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.
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dt: you forgot to mention that according to greatschools.net, The other two maplewood elementary schools (jefferson, tuscan) are rated 7/10 and for comparison the park slope and the two ditmas elementary schools are rated 4/10.
So EVEN WITH YOUR RATINGS maplewood schools are twice as good from the park slope-ditmas ones hahahahaha
But even if maplewood does not meet your standards you can find many other affordable top schools districts outside Brooklyn. THAT’S THE POINT.
Neighbors you know what they say about misery.
Another day on brownstoner and the price tag on a 1 family home (on the other side of the park) continues too shock the masses. I’d like to see this one go for 1.2
Maplewood guy, Here is the greatschools rating for one of your towns elementary schools.
This is not #1, sorry.
Clinton Elementary School, located in Maplewood, New Jersey, serves grades K-5 in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. Based on its state test results, it has received a GreatSchools Rating of 4 out of 10.
Parents have reviewed this school and given it an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
Greatschools rates Maplewood middle school a 5 out of 10 and the high school 6 out of 10.
Grade 11 students who scored as proficient:
Language Arts Literacy
86% (2008)
89% (2007)
87% (2006)
90% (2005)
The state average for Language Arts Literacy was 83% in 2008.
Math
80% (2008)
78% (2007)
82% (2006)
84% (2005)
The state average for Math was 75% in 2008.
This doesn’t seem all that great to me.
Honestly, we’ve been looking at Bedford/Pound Ridge area on and off for a while now.
You can play this all sorts of ways, but with more than 1 kid (or more than 2!) school is the thing. And I’m not convinced private is the answer. I live in Brooklyn Heights — I see the private school kids and I wonder. I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me getting old.
What I am sure about is that I’ll try to teach my kids that there are no right ways to do anything and that includes how/where to raise kids. Pride cometh before the fall, etc.
Nice house. Bathroom set-up not ideal, but not a deal breaker.
If my kids were at Stuyvesant, I would buy this house. Express bus from Cortelyou Road. That would be a sweet set up. I know many 70s-80s DP residents who were lucky enough to have this set up.
if you like a top high school you can move to nearby millburn: #1 high school but less diversity. Or to Pelham as the poster above suggested.
No need to pay millions for house and private tuition to get a decent education.
By the way the school not satisfying your standards is on the top high school newsweek list
http://www.newsweek.com/id/201160/?s=new+jersey&q=2009/rank/1
dt: You don’t know what you are talking about. Maplewood has #1 elementary schools, high school is top 25% but as the poster above mentioned the breadth of offerings is amazing (esp in arts and media). Best graduates end up in Ivy league.
The town spends for a student more than what a park sloper pays for private school. This is compare to NJ schools. There is no comparison to the NYC schools: less than $3k per student.
Do yourself a favor and if you have a kid forget prospect and the rest of the heights
Thanks, Rob. Sorry it didn’t come across in writing that my tongue was firmly in cheek when I said my kid is more sophisticated than you are! (Although, based on what you’ve said about your upbringing, I might still be right!)