House of the Day: 7543 Shore Road
Some folks got a little grumpy a couple of weeks ago when we poked some fun at a McMansion in Bay Ridge, saying we should have focused on some of the beautiful architecture in the area (and there’s plenty). Today’s House of the Day at 7543 Shore Road isn’t the finest example in the nabe,…
Some folks got a little grumpy a couple of weeks ago when we poked some fun at a McMansion in Bay Ridge, saying we should have focused on some of the beautiful architecture in the area (and there’s plenty). Today’s House of the Day at 7543 Shore Road isn’t the finest example in the nabe, but it’s got a nice feel to it, plus it’s gigantic and has water views. It ain’t cheap though! $4,200,000. Hmmmm.
7543 Shore Road [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Brenda;
Never heard of Dyker Heights, eh?
Perhaps you should tell St. Ephrem’s themselves. Apparently they haven’t gotten your memo:
http://www.stephremparish.com/SaintEphremsHistory.asp
Once again, Brenda, please don’t let the facts get in the way of your attempts to show your heightened level of cultural superiority and diversity “comfort level”.
By the way, you are also full of sh8t when it comes to who the homeowners in the area are. As the area around St. Ephrem’s is almost exclusively one and two family homes, the Chinese are also heavily represented amonst the homeowners.
Off to an early dinner in Oslo!
The poor Norwegians are a bit of a remnant these days, Oslo…I think they have to import some from Lake Wobegon to march in that parade. There’s at least one deli left, though. Yes, I’m familiar with all your demographic facts, met all those folks around there, I’m sure census data confirms the growing diversity; what I was reporting was my lived experience, in the schoolyard, coffee shops, park, church, and it was different than the comfort level with diversity in my own precinct–maybe my impressions were formed disproporationately by homeowners, among whom “old-timers” are still over-represented. As they say, for what it’s worth. (Perhaps not much these days, which would be a cheering thought.) The folks at St. Ephrem’s mostly referred to the environs as Bay Ridge, for what that’s worth; my mom grew up in the parish and called it that, had never heard the term ‘Dyker Heights.’ That could provide fodder for another of the Evolving Nomenclature Debates.
Outboard of the parkway are separate bike and pedestrian paths that extend for four miles from the 69th Stret Pier to Bay Parkway (for a little stretch under the bridge they’re not separated). In addition to walking, jogging, biking, and skating, people fish, sun, and do tai chi here. Inland of the parkway are ballfields and landscaping and playgrounds. The idea that construction of the Belt somehow blighted this waterfront is ridiculous. This is a magnificent public waterfront.
And for what it’s worth, the section of the Belt west of the Verrazano is almost never jammed.
I’m with Noklissa and Dave. The “waterfront” here is blighted by the perpetually-jammed Belt Parkway. Nevertheless, the water views are great. Staten Island looks green and lush from this distance and the ship traffic is always interesting. But its disingenuous to call it waterfront, and pretend for the advantages that go with that, when its actually just water views.
benson, white people are monolithic didntcha know.
Oh Brenda;
One more thing that just dawned on me, given that I am in Norway.
I believe if you go up and down 4th Ave in Bay Ridge, you will see about 4 Lutheran churches, which cater to the Norwegian population in Bay Ridge. You do know, of course, that there is an annual Norwegian Day parade in Bay Ridge, don’t you?
Since you are studying the area, you may want to acquaint yourself with the fact that Bay Ridge has a heavy Greek population, which can be seen in the number of Greek Orthodox churches and restaurants in the area. If I am not mistaken, Bay Ridge is second to Astoria in Greek population in NYC.
Once again, sorry for the inconvenient facts.
Brenda;
Greetings from Oslo, Norway.
The area in question is Shore Road and 75th Street. The parishes of Bay Ridge/Shore Road are St. Patrick’s, St. Anselm’s and OLA. As was mentioned above, none of these parishes were heavily Italian and indeed had more Irish. This can also be seen by the name of the local funeral parlors like Clavin.
St. Ephrem’s is at the beginning of Dyker Heights. At one time, Dyker Heights was a heavily Italian area. The part of Dyker Heights near St. Ephrem’s is now equally Chinese, as a simple walk down the commercial strip of 11th Ave will reveal.
Sorry to bring out these inconvenient facts, but hey, don’t let that stop you from demonstrating your “cultural superiority” bonifides to the rest of the crowd.
Bxgirl and Italiana, no offense meant–just an observation based on the experience I shared with other off-planet (non-Ridge, non-Italian) parents during my daughter’s year in Kindergarten at St. Ephrem’s. It was a fine school, but we pulled out because the clannishness was pretty intense, and that was towards mere out-of-nabe whites and Asians. Not hatred; just, invisibility; we were different, and were kept at a benign distance. They seemed like nice, good people, but just not able to take outsiders into their cultural comfort zone. I got a lot of concerned looks when I’d tell the locals we were from Flatbush, and it became clear that my daughter wouldn’t be getting many takers for sleepovers “over there.” This would have been a consideration if we’d ever had the money to buy into that lovely area, and it seemed a reasonable observation to share in a balanced discussion of the neighborhood’s pros and cons. Agree about a big influx of Middle Eastern folks, esp. along the commercial strips; several times we saw local white kids taunting the Muslim girls about their headscarves in the park on Ft. Ham Pkway. The Muslim girls gave as good as they got, feisty Brooklyners already.
What happens if you’re prissy, ethnically biased with crow’s feet and live in downtown brooklyn? Should you move?
And I didn’t take offense at Joe’s remark about prissy tukey necked whites, I took more offense at the racial ghetto thing. My skin is apparently thicker than others.