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
Excuse me Brenda from Flatbush….
“but Italian Presence still strong…” What’s wrong with that? Reverse discrimination at its finest!!!!
Reason for not just going out of the burbs… BK orignal said it best Bay Ridge is a far cry from the burbs. I left PS 4 years ago with a choice of moving to Jersey or Bay Ridge. It was no contest. I have a subaway line 2 blocks from my house and can be at BAM or Coney Island within a 1/2 hour. From Jersey it would take me at least an hour by car and then I would have to worry about where to park it.
Funny thing is there is so much to do here in Bay Ridge that I find myself not going back to the old hood, PS, that much.
Crescent Hill,
I did not intend to sounds condescending. I was simply trying to understand what is so great about Brooklyn that people would pay more money for substantially less space. Having lived in Brooklyn for many years — and having thoroughly enjoyed it –, I get it. However, once you move further out and are away from the amenities, the convenience to Manhattan, and the culture, I just dont get why someone would stay UNLESS you were paying much less money to do so (i.e., I get moving to Bed Stuy as it is cheaper than other areas). But, why move so far out for $4.2 million? Like I said, you can get more for your money in Westchester, with the same commute/drive in the Manhattan. As for the preception that all Westchester has is a bunch of houses and golf courses, that could not be further from the truth. There are loads of great restaurants (granted not as many as in NYC), wonderful parks, beachs, etc…
living in bay ridge? come to maplewood. lower taxes, much cheaper and a better commute.
— Maplewood Guy.
“4.2 million needing TLC? At that price the only TLC going into this place should be TBoz, Left Eye’s ghost and Chili.”
ahha nice!!
Household net worth as percent of disposable personal income is still about 13 percent less than what it was 6 years ago, so I wouldn’t get too excited about the little increase, DIBS.
Thanks for your post bkoriginal at September 17, 2009 2:27 PM, I chose not to respond to Poster Splenda’s ” Why Would Anyone” post due to it’s condescending tone. (Similarly I would not respond directly to any post which espouses tired, ludicrous & needless ethnic & race related implications that attempt to portray an entire group and area negatively.) I agree with Splenda , in the sense that what a particular area has to offer a person is relative to the person or the lifestyle they desire. Granted this home is overpriced by, at a minimum , $1,000,0000. ….. This house is not a teardown. It will sell and will likely be subject to unfortunate updating and change. This seems to be the nature of the beast in Bay Ridge ( not bayridge, Splenda). Also, Bay Ridge’s Shore Road never truly boasted ” Waterfront” homes. Homes on the road were always road facing, beyond the road was rocky beach and piers. In the early 20th century the road was graded and most of it’s hills were flattened. Before the grading it was literally a roller coaster landscape fronted by large homes. The character of the area was further eroded when Robert Moses ran the Belt Parkway around it, essentially cutting off the Shore Road from the Shoreline. We have lived on and around this road for the last 131 years, so I have become aware of some of these facts over my lifetime.
Splenda, first, disclaimer — I went to high school in Bay Ridge (well, Dyker), so I’m actually very comfortable in the area. I recently moved here from Carroll Gardens. I loved living in CG, but it wasn’t affordable as our family started to grow and required more space. For me, personally, having grown up in Brooklyn, there was no way I was heading out to the suburbs. To me it IS a totally different lifestyle. In Bay Ridge, I’m still able to roll out of my house and run down the block to the bank, coffee, grocery shopping, pharmacy, dinner, take my kids for ice cream, etc. I have a million restaurants — greek, middle eastern, italian, spanish, diner, thai, mexican, vietnamese — all within walking distance. It takes me about 40 minutes to get to work in the am, and it takes my husband just under an hour. On the weekends, we’re in Manhattan with our car in 20 minutes (we also have parking at our house here). At the end of the day, it’s a lifestyle choice. For us, since the nabes closer to the city have gotten insanely insanely expensive for a family that would like 1500+ square feet and more than 2 bedrooms, we preferred staying in brooklyn and moving a bit further out, than living in a community that was, well, mostly houses and golf courses.
4.2 million needing TLC? At that price the only TLC going into this place should be TBoz, Left Eye’s ghost and Chili.
“There are far better pickings in the real suburbs -and you don’t have to worry that your children will start talking like Vinny from Saturday night fever.”
Oh sh!t. **giggling**