Houses of the Day: Lefferts Doubleshot
There are two houses for sale on Midwood Street between Rogers and Nostrand that might be of interest to readers. The house on the left is at 230 Midwood Street and is available through Century 21, AAA Top Stars at 718 498-2400; the house on the right is 253 Midwood Street and is available through…
There are two houses for sale on Midwood Street between Rogers and Nostrand that might be of interest to readers. The house on the left is at 230 Midwood Street and is available through Century 21, AAA Top Stars at 718 498-2400; the house on the right is 253 Midwood Street and is available through Jamal at Apple Real Estate at 718 735 2300. Can anyone tell us what the interiors are like at either of these places? How about recent comps?
230 Midwood Street: GMAP P*Shark
253 Midwood Street: GMAP P*Shark
Photos by Bob Marvin
“but it’s equally unrealistic to compare it to Park Slope, Clinton Hill or Ft. Greene”.
I think it is and, based on my 32 years of living here, I’d venture to say that PLG, in general, compares favorably to these three areas in terms of safety and Lefferts Manor may well be as safe as ANY brownstone neighborhood.
PLG is tricky. In order to make a decent comparison you’d have to look not at other neighborhoods, I think, but at areas within other neighborhoods. For example, there are some relatively rough areas in Bed Stuy that are comparable to PLG in terms of safety. Why isn’t this all the comparison we need? It’s never going to work to compare PLG to war zones like East New York, but it’s equally unrealistic to compare it to Park Slope, Clinton Hill or Ft. Greene.
Anon.11:23,
Nonsense!
You don’t seem to get elementary logic, Ed. Of course there’s crime everywhere, but it doesn’t follow from this that Park Slope is as dangerous as PLG. And of course it’s absurd to compare PLG to most of the other areas you mentioned because it’s far more dangerous.
Hope this helps.
I’m white, and when I walk around in a black neighborhood, I feel like they resent me for moving in. People don’t say hello and they look at you funny – like you have everything and are going to take what’s theirs. I’m sorry that’s just how I feel. It makes me feel unsafe to be subjected to this, and that’s why I won’t move into neighborhoods like that. Police reports only confirm what I feel. I can’t imagine raising my kids there in a neighborhood like Crown Heights or Clinton Hill or Lefferts Manor or Fort Greene. I’ll stick to Park Slope, Carroll Gardens and Brooklyn Heights. I know it sounds awful, but that’s how I feel.
You should read more carefully.
Bob Marvin mentioned that listening to police radio would be enough to scare many prospective buyers in brownstone Brooklyn, and that everyone should be concerned about safety when moving to Brownstone Brooklyn.
Then, I agreed that it’s reasonable to be concerned about safety in the following: Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, PLG and some parts of Boerum Hill. These neighborhoods have traditionally been thought of as somewhat “dodgy”.
Then, 5:41PM indicated that crime can occur even Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights.
5:41PM, I just read through this thread and I didn’t see anyone claim that they’re “scared of crime to the degree [they] would entirely avoid all the neighborhoods Ed lists”. In fact, Ed was the only person talking about these other neighborhoods. So what gives?
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m packing up and moving to Brownsville. It’s just as safe as anyplace else!
5:41, you’re right. Because there’s crime in every neighborhood, no neighborhood is any safer or any more dangerous than any other. That’s what I call a compelling argument. In fact, I’d go even further. If someone ever has concerns of any kind about their own personal safety, they shouldn’t live ANYWHERE because there’s no community that’s completely free of crime. Such a person should simply swallow a bottle of sleeping pills and bid farewell to this world that they’re just too fragile to live in.
Ed, you’re also right. No one can utter a meaningful statement about crime. In fact, “crime” isn’t even a word. It’s just a meaningless string of symbols.
It’s nice to have finally cleared this all up. Ahhhh…..