House of the Day: 439 East 19th Street
We’re liking the look of this single-family house at 439 East 19th Street in Ditmas Park—the original built-ins and coffered ceilings are stunning. The 2,800-square-foot house changed hands in 2002 for $775,000 and just hit the market now for $1,249,000. That comes out to about $450 per square foot, less than what this house a…
We’re liking the look of this single-family house at 439 East 19th Street in Ditmas Park—the original built-ins and coffered ceilings are stunning. The 2,800-square-foot house changed hands in 2002 for $775,000 and just hit the market now for $1,249,000. That comes out to about $450 per square foot, less than what this house a couple of blocks away recently sold for.
[Brooklyn Hearth] GMAP P*Shark
Gfan –
I had three kids in Brooklyn MS as of last year. Those are recent oberservations.
Archi – question (you may have answered this already, sorry I’m late). but if it weren’t for the job situation and knowing what you know now about the schools – which would you choose ditmas park or westchester?
my husband and i debate this all of the time. we have more than one child and schools are an issue. he wants to move and i want to stay. my main reason is that i have close family here that helps us with the kids. he is like – they will come out on weekends. i just get so confused with staying and ‘figuring out’ the whole school issue or going and focusing on a ‘burb with great public schools.
Architerrorist, how long as it been since your kids were at 51? There are now other middle schools in District 15 that have good reputations: Math and Science, New Voices, and coming down the pike…BCS. Like the elementary schools, the middle schools can improve very quickly as the same kids in all those good elementary schools move up. Given that those schools can choose their student body based on grades and behavior, it’s hard to understand why they wouldn’t give a pretty good education to kids. They don’t have the same problem as a middle school in the burbs, which takes all kids.
On the other hand, you said in an earlier post that your suburban school district had 14-20 kids/class. Is that really true? If so, it’s tempting to move my family there — I thought suburban schools suffered from the same overcrowding problem as city schools do — the ones that are the “best” are also the most crowded because everyone wants their kids there.
” (If you knew me, you’d know I’m actually anything but arrogant in person!) ”
Wow, you’re even arrogant about how non-arrogant you are.
Also, Pelham really is only about an 18 minute ride into mid-town. Sorry, but it’s true. I love Brooklyn, but since I’ve been banished, I’m in a position to post it like it is.
One of my kids attended 51, and I can say that even before I moved to Westchester, I found it disappointing, academically (not to mention the fact that the physical structure is truly depressing). Of course my kid loved the freedom of “out to lunch,” although not so sure I did. Now that my children are actually attending Northern Westchester suburban schools, I find the fact that 51 is hyped as a “one of the better middle schools” pretty pathetic. Middle School in Brooklyn is the most difficult hurdle. Things pick up in HS, but you have to really bit the bullet if you are opting for public MS. Ride it out and hope for the best. Anyone expecting a 321 academic experience (which I rank with the best) from 51 will be sorely disappinted, or will just turn a blind eye and delude themselves. Of course, I would have done just that if we hadn’t had to more out of the city…
As for Great Schools – rankings are totally subjective. I would never choose a school for my child based on that site. Quite frankly, when we looked for schools in Westchester, I looked at hard data (College admissions, test scores, $ spent per child, classroom numbers, teachers with advanced degrees, after school programs, etc….), not to mention visits to campuses (yes, campuses!) and checking out the vibe of the schools in question. We ended up tax neutral, as the Maplewood poster also stated in his case. I thought we’d be paying through the nose, but I was wrong. $20k sounds like a lot, but NYC taxes go along way to balancing out the equation (especially if you have an S-Corp).
If I wrote something that was false, why not you address it?
Your skirt has been yanked and everyone now sees that you were blabbing all day in your wife’s undies. Coward scumbag!
Change your login.
“why are you keen to bring the jersey crowd to your nabe? anything to dump your overpriced inventory”
You’re freebasing right now aren’t you? Crack also causes hallucinations.
So tell the brownstoner world. What mold?
thanks 6years but no kids –I am looking for something smaller close or in manhattan
jack–why are you keen to bring the jersey crowd to your nabe? anything to dump your overpriced inventory