Open House Picks
Crown Heights 836 Prospect Place Fillmore Sat 12-2, Sun 1-3 $1,750,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 107 St. James Place Community Home Sales Sunday 1-4 $1,300,000 GMAP P*Shark South Slope 213 13th Street Corcoran Sunday 11-1 $1,050,000 GMAP P*Shark Stuyvesant Heights 385 Lewis Avenue Douglas Elliman Saturday 1:30-3:30 $785,000 GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
836 Prospect Place
Fillmore
Sat 12-2, Sun 1-3
$1,750,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
107 St. James Place
Community Home Sales
Sunday 1-4
$1,300,000
GMAP P*Shark
South Slope
213 13th Street
Corcoran
Sunday 11-1
$1,050,000
GMAP P*Shark
Stuyvesant Heights
385 Lewis Avenue
Douglas Elliman
Saturday 1:30-3:30
$785,000
GMAP P*Shark
Yes, Yonkers is rundown, but I mentioned it in response to your comment about Westchester county not being urban. Anyway, I grew up in Brooklyn. Sometimes as we get older, we opt for clean air and open space.
Actually, real artists live in westchester. We love going to the annual Peekskill Open Studio where all the artists invite the public in to see their works. Northern westchester has 4 contemporary art museums, a large number of galleries, 2 excellent film and art centers, a new film school, and at least 5 excellent music conservatories. There is a huge population of artists, graphic designers, film makers, architects and other creative professionals.
Why live in northern westchester? Because the area has tremendous natural beauty, a huge amount of public green space, lots of parks, great schools, good restaurants, and is close to Manhattan. It is a great way to a have peace, quiet, safety and culture at the same time. It’s the perfect balance. But, hey, this is Brownstoner, so I’ll stop now…
But I do agree that Yonkers is a dump.
haven’t been to yonkers, no.
heard it’s a dump.
i live in new york city. i have very little use for the suburbs. i lived in a lovely one for the first 18 years of my life and found them to be almost the opposite of every way in which i have chosen to live my life.
i can’t imagine why, when cities are becoming so much safer, with improving schools, terrific mass transit systems, shops and restaurants at your fingertips, amazing old architecture, etc. that anyone would choose a suburb an hour away instead of a vibrant urban dynamic.
i get it back in the day when the cities were decaying, but not now.
to each his/her own of course.
2:44: Have you been to Yonkers? I’d say it’s pretty urban.
“From very urban”
sorry, but i would not describe any of westchester county as very urban.
unless you mean the few blocks in the downtown where there are so many cars and zero people walking on the streets past 6pm.
then yes, it’s quite urban.
if i wanted rural, i’d go to sullivan county.
it’s much cheaper also.
and that’s where the real artists live.
if you think they live in westchester, you need to visit again.
Westchester is vast and diverse also. From very urban to quasi-rural. So just saying going to Westchester isn’t too informative.
1:03, you’re talking about one part of a huge totally diverse county. It’s like saying I’ve been to Mill Basin so I know Brooklyn. I’m talking about open fields, horse farms, old farmhouses, communities full of artists and graphic designers. Doesn’t sound like you you’ve been there at all.
i’ve been to westchester numerous times in the past 5 years, thanks. it’s sterile, boring, all the moms act as if they can’t get through the day without a xanex, they drive 2 blocks to hit the white plains mall, sip their starbucks while wondering how they will spend the rest of their days in solitude in their gloriously large 1.6 million house.
anyone who asks a blog why they should stay in nyc or move to westchester is much more stupid, in my opinion.
city vs. suburban.
that’s for you to decide and the differences seem quite apparent.