House of the Day: 225 Garfield Place
This brownstone at 225 Garfield Place in Park Slope was an Open House Pick on Friday but it clearly deserves the full House of the Day treatment. Exterior? Great. Location? Great? Gut renovation? Extensive and probably expensive. Does it work for you? More importantly, can it fetch the $2,290,000 asking price? 225 Garfield Place [Corcoran]…
This brownstone at 225 Garfield Place in Park Slope was an Open House Pick on Friday but it clearly deserves the full House of the Day treatment. Exterior? Great. Location? Great? Gut renovation? Extensive and probably expensive. Does it work for you? More importantly, can it fetch the $2,290,000 asking price?
225 Garfield Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
The appeal of 321 is to send your kid to public school for K through 5.
There really isn’t much of an argument for sending your kid to a private school for those grades if there is a quality public school available, unless you want a religious education or something.
Once you get into middle school, the gap between the public/private schools start to grow, and at that time a lot of parents might be reconsidering where to send their kid.
But those 6 years of public school save a lot of cash, give the kid a chance to make friends in the neighborhood, and satisfy the weird guilt some parents feel about not sending their kid to public school.
People who plan on sending their kid to private school for pre-K-12 don’t need to spend the extra cash to live in a neighborhood with good public schools and buy a better property in a neighborhood with lousy schools.
It really has more to do with the parents’ attitude toward private school than money.
tybur, perhaps if you typed your whole post in caps it’d be more convincing.
Not going to jump into the public/private school debate, but am curious to hear what other posters think about the “dark bedroom on the garden floor level” criticism. To me, that’s a sensible use of the space—I’d rather have the living rooms, kitchens, DR etc. on the parlor level and enjoy the light there. Bedrooms are mostly for sleeping, no? I’ve always put my bedrooms in whatever is the least-bright part of the house, but maybe I’m lowering my resale value that way…?
Yes, Tyburg…I’d consider them wealthy. I think they probably would consider themselves quite comfortable as well.
You have many valid points, but what you consistently fail to realize is that New York City accounts for a huge percentage of wealthy people in the U.S. The wealthiest zip code in the U.S. is in Manhattan. While I might not be wealthy, I certainly come into contact with many people with mind-boggling wealth. To deny that these people exist seems to be your fault on this topic.
Yes, 11217 – “moved” in the past tense. Tyburg is raising legitimate concerns about the current and future viability of public schools. He’s not alone in wondering what the future will hold. You seem to be stuck in the past.
OH MY GOD!!! You fuckers are so out of touch.
Yes, if you make $500,000+ per year, $35k a year for your little brat is NOT THAT MUCH. In fact, almost any normal expense is really only blip on the radar screen.
And 11217… “Both make around 350K combined (which isn’t outrageous considering they are in their 50’s. Neither work in finance, both are arts professionals).”
Are you suggesting that they are not very comfortable if not wealthy? If they have the means to buy $1.5 million of real estate IN CASH they are very fucking wealthy in my book… though, on this board and in the fantasy world of “prime brooklyn” where a couple hundred thousand dollars is walking-around-money… yeah, they are “of modest means”
If you can buy a $2 million house, but then $35k a year for your CHILD’s EDUCATION seems painful… maybe you should look at buying a $1.5 million house.
JAYSUS FUCKING CHRIST
It’s certainly the case that I know more kids from 321 who got into Stuy than from B/C (many of whom would have switched if they’d been accepted.)
“many families I know in this income range would prefer private, may settle for public”
That’s interesting…many of the parents I know moved here specifically to send their kids to the public schools in PS.
Tyburg’s concerns about the value of education in PS are valid – many families I know in this income range would prefer private, may settle for public (yes, I used the word “settle”), and are frankly terrified about looming cuts and real chaos in public education. People who have seen the education horror show unfold all over NYC have reason to be worried about the long-term viability of Park Slope’s “good” schools or a guaranteed spot for your kid in the “best” district after you have spent $2 million+ on a home. By the way, private school admission in Brooklyn is at it’s highest levels ever – there are no guarantees you’ll get in no matter how much you spend on your home.
At any rate it’s enough that there is uncertainty to turn many would-be Park Slope families away. Who wants to take a chance on your kids’ education?