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1. GOWANUS $1,450,000 330 Carroll Street GMAP (left) This 2,400-square-foot, 2-family was “beautifully renovated” and has a “hi-income rental,” according to its listing. Entered into contract on 2/23/09; closed on 4/13/09; deed recorded on 4/22/09. 2. BAY RIDGE $1,400,000 30 88th Street GMAP (right) A 2,650-sf, single-family house, according to Property Shark. Entered into contract…
1. GOWANUS $1,450,000
330 Carroll Street GMAP (left)
This 2,400-square-foot, 2-family was “beautifully renovated” and has a “hi-income rental,” according to its listing. Entered into contract on 2/23/09; closed on 4/13/09; deed recorded on 4/22/09.
2. BAY RIDGE $1,400,000
30 88th Street GMAP (right)
A 2,650-sf, single-family house, according to Property Shark. Entered into contract on 4/1/09; closed on 4/9/09; deed recorded on 4/21/09.
3. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $1,200,000
78 State Street, #3 GMAP
A 1,750-sf, duplex co-op with three bedrooms, according to its listing. It was originally listed for $1,429,000 in late October. Closed on 4/16/09; deed recorded on 4/23/09.
4. BRIGHTON BEACH $1,200,000
214 West End Avenue GMAP
This 4-bedroom house was first listed for $1,995,000 last October, according to StreetEasy. The price was reduced to $1,850,000 in November. Entered into contract on 2/23/09; closed on 4/8/09; deed recorded on 4/22/09.
5. PARK SLOPE $1,018,250
153 Lincoln Place, #1A GMAP
A closing at the former Slope brothel. Units hit the market last fall, and this 1,602-sf, 3-bedroom was listed for $1,125,000, according to StreetEasy. Entered into contract on 11/11/08; closed on 4/8/09; deed recorded on 4/20/09.
Photos from Property Shark.
I plan on having a G&T as soon as the kids go to sleep tonight. 😉
he also likes to claim he was part of the “G&T” (gifted and talented) bunch! – whateves
but seriously – he praises the school from actual experience but I think when you are a kid your idea of a good school might differ from that of your parent 😉
Thanks gemini: I am very interested in anything that anyone can add by way of actual experience with 282.
my husband went to 282 and loved it and wishes to send our kids there one day and notes that 321 was actually “the bad school” years ago.
but then again – he’s black and that was 22 years ago
I don’t really have a problem with 282, but my knowledge is also limited to what they say in books about NYC schools (which would lead one to conclude that there is no problem sending one’s kids there). Mrs Jackal has formed a pretty negative view based on how the kids act with each other on the playground and how the teachers interact with the kids. More yelling, aggressive behavior, etc. than some other schools. There is clearly a different socio-economic and racial make-up at 282 than 321 and some other local schools and it can be a pretty hot button for someone to say they are uncomfortable with how kids at 282 act when that can easily be misinterpreted as classism and/or racism. The discussion in the Jackal household is still very much a live one, as I don’t want to exclude the area where we currently live, which I really love, from our search. I have to admit I find it difficult to say I don’t want to send my kids to 282 without feeling a guilt instilled in me by my liberal white upper middle class ex-hippie parents (but doesn’t that pretty much describe most of the people who lie about their address to send their kids to 321 instead of 282, even while they claim to be progressive, liberal, etc? ahhh the classic irony of white american liberalism…but I digress).
Totally understandable, Lechacal. I’ve only recently been more “up” on the school situation in the neighborhood since I’ve had a few people I know move to PS with school age children recently, and they’ve all done a TON of research and I can’t recall anything negative being said about PS. 282. In fact, they seemed to suggest that 282 actually has a few benefits over 321…one of which was that it’s not nearly as overcrowded. I also thought that they had a good music and art program in addition to their heavy on the math and science stuff…
Any reason why your wife isn’t so keen on 282?
I obviously don’t know anything about the schools firsthand…I’m only picking things up from others…you all have surely done the research yourselves…
I’m really just curious.
11217 – just saw your note that I had said I would be interested in one of the 3 beds on Lincoln at less than a million. In theory that’s still the case, although it looks like we may officially be taking the PS 282 catchment area (and with it Lincoln, Berkeley and other great streets) out of our search area. We’re probably going to be focusing more on center slope from here on. Mrs Jackal has finally convinced me that we don’t want to send the kids to PS 282 and I just can’t justify the added cost of private school (x3 kids) on top of north slope prices, even assuming they come back down to Earth. In theory I would actually prefer to live more or less where we are now and send the kids to private school but there just isn’t a real estate price differential to support that decision.
>> Can we agree Gowanus starts at the canal and continues eastward to 4th ave?
Not unless we’re all brokers…
“Can we agree Gowanus starts at the canal and continues eastward to 4th ave?”
I’d say Gowanus also extends at least one block west of the canal, and probably two.
When the warehouses stop, you’re out of Gowanus.