House of the Day: 381 Bainbridge Street
While measuring in at a modest 2,322 square feet, the three-story house at 381 Bainbridge Street in Bed Stuy looks like a nice option for a young family looking to have their own place. For the same price as a one-bedroom at 189 Bridge Street, you get three bedrooms, an eat-in kitchen and a yard,…
While measuring in at a modest 2,322 square feet, the three-story house at 381 Bainbridge Street in Bed Stuy looks like a nice option for a young family looking to have their own place. For the same price as a one-bedroom at 189 Bridge Street, you get three bedrooms, an eat-in kitchen and a yard, along with lots of beautiful old woodwork. (Our only quibble with this place is the exposed brick, but that’s remedied easily enough.) For $659,000, this place is in surprisingly good shape, having been recently renovated. Think it’ll fly?
381 Bainbridge Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I am a young couple w/ a baby. I have looked at this house & I love it. I don’t, however like the block. I know the neighborhood, have friends on Bainbridge & Stuyvesant. O love it over there. I walked from their place to this one & it just starts to look more & more run down the closer you get to the house.
The neighborhood just doesn’t feel the same. Plus, I’m not so sure about those projects. I currently live on Willoughby near the Ft Green Projects & for some reason don’t mind them as much. They seem more quiet. Anyway, I think it seems over priced. There are other similar houses in the area for $100K less. & Minsky is a scumbag. I had a bad experience with him in the past.
Oh, forgot to mention, mixed-race family here for all the people fascinated with race…)
Decatur is as close to the projects as I would like to be. However, in a few years this area will be as nice as any Fort Green, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, or D.U.M.B.O area near the projects- untouchable. 600-650 for a house that appears as nice as in the pictures- a deal. By the way I live on Macon; the area is really nice- as with any where don’t be foolish.
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The house is nice and the price is a little high for being so close to a housing project. I LIKE the exposed brick.
I don’t like The What (a.k.a. Mr Fucktard Asshat)
I don’t like that all conversations about Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights become all about race and the ignorance of those who have never lived in the neighborhood and those who have lived in the neighborhood too long and who need an attitude adjustment.
Ok, 7:06, I see what you’re trying to paint here, and it’s partly true, but don’t deny the history of what happened to the blighted brooklyn of yore — which was, for lack of a more elegant term, white flight, which left blacks and minorities not only without a bank to get a loan from for basic upkeep of buildings, but complete neglect from city services including law enforcement, education etc.
There is no correlation between race and crime — except when our social system imposes a segregation-by-economics on people of color.
I don’t mean to sound professorial, but I feel like people try to paint this cutesy sesame street picture of the new brooklyn, while denying what was a harrowing experience for a lot of people, one which is still present for many of them despite the return of the “valued” race, the one that gets their loans approved, gets their laws passed and gets the cop on the block after one whiney phonecall.
Sorry, I am 7:47, and all I can say is that the sarcasm that was in my head when I wrote that does not appear here on this screen.
What I meant to say was something more like this:
“every single Bed Stuy post turns into a discussion about the merits and pitfalls of living with black people. This makes no sense because black people are people. If you are having consistently negative experiences with black people, then you may want to look to yourself.”
Hey, does anybody know that townhouses are selling for 2million across from Fort Greene Projects which is the largest in the city. Didn’t hear any complaints about gangs and gun violence from those propective buyers.
Yes thats true black people can behave for the most part. What a horrible way to say something positive 7:47. Can we officailly retire this blog?
I don’t live this far out in Bed Stuy, but I do live in the general area. I don’t think this person will have buyer’s regret for 20 years.
Much of Bed Stuy is quite nice right now. I like where I live. I want to be able to buy fruits and veg and eat out more, but other than that I am pretty happy. There are cafes, I can buy wine, my commute to the city is pretty good (I am not on the G train) and I have a whole house.
I do live with a lot of black people. They are mostly nice, especially if you are nice to them. Just like all the other kinds of people.