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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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  1. Not really sure why there are so many Bay Ridge haters on this blog, but, since I live right in this neighborhood and, since I am a recent transplant, I’d like to address.

    There is a sewage plant on the water which I can smell on certain summer nights only when I am exiting the BQE at 67th street. I live in the mid-70’s and I never ever ever have smelled the sewage plant at or within walking distance of my home. I don’t really get why people would prefer to live closer to the gowanus canal — which is a brownfield, potentential superfund site and all around environmental/safety hazard — rather than in northern Bay Ridge, where, some distance away, there is a sewage plant that one can smell on occasion during a quick drive by on the exit ramp of a highway.

    I also don’t get the argument that moving to the suburbs makes more sense than living in Bay Ridge. That is a purely personal choice. As I have stated in a recent post on the same topic, my husband and I (who are not originally from the NYC area but very much enjoy raising our children in NYC now) opted to leave Carroll Gardens for Bay Rdige instead of the suburbs (including after a visit to Montclair) because we wanted our kids to have space (indoor and outdoor) but retain all of the wonderful benefits of living in an urban area. Personal choice. No one can tell me that moving to Montclair would have been better for our family. And, honestly, I am MUCH closer to work from Bay Ridge than I would have been from Montclair. It takes me 30 minutes on the subway (I do work downtown) and under 15 minutes in the car (admittedly, during non-rush hour times) to get from my house through the battery tunnel. The R train is two blocks from my house. I can take that directly to my office or transfer to the express in Sunset Park. No car-to commuter train-to subway action for me.

    Finally, one of the great things about Bay Ridge is one of the things we used to love about Carroll Gardens in the late 90’s early 00’s — it has an authentic feel, with a lot of original Brooklynites of varying ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Sure there is the “Jersey Shore”/Staten Island element, but there are also some lovely, very well-educated and industrious people that we are fortunate to have as neighbors and community members. And, of course, there are the increasing number of hipsters and yuppie families (not unlike ourselves) who have realized that paying under $1 million for a full house and yard makes so much more sense than paying over $1 million to cram your family into a two bedroom just because it’s between Smith and Court.

  2. Dudeabides, there are houses in Baltimore and Minneapolis that are cheaper than houses in Montclair. It’s ridiculous how a person has to earn more than $80,000 a year to afford to live in Montclair.

  3. “Still a very walkable neighborhood, low maint, no lawn to mow, and 24 hour a day public transportation with no train scheds to worry about.”

    Many neighborhoods in nearby suburbs (incl montclair) are very walkable. Also one can choose the amount of yard/lawn to buy. Smaller yards cost less. As for public transportation, if you are not going out to Manhattan every night shorter train commutes in a set schedule are much better than longer erratic subway commutes. If you are going out every night it’s better to buy/rent a studio in Manhattan or nabe you visit often.

  4. seems like nice little corner of Bay Ridge to me. Not that I have been there in long time, but used to bicycle around and never remember any smells.
    Still a very walkable neighborhood, low maint, no lawn to mow, and 24 hour a day public transportation with no train scheds to worry about.

  5. Spread between what you can get in the suburbs and what you can get in Brooklyn is getting pretty dramatic. Decent 4br/2ba house in Montclair is about the same price as a small 1br/1ba in Carroll Gardens (or apparently a studio in Red Hook!)

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