House of the Day: 250 Lefferts Avenue
While in some ways it doesn’t really matter, it’s hard not to get hung up on the fact that this house at 250 Lefferts Avenue changed hands 18 months ago for just $495,000 and is now asking $879,000. We’re not sure how much (if any) work was done in the interim, but if it involved…
While in some ways it doesn’t really matter, it’s hard not to get hung up on the fact that this house at 250 Lefferts Avenue changed hands 18 months ago for just $495,000 and is now asking $879,000. We’re not sure how much (if any) work was done in the interim, but if it involved those kitchens, they should have saved their money; the house would show better with old run-down appliances than with these Home Depot specials. When you compare it to last Thursday’s HOTD, 181 Midwood Street, this place looks a bit overpriced, in our opinion, despite being a bit larger. While the Lefferts Avenue house was probably at one point on a par with the Midwood house, it appears to have had a tougher life. Luckily, some redeeming original elements survived and with some renovation CPR this could still be a very nice place. But it deserves a discount to the Midwood house of more than $46,000, we suspect. Agree? It would be helpful to know what the contract price was for 242 Lefferts Avenue just down the block.
250 Lefferts Avenue [Aguayo & Huebener] GMAP P*Shark
5::27, no problem–unintended, perceived rudeness is common in email and on blogs.
It’s true, 5:09, PLG has its unique challenges for sure, that other neighborhoods didn’t have. I feel the frustration also.
But I do think it’s not impossible for the right combination of factors to move along change more quickly. The change in renters could a big factor. I didn’t mean for my tone to sound rude before, if it came across that way.
You guys are such jerks. I’m 55. I was born in NYC. I’ve lived in Lefferts Manor for 11 years.
I never said the area wouldn’t change at all–I said that Flatbush won’t change much. Not because it hasn’t yet, but because the majority of the population along Flatbush won’t change, and therefore Flatbush won’t change.
As for Loitering, there has certainly been an improvement in the last few years, but the issue is still a huge problem along the corners of Rutland and Fenimore, and the cops never bust that up–and on the few occasions that they do, the group reforms the next night. As for Lincoln and Flatbush, wait until the summer nights.
I’ve lived in Brooklyn for about 30 years and seen many neighborhoods change overnight. The fact is that PLG has a different set of circumstances than most other areas and certain parts of it are not going to change for a really long time. You can ignore that fact if you wish.
I’ll admit it, I myself see loitering sometimes! But I also see the local cops from the fabulous 71st precinct busting it up. They do good work.
I was talking to 4:21pm, not 4:08pm.
4:08pm – I can’t believe we live in the same neighborhood! I’m on the corner of Lincoln and Flatbush very often, and although there is a little bit of loitering, I don’t think it occurs any more often than what occurs near most subway stations in the city. Are you new to the city?
Also, anyone who’s been in the neighborhood for more than a year or two knows that the loitering is way down from what it used to be.
I agree that areas beyond Rutland face slower change, but to state that the neighborhood will not change at all is really quite silly. I have lived in Brooklyn for several decades, and I have witnessed enormous changes in every neighborhood I have lived in. Also, PLG is quite different than it was 10 years ago.
If I may be so nosey – how old are you?
Thing is, 4:21, actually it does happen that way sometimes. There will be a long time of a neighborhood always staying the same, then boom, a sudden change over the period of a couple years. We’ve seen it happen in many many parts of Brooklyn. It’s not accurate to say because a place hasn’t seen much change in 10 to 20 years, that means it will never ever change. That’s not evidence in itself. The formerly longtime economically depressed sections of cities all over the country have been seeing major renewals. It is SO not unique to Brooklyn.
Literally all those we know on Maple Street work in media. Film, internet, music. We all may just not be out walking around much! Stuck inside at our computers all day. (sigh) Plus most people have cars and do use them often. So they aren’t seen on the sidewalks or subways as much perhaps.
4:08, yes, I agree with that, as I said before. Although, “chock full” is a huge exageration, and Lincoln and Flatbush still has major loitering problems, but whatever. Point is that the other side of flatbush and the southern end (Rutland on down) hasn’t changed, won’t change. And that keeps the neighborhood from changing. In 10 years Flatbush will look pretty much as it does today–which is pretty much as it did 10 years ago. There may be some new stores, but the ovrall feel will be same.