House of the Day: 47 Waldorf Court
This listing at 47 Waldorf Court in the Fiske Terrace section of Victorian Flatbush just hit the market with an asking price of $1,075,000. It’s a very charming house, with nice original inlaid floors, beamed ceilings and interior columns. And who doesn’t like a front porch! The price also seems in the ballpark. We bet…
This listing at 47 Waldorf Court in the Fiske Terrace section of Victorian Flatbush just hit the market with an asking price of $1,075,000. It’s a very charming house, with nice original inlaid floors, beamed ceilings and interior columns. And who doesn’t like a front porch! The price also seems in the ballpark. We bet this will move reasonably quickly. Do you agree?
47 Waldorf Court [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
It would be as scenic as they let it be — trees on either side of the culvert would certainly be nice, and there aren’t any real east-west bike paths south of the park.
If it could really be a useful train line, then I’d certainly be inclined to support it. I just don’t see where it would end up — Broadway Junction? Is there a way to connect this to Jamaica?
Boerum — Transportation would be more valuable.
(By the way, I like bike trails where train tracks used to be… they are usually very scenic and the required grade for trains makes biking very nice. But this? I don’t think I’d like riding my bike in a ditch for several miles.)
Given only the single track, that’s all the more reason to convert it to a trail now. It can be done cheaply and easily. Imagine being able to bike along the esplanade below Bay Ridge and connect on this path to Brooklyn College, or connect with the Ocean Parkway path and go to Prospect Park. I don’t even like biking and I think that would be great.
If Nadler ever gets the votes lined up for the cross-harbor tunnel (say in 2020), I am sure he can get the votes to revert the right of way back to rail and just lay new tracks. (Or build in the legal possibility of reversion into the trailway to forestall any litigation over loss of parkland, etc.)
I doubt that the existing tracks are up to snuff weight and speed-wise for a signfiicant quantity of 21st century freight trains, so they will have to do serious remediation work anyway.
Beautiful house. I could be quite happy there. I live a block away from the LIRR at Nostrand Ave. I don’t even hear it anymore. You can get used to anything, and that wouldn’t be a deal breaker if I was in the market.
Sparafucile — it’s only a single track because they downgraded it… the land is probably still all there.
great looking house. no comment on price and location but if this baby was in XXXXX, it would be $XXXXX
The Bay Ridge line is a single track, so transit could only operate as a shuttle. Once upon a long time ago, it was in passenger service (http://www.lirrhistory.com/Bayridge.html)
If Jerry Nadler’s cross-harbor freight tunnel ever gets built, this line could see a lot more use.
not kensington
The Brighton line is in an open cut north of Newkirk, and up on a berm from Avenue H south. This is the area where it goes from above grade to below, so there is definitely a noise issue. But it’s a trade-off. Since you’re on a dead end, there’s no through-traffic at all, and even very young kids can play in the street.
In my experience, not on this court but nearby ones, you really only notice the train late at night when it’s otherwise very quiet. It’s not like you need to pause in conversation while it passes.