Open House Picks
Park Slope 52 Berkeley Place Brooklyn Properties Sunday 12-2 $2,750,000 GMAP P*Shark Midwood 490 East 24th Street Fillmore Sat 2-4, Sun 2-4 $1,177,000 GMAP P*Shark Sunset Park 515 45th Street Century 21 Sunday 12:30-2 $999,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 696 Halsey Street FSBO Sunday 12-2 $690,000 GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
52 Berkeley Place
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 12-2
$2,750,000
GMAP P*Shark
Midwood
490 East 24th Street
Fillmore
Sat 2-4, Sun 2-4
$1,177,000
GMAP P*Shark
Sunset Park
515 45th Street
Century 21
Sunday 12:30-2
$999,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
696 Halsey Street
FSBO
Sunday 12-2
$690,000
GMAP P*Shark
What’s up with all the fear and loathing in these posts? I have to say, given the stable state of the economy, this is truly a reflection of politics affecting the market. I know that the posters here tend to limit the discussion to real estate and architecture, but what else will explain the air of impending doom that permeates many of these posts about “AY” and price corrections and such. One has to conclude that this web site reflects the largely pessimistic Democratic view of things which is now trickling down into the NYC real estate market. This in itself is not surprising due to the fact that Democrats outnumber conservatives by about 6 to 1. I would have to say, on the whole, this is an anecdotally driven position which many posters take without regard for market realities, in order to justify their personally held beliefs towards the near future in general. Bottom line, people will continue to buy real estate to live in, regardless of price. And the price will be determined by what someone is willing to pay for that real estate. Stop complaining and buy the Bed-Stuy brownstone at a reasonable price, polish the floors, paint the walls, rent the additional unit to a good tenant and plant some trees in the backyard. Start living.
Northern Westchester Home, we’re committed to Brooklyn for the time being, but I always LOVE browsing rural properties! And sighing over the green vistas. I enjoyed your site today. Good luck. It’s nicely done.
Thanks to everyone who visited my site today. I was pleased to see a jump in visitors and then discovered that over 160 came from here. So special thanks to the person who mentioned the site. Anyone considering Northern Westchester should check in regularly–I add content at least 5 times a week.
Brownstoner–I love your site and certainly ‘borrowed’ many ideas from it. Thanks for being such a great model.
http://northernwestchesterhome.blogspot.com/
Although there are several Victorian Flatbush/Ditmas Park boosters, are very few Midwood boosters on this site, as there are very few Midwood houses featured here. Houses referred to as being in Midwood on this site are almost always in South Midwood, West Midwood or Midwood Park – all sections of Victorian Flatbush.
Fillmore, and other brokers, should know better.
the PS house is across from ps282
“Midwood and Ditmas neighborhood boosters have officially become the most defensive of all the neighborhoods”
Really? They’ve never struck me as defensive… at all (and no, I don’t live in or even close to either Midwood or Ditmas).
I read through the posts with the intention to comment on the Bed Sty house and I too was surprised no one else commented. The house appears to have good bones in both units. It can use upgrades but appears as though a family can move right in. With the rental income helping to pay the mortgage, this one might be doable for an upper middle class family.
About Sunset Park, only houses on prime blocks have sold for a million. I know of two houses that sold for that price in the last 6 months. This is the high end out here. Many nice houses that need work can still be had for less.
anon 5:05, Prospect Heights is south of the AY project (except for the parts Ratner is planning to bulldoze!), so as long as Brooklyn doesn’t drift into the southern hemisphere, the shadow of AY will fall only on Ft.Greene and Clinton Hill.
As for other long term effects, they will no doubt be debated on this blog for many, many years to come.