House of the Day: 6718 Ridge Boulevard
This house at 6718 Ridge Boulevard jumped out at us from the Brownstoner Marketplace listings. In particular, that dining room, with original wooden built-ins and beams, knocked our socks off. The exterior of the Bay Ridge pad is made of limestone and sports a rounded bay-window shape. The only real drawback, potentially, is the fact…
This house at 6718 Ridge Boulevard jumped out at us from the Brownstoner Marketplace listings. In particular, that dining room, with original wooden built-ins and beams, knocked our socks off. The exterior of the Bay Ridge pad is made of limestone and sports a rounded bay-window shape. The only real drawback, potentially, is the fact that the house only has three floors of living space, one of which is partially below grade. Given that the house next door just sold for $730,000 in August, though, the asking price on this one of $749,000 seems perfectly realistic, especially for a buyer who likes the idea of a hot tub in the back yard.
6718 Ridge Boulevard [The Franzese Group] GMAP P*Shark
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What does authentic mean, Rob?
it means not moving to bay ridge and calling the people who have lived there their whole lives “jersey and staten island trash element” which that poster just did. what? was she too afraid to move to a neighborhood with minorities to belittle and call the local element? gross
*rob*
Living in NJ versus living in Brooklyn are night-and-day different. I lived in NJ (Maplewood) for 11 years. it is great, if you want a suburban, kid-centered, 2-car based, live-in-nanny (if both parents work) life. however the RE taxes there are deadly serious. my house, which I sold for $560K last year, has $17k property taxes. My good friend in Montclair pays over $20K in taxes for her house – the house is huge, and gorgeous, to be sure. It is also a ton of constant maintenance, repair and upkeep. Every single person is definitely car-dependent. The landscape mostly demands it.
Don’t believe the lies about commutes to NJ. While there may be a train which actually does take 29 minutes to Penn Station, total commute time is much, much more. Bridges and tunnels are a nightmare, especially the Holland. They are bad enough to deter suburbanites from going into the city at all except for special events. It is a cruel irony to live 20 miles away from the greatest city in the world, only to find it too much of a hassle getting in and out, to go there other than for work.
NJ Transit is both pleasure and extraordinary pain. Extraordinary, especially outside of commute times.
Brooklyn, to my newcomer’s eye, and as someone with no kids at home, is the best of both worlds – living in the city, a subway ride to so much, yet in a beautiful, non-tourist-laden and pedestrian-scale landscape, with all kinds of great food and other attractions extremely close by. And after living in NJ, taxes here are refreshing. Even with the NYC income tax, which after all is “only” 3.6% – low, compared to NJ’s RE taxes, which are already budget-busting, and only going higher. The state is in a major budget crisis. Prices are falling there, and will and should continue to fall. The high tax burden will ensure that. Now, the question is, when will prices normalize in Brooklyn?!
What does authentic mean, Rob?
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Sure there is the “Jersey Shore”/Staten Island element, but there are also some lovely. blah blah blah blah
UGH! they are way more truly urban and authentic than you or your newly arrived family will EVER be!
*rob*
Wasn’t it just last week (or the week before) we had a Bay Ridge HotD in the same NW quadrant, we addressed the issue of the treatment plant, and the nabe got nothing but love.
Weird blog at times.
thelioness – great post, thanks.
“most home owners in Bay Ridge have a car”
Yes, at minimum.
thelioness: Thanks for the thoughtful response. We live in Carroll Gardens, just had our second kid, and my wife’s comment when I showed her a listing in Bay Ridge was we might as well just throw in the towel and move to Montclair. I will share your response with her.
I have a car in Bay Ridge. The last time I stepped foot in it was, wait, have to think about it…um about a week ago. Something tells me that if i lived near Montclair (Verona) like my sister I would be getting in the car at least once a day.
The train ride to Upper Montclair is 42 minutes, to Ridgewood it’s 55 minutes, plus 193 or 273 a month for the fun of NJ transit.