House of the Day: 1306 Albemarle Road
One word: Droolworthy! This house at 1306 Albemarle Road in Prospect Park South is the perfect poster-child for Victorian Flatbush. The 15-room mansion last changed hands twelve years ago; the previous owner lived there for decades. This place has it all: original woodwork, flooring, Tiffany windows, columns, etc. There’s even a five-room office with a…
One word: Droolworthy! This house at 1306 Albemarle Road in Prospect Park South is the perfect poster-child for Victorian Flatbush. The 15-room mansion last changed hands twelve years ago; the previous owner lived there for decades. This place has it all: original woodwork, flooring, Tiffany windows, columns, etc. There’s even a five-room office with a separate entrance. Enough talking—just check out the photos. The asking price of $2,595,000 is up there but seems perfectly achievable to us given the infrequency that something like this becomes available. Agree?
1306 Albemarle Road [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
Awesome, 9:52pm! You said it. So much more eloquently than I did.
If you pick the right town upstate, there ARE coffee shops and good restaurants and all that. It’s absolutely absurd to say EVERYBODY in the suburbs are so miserable they’re popping pills. I can’t believe somebody actually put that idiot statement in words, here. Then again, knowing how smug the new Brooklynites are, maybe it’s not so surprising. Btw no, I don’t live in the suburbs, I live in Brooklyn. But I don’t get all loony and judgemental about people who choose not to live here. I am mature and secure enough that when I hear someone say they chose the suburbs, I’ll understand why they did that. Come on, doesn’t that seem the normal thing to do?
people who live in city: good
people who live in suburbs: bad
Tarzan 101
I grew up in Eastern Long Island (not the Hamptons) and I am sure I will go back to the suburbs once our kids are a little older. Just as my grandparents did, moving from Yorkville to Nassau County, and then my parents who spent their 20’s/early 30’s in Queens, and then moved to Suffolk county. It’s what a lot of New Yorkers do, and obviously for a reason.
Couldn’t agree more Beverley square west. I moved from park slope because we had two kids and frankly were not really out at the bars or restaurants that much in park slope or east village. We pretty much were at home 98% of the time so the driveway, space, and sun on all sides of the house were priorities and if we wanted amenities its a 5 min drive to park slope. I go out to the same places as much as I did when I had two kids living in those nabes. I also had many conversations with older park slopers who all said that victorian flatbush felt like park slope in the 90’s. So I think the amenities will come as they have over last two years but on a smaller scale, but again all I ever needed was one bagel shop, a few good restaurants, a coffee shop, etc and its already here. Again I don’t think it will ever be an urban neighborhood but I still hear fire engines, buses, and can explore by foot or subway so its a perfect mix of city and suburbia for me.
I’m always shocked at the defensive vitriol that ensues on this site whenever someone mentions the burbs. Most of my coworkers live there quite happily and I do know well over a dozen families who have moved there and stayed there and seem quite content (some in Croton, actually). I do know one couple who moved to Long Island and then came back, but none of those who moved to Westchester have. It seems clear that some people are quite happy there. So why can’t we just say good for you, good luck? It reminds me of when people found out that I wasn’t breast feeding! So, dear 9:02, it sounds like you have given this great thought and I’m sure you’ll be very happy.
If you knew that would be the response, what exactly was your reasoning behind posting on brownstoner?
I don’t get it.
Sounds like someone who wanted to talk about their decision on an anonymous forum in the hope of convincing themselves they are making the right decision by egging on a bunch of strangers who obviously prefer city life.
Now you can make your move thinking…those damn Brooklynites…they are rude and THIS is why I’m moving to Westchester.
Kinda sick, no?
Don’t see too many of us in Brooklyn posting on Suburbia.com about how great city life is, do ya?
As a matter of fact, I did do a poll of where people grew up. Two of my coworkers who live in Croton grew up there and moved back to raise their families there. Everyone I talked to who grew up in the more rural burbs loved it and talked about how great it was to have the benefits of growing up in the country and also be able to experience the city. I grew up in Brooklyn and quite frankly it’s not the life I want for my kids. I and my childhood friends all agreed that are best memories of growing up where from when we got to go to the country. These are among the reasons I’m moving. I suppose I should have known that I’d get that response from Brownstoners.
I know over a dozen families who have moved from Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens to the Westchester area over the years.
One moved to the West Coast after two years and 8 have moved back to the city.
The others take a whole lot of pills.