Open House Picks
Clinton Hill 219 Washington Avenue Corcoran Sunday 2-4 $2,375,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 420 7th Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 2-4 $1,750,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 99 Gates Avenue Jac’Qui Weekes Sunday 1-3 $1,400,000 GMAP P*Shark Ditmas Park 1407 Dorchester Road Joanne Gay Real Estate Sunday 2:30-4:30 $1,100,000 GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
219 Washington Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 2-4
$2,375,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
420 7th Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 2-4
$1,750,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
99 Gates Avenue
Jac’Qui Weekes
Sunday 1-3
$1,400,000
GMAP P*Shark
Ditmas Park
1407 Dorchester Road
Joanne Gay Real Estate
Sunday 2:30-4:30
$1,100,000
GMAP P*Shark
Anon… there is. I don’t know if you heard, but there is A coalition of african-american homeowners in FG CH BS that are resisting gentrification. I rec’d a leaflet on my stoop the other day…. very interesting. I’m going to join. it reminds me of the spike lee fight the power days! I’m excited.
I’ll take the old Bed Stuy too! Wish there was a way to keep things the way they were…
Race is a part of the issue, no matter how much you want to deny it. Fundemental levels of racial inequalities persist, particulary in the area of asset accumulation– inheritance, savings accounts, stocks bonds, home equity, etc. Lack of these assets along with continuing discrimination in crucial areas like homeownership dramatically impacts the every day lives of many black families, reversing gains earned in schools and on jobs, and perpetuating the cycle of poverty in which far too many find themselves trapped.
Something to think about…. Just because white people young professionals, etc move into a predom black neighborhood, dosen’t help. In fact, id take the old bedstuy and any day.
To the poster who asked where did clinton hill come from.—- Im with you, i grew up in the stuy and Clinton hill in old school eyes was the historic district, it was never a “real” hood in our eyes. You can note that because biggie grew up on st james place, and he referred to it as bed stuy. The realtors have pounced on the “clinton hill” name for years now, actually turning it into a “real neigborhood.” Same thing with prospect heights, that was always known as crown heights to me.
Some of you dont know brooklyn like most of us do.
Oh yes, things will get better because young white people with a job are role models for our kids. Spend money on books,
more teachers, hell fix the schools.Forty
percent, probably higher now, of black males don’t finish eighth grade and drop out. But if you wear your R.L. polo shirt
and have a book under your arm, it will make it all better, you’re a rold model.
Does anyone have a clue. Stop using the word ghetto to describe our neighborhood,would be a start.
i think its 2 much miney bcuz of the peeps that live ther
I will tell you as a realtor I moved out
of the rental biz inCG and Windsor TErrace. Why? Because every realtor that works in the area gets a visit from the local boys. They tell you that” you’ll do fine as long as you remmmber who not to
rent to= get my drift”. Look very carefully at the demographics,and tell methere isn’t any in Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill,or Boerum Hil.
They came to my office and told my assistant the same,wouldn’t have said it
to me, I’m black. Heard the same story from many other realtors who were honest
enough to talk about these nasty nabes.
So, I will tell you that racism is alive and well in downtown Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Heights, the nicest of these neighborhoods, had the problem years ago
and corrected the problem, after the realtors were caught holding back properties,I know Corcoran just had a problem withswaying people of color out of the aforementioned areas.I’m sure it is business as usual if they are covering these areas. These new people moving in are worse because they pretend to be liberals.
Washinton Street house was awesome — I want to live there.
It amazes me that people here think that a discussion of race and racism in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy is somehow “off topic.” I read this site all the time, and to me these kinds of threads are the only ones that are truly on topic. Too many people here seem to feel entitled to a space where they can speculate endlessly about the trading and renovation of property without having to engage in any substantive way with the issues of race, class and politics at the foundation of the so-called “free market.” Nobody owes you that privilege.
And I totally agree with you Anonymous at May 7, 2007 7:09 AM: when people on this site use phrases like “sense of history” and “integrity of the neighborhood” (Brownstoner included) I just shake my head and laugh. Clearly, to them it has little to nothing to do with social issues and everything to do with things like moldings and woodwork. That’s a fairly paltry conception of “history” by any account.
OK, some people clearly need a refresher on official Brownstoner priorities.
Refusing to move to a neighborhood because of safety concerns: racist.
Moving to a neighborhood, but refusing to send your kids to the public school: perfectly fine. Preferred, even.
After all, working and volunteering to improve a public school takes time away from the truly important ways we improve out communities: by restoring our moldings and woodwork, which gives the less fortunate something to aspire to.