Open House Picks
Park Slope 398 Bergen Street FKG Real Estate Sunday 1-3 $1,875,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 99 St. Marks Place Aguayo & Huebener Sunday 1-3 $1,595,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 119 Bainbridge Street Brooklyn Properties Sunday 12-2 $1,300,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 1190 Dean Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 12-1:30 $985,000 GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
398 Bergen Street
FKG Real Estate
Sunday 1-3
$1,875,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
99 St. Marks Place
Aguayo & Huebener
Sunday 1-3
$1,595,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
119 Bainbridge Street
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 12-2
$1,300,000
GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
1190 Dean Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 12-1:30
$985,000
GMAP P*Shark
“I just hope they don’t rise too fast, because that’s not good on many levels.”
Too late.
Did you just fall off the turnip truck?
That’s precisely why you are in trouble.
Homes in Crown Heights were 200K in 2000. Now a million. You don’t think that’s TOO FAST!!!????
The Bainbridge house is beautiful, kitchen needs some tlc, but it appeals to me more than the others… the million dollar + price tags are just as breathtaking though!
3:44, I don’t think BS/CH values would be fine while everything else declines, and I have no doubt that if the city went into a steep downhill drop, like in the 70’s, that all of our property values would sink, and yes, my neighborhood would sink faster and lower than Park Slope. Granted.
However, assuming that that scenario doesn’t happen, please God, I honestly don’t see BS/CH declining as a place for someone to buy a home. I live here, and have lived in the combined area for over twenty years. I’ve seen the worst, and all indications are that both areas are rising like a submarine shedding ballast. I just hope they don’t rise too fast, because that’s not good on many levels.
It only makes sense. More and more people seem to want to own brownstones in Brooklyn. The explosions of the other brownstone neighborhoods shows that. As these places get more and more expensive, people naturally look further out, and that’s Bed Stuy and Crown Heights, whether anyone likes it or not. Add to the fact that these two neighborhoods have some of the best and most preserved housing stock in Brooklyn, you bet people are going to continue to come here. Adding gentrification to the mix, and the clash of culture, race and economics makes this a less than easy proposition for many, but I would be very surprised if both neighborhoods don’t have a racial and economic mix more akin to Clinton Hill and Ft.Greene in ten years.
I think there will naturally be pockets that become more high income, like Stuy Hts, while other places, like the Gates Ave corridor will be very low income for the forseeable future. I hope that the rising tide can lift all boats, and I don’t mean to sugar coat a difficult and complicated issue. But as more and more services come with the influx of people, this will also add to the desireability of these areas. It won’t be next year, but it’s coming. Like I said, if I had investment income, I’d buy whatever I could, especially on the great blocks that I walk down every day.
“So while there are gorgeous homes in Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy and Crown Heights, I do not believe people are clamoring to live in those particular neighborhoods for much else than brick and mortar.”
3:51 – doesn’t Mr. Brownstoner live in Clinton Hill? You can’t lump already gentrified Clinton Hill with all its multimillion dollar houses together with still sketchy Bed Stuy and Crown Heights on this blog.
Yeah, the stroller mom thing has been talked to death.
No one gives a shit anymore.
119 Banbridge doesn’t have a c of o…and it’s used as an SRO….where does that leave the buyer, on top of putting 100K or so into it? Lovely pics…lovely block…but why the increase in price? sounds like someone tacked on their commission…987K one week to 1.3M the next two different agencies…mmmm Sure it will sell, but not at that price..
Yeah, the stroller moms. They all hang out at the “Teat Lounge” on 7th Avenue.
I miss the old days when people bitched about strollers in Park Slope.
Dang, 3:49, you’ve got seriously low standards.