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
I’m not going to flame you Walt, but I would suggest phoning Joe Johnson, or Vinnie Martinos in addition to listening to the police radio. They’re, respectively, the anti-crime and community affairs officers at the 71st Pct., which covers PLG (and some MUCH higher crime areas to the east which MIGHT account for many of the violent incidents you report hearing about).
Ed,
As you know, I think its better to just ignore the REALLY outlandish comments. No one believes them anyway.
Anonymous 3:58,
Exactly!
Anonymous 7:53,
“bully[ing] and browbeat[ing]”?
perhaps, sometimes from ONE frequent poster who IMO tends to get carried away, but , in general, PLG residents are no more in favor of censorship than anyone else who posts here.
Anonymous 8:49,
No doubt there are those who do see gentrification as a threat in PLG and many other brownstone neighborhoods, but your theory seems as unlikely as the opposing version that ascribes all questions about safety in PLG to some giant racist plot. Also, FWIW, I’m on the board of PLG Arts, worked on the recent Lincoln Road Artmart, and have only heard of opposition voiced by ONE resident of Lincoln Road. There certainly haven’t been any complaints raised on the local PLG lists or blogs. Here’s a link to the thread about Artmart on Across the Park:
http://tinyurl.com/y7yvo8
There was only one (informational) posting about the Artmart on the Lefferts Yahoo Group and no one commented at all about that.
I’m confused. Are people being “browbeaten” for reasonable comments or for making”outlandish comments”? Isn’t this a crucial distinction?
There are indeed some people in PLG who are feeling strongly against the changes and a betterment of the nabe.Some people are afraid to be priced out at some point.For example, some residents were not so happy about the last PLG arts craft fair on Lincoln road and they were quite vocal about it.
It is just a fact, gentrification is a threat and I would not be suprised if someone from PLG was behind those really over the top exagerated posts about PLG’s safety, in order to scare potential buyers away and keep R.E. Prices down.
Every nabe wants to be accurately represented. This isn’t something that’s true only of PLG. And I doubt that anyone does PLG a service by attempting to bully and browbeat those who criticize PLG, whether it’s for safety reasons or anything else. If you can’t handle dealing with the general public as it visits this site, I suggest you start your own blog so that you can censor out all of the comments you don’t like.
If I understand it correctly, the “backlash” by PLG residents is due to outlandish comments which distort statistical facts about safety, right?
So why, are people so hellbent on blaming PLG residents for being touchy? Isn’t it best to set the record straight?
Non-residents want the truth, and residents don’t want to be misrepresented.
I agree that there’s nothing wrong with anonymous posting. One reason that I use my actual name is to force myself to avoid taking “advantage of the internet’s ‘consequence free’ environment.” I’m not sure if that makes me responsible, brave, or just dumb 🙂
I allow that you, Bob, have always been reasonable and on the up-and-up, but I agree with the previous poster that several PLG boosters have been reactionary, rude and….well, let’s just say they like to take full advantage of the internet’s “consequence free” environment. In some cases they are reacting to very negative things that people have said about PLG, and I don’t like to hear bad things said about my neighborhood either. Still, you have to be prepared to ‘handle’ that if you come onto a blog like this.
And I post this anomymously because I see nothing wrong with anonymous posting. Anonymous posting is allowed on this site, so anyone who chooses to post anonymously should do so IMHO.