Open House Picks
Clinton Hill 338 Clinton Avenue Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 1:30-3 $2,700,000 Price Cut! GMAP P*Shark Fort Greene 136 Lafayette Avenue Corcoran Sunday 12-2 $2,350,000 GMAP P*Shark South Slope 258 13th Street Heights Berkeley Sunday 12-2 $1,700,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 15 Irving Place R. J. Chappell Realty Sunday 12-2 $939,000 GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
338 Clinton Avenue
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 1:30-3
$2,700,000 Price Cut!
GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
136 Lafayette Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 12-2
$2,350,000
GMAP P*Shark
South Slope
258 13th Street
Heights Berkeley
Sunday 12-2
$1,700,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
15 Irving Place
R. J. Chappell Realty
Sunday 12-2
$939,000
GMAP P*Shark
What real estate does is a crapshoot price wise and also depends how long you plan to live there barring unforseen disasters. Buy something you can comfortably afford and maintain because if you end up underwater on a mortgage and endlessly paying for repairs/maintenance you will be miserable. If you are considering going in with another family then make sure you get a very good lawyer.
This is outstanding feedback, thanks everybody. I’d love to see the parents blog as well.
Some additional questions: What are the nicest areas in the slope to live? How about the most affordable? We are considering splitting a two-family brownstone with another family. Do you think these homes selling for $2-3 million will continue to appreciate in value or are we at the peek of the market?
Why is anyone concerned about schools?
From reading these posts, it appears that most of these people didn’t go to school or skipped English class.
9:01 – Thanks for the feedback. That’s very helpful. I’d heard some similar comments.
Do you have the web address for the parents’ blog?
PS 282 is located in District 13 which pretty much rules out the more “coveted” D15 middle schools such as MS 51, Upper Carroll (or whatever it is called now), etc. The private schools do have a finite amount of space and acceptance is not automatic. Just because you can afford the tuition does not mean your kid will make the cut.
Our local politicians need to focus not only on elementary schools but also new middle schools – and not “niche” middle schools.
You guys should really avoid commenting on the schools if you don’t have first hand information. 321 is overcrowded but it is an excellent school, they will deal with it.
282 is not almost as good as 321, far from it. it is one of the best schools in it’s district (sadly enough) but it is far away from being as good as 321. I moved here 5 years ago hoping things at the school would change, but they have not. The principal does not want to reach out to the neighborhood and does not want to work with parents. she did not even inform parents that the new artabic schoool was to open on the premises. There is a group of parents getting together (they formed a blog) but I don’t see things changing until the principal is removed. Another fact is that the school is NOT overcrowded as one poster stated above, they have tons of extra room. If you are looking at schools in PS, look elsewhere if you want guarantees, and there are other good schools (like 39)
hope this helps
(signed, a parent of 2 that has researched and been involved in the schools)
agree that manhattanites feel most welcome in park slope than probably most other brooklyn nabes.
it’s such a nice place to live, sometimes you wonder what the heck you were ever doing in manhattan.
that’s how i feel anyway.
you couldn’t pay me to go back.
9:28 Park Slope is great for a family, but is is getting really expensive (for just that reason). People may tell you different, but a lot of the reason PS gets dumped on is jealousy. It’s safe, close to the park and subways, has amenities out the wazoo and goood schools. And yes, a lot of gosh damned bugaboos. But if you’re moving from Manhattan, it will seem like a middle class commune…in a good way.
I am currently a Manhattanite (East Village, to be specific) and looking for my first home in Brooklyn. Not surprisingly, the motivation is more space for my wife, daughter and I. I love the passion from all the folks on this blog and this thread was particularly interesting, including the rants, since we’ve been looking primarily in Park Slope.
Any additional perspective (schools, safety, stuff to do) would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks for showing us the ropes.