Open House Picks
Boerum Hill 394 Pacific Street Nancy McKiernan Sunday 12:30-2:30 $1,825,000 GMAP P*Shark Ditmas Park 520 East 23rd Street Warren Lewis Sunday 1-3 $1,150,000 GMAP P*Shark Ditmas Park 547 Argyle Road Urban Living Int’l Sunday 11-12 $999,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Lefferts 185 Ocean Avenue also on Planet PLG Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 2-4 $889,000 GMAP P*Shark…
Boerum Hill
394 Pacific Street
Nancy McKiernan
Sunday 12:30-2:30
$1,825,000
GMAP P*Shark
Ditmas Park
520 East 23rd Street
Warren Lewis
Sunday 1-3
$1,150,000
GMAP P*Shark
Ditmas Park
547 Argyle Road
Urban Living Int’l
Sunday 11-12
$999,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts
185 Ocean Avenue also on Planet PLG
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 2-4
$889,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
834 Putnam Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 2:30-4
$735,000
GMAP P*Shark
Thanks for the help Anon at 5:30. Appreciated.
re:59 Douglass question. Can always look up on nyc.gov dept of bldgs..for permits.
59 Douglass (which is whole corner lot with Smith) has application for 4 story building…commercial ground level and apts above.
“Save yourself the trouble. The Ocean Avenue place is a total waste of time.”
Interesting that you can say that 1 1/2 hours before the Open House starts.
Question for you wise Brownstoners: I see a vacant lot across from a property I was looking at. How can I find out what is planned for the location? The address is 59 Douglass Street in Brooklyn. Your advise is greatly appreciated.
Anyone buying a house over 50 years old… which is almost every dwelling in Brooklyn – just assume that it has lead paint. Lots of it. And not just on the trim… Lead was a common ingredient in plaster 100 years ago as well. Do not sand your painted trim or plaster walls if you have young children living in your home. Bit the bullet and pay for an abatement contracter. Some things are easier and cheaper to fix than others. Keeping your home clean is critical. Buy some Lead Dizolve or Liquid Detergent and mix it in with your mop bucket.
Your points are reasonable, Senor B, but your sentiments are relatively uncommon. Maybe you can’t take Park Slope, the UWS or UES, but a whole lot of people can. Most people, I’m sure. So, have no doubt that many CH buyers are simply PS runoff. Not that there’s any shame in that. Every nabe around PS gets its runoff. So what? Big deal.
Park Slope a long commute to downtown? It’s certainly not a long commute on the subway. You must be riding a tricycle or something….it’s only a hop, skip and jump on the F train.
To say that people buying in Clinton Hill are priced out of or cast out of Park Slope is ridiculous. They are very different neighborhoods – Park Slope is like the Upper West Side of Brooklyn. Pretty, nice, expensive, good public schools, a looooong commute to downtown and boooooooorrrrrringggggg. I was friends with some folks from the UWS once. I couldn’t take it. The UWS (and Park Slope, albeit to a lesser degree) is as white bread as NYC gets (not counting, of course, UES). Might as well buy a house in Nebraska… Bottom line, comparing PS and CH is apples and oranges. They’re different neighborhoods for different people.
I have a child at 39, and while it definitely does not have the stellar reputation of 321, it’s a good school nonetheless. Perhaps you have used 39 and disagree–a lot of people don’t like the cramped facilities and the principal is less than inspiring–but it also has a lot of good teachers through the grades and often gets dismissed a lot on the basis of second and thirdhand playground chatter. I can’t tell you how many people who have never sent a child there or even visited it have told me what a bad school it is. (Not saying that’s what you’re doing, obvs, since i don’t know you, but it definitely happens.)
For that matter PS 10 and PS 282 in Park Slope are pretty good schools that are often overshadowed by 321. 321 also has a self-selecting population mainly of kids from high-income, privileged families, which–life being unfair–means that it inevitably is going to score off the charts on tests, etc. Not to knock it, but part of its success comes from quality, and part from demographics, which give it a student body of kids who are probably going to do well wherever they go.
All that said, I do agree that the house would be worth more if it were in the 321 zone–reputation is what drives prices.
No experience with the Clinton Hill schools so I can’t speak for them, but good for them if they’re doing well.