but that intersection is already choked, so what’s the difference? but sidestreets like this will be fine, even when the thing finally gets built — which will be many, many years from now. http://therealestate.observer.com/2007/03/15-years-for-atlantic-yards-says-bruces-cousin.html
I walk my dog on this block every night at around 10 or 11. It’s very quiet at that time. I think it will be busy once the stadium is built though. Drivers will likely use east bound side streets to get to the stadium (i.e. State + Dean) and west bound streets (i.e. Pacific + Bergen) to leave.
some more traffic (foot and otherwise) would be a good thing for brooklyn, if you ask me. it’s really the ONLY thing missing for me when it comes to living in the borough.
it’s still going to be quieter than manhattan as many of us love, but there are areas all around brooklyn that could benefit from some more people walking around…especially at night.
I’m not so sure that traffic will be as bad as people think…..you don’t see too many people drive to games at madison square gardens..its just not worth the hassle…..
Once visitors discover how bad the traffic on atlantic/flatbush already is the train will become the standard means of getting there.
I’m in favor of the AY, I think it will be like Battery Park….not that I’d want to live in it, but its an improvement.