Open House Picks: Houses
Carroll Gardens 56 2nd Place Vita Realty Sunday 2-4 $1,850,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 1094 Park Place Corcoran Sunday 1:30-3:30 $1,395,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 1609 11th Avenue Warren Lewis Sunday 2-4 $1,265,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 76 Ryerson Street Fillmore Sunday 2-4 $1,250,000 GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
56 2nd Place
Vita Realty
Sunday 2-4
$1,850,000
GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
1094 Park Place
Corcoran
Sunday 1:30-3:30
$1,395,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
1609 11th Avenue
Warren Lewis
Sunday 2-4
$1,265,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
76 Ryerson Street
Fillmore
Sunday 2-4
$1,250,000
GMAP P*Shark
@2:11, I am the Bay Ridge poster…
Yes, you are absolutely correct, the commute from Bay Ridge can suck. It is not that bad for work commute, but late night really is bad when the R slows down and turns into some kind of shuttle.
For commute though, the express bus is not bad. If you live in the low 70s, you can be at Wall St in 20 minutes if the traffic gods are on your side. I am in the high 80s, takes me about 35 minutes on the express bus. Not the best, but fine for me for daily commute to work. And in my case, the price difference is to Park Slope is something I can’t afford so the extra 20 minute commute is certainly a trade off for me.
Serious question because I have never lived there, but how long does it take from Park Slope? I was under the impression about 20 minutes?
I wish there was an express subway from 86th street to the Wall St area.
My problem now is that I have the top floor in a two family for $1700 a month. There is a lot of space. I would like to be in Park Slope or somewhere closer to Manhattan, but now being use to the space I have, I don’t want to move into something much smaller. And while I could afford to pay double the rent, I am trying to save for a house and that makes a huge difference in what I am able to put away each month. So far me, Bay Ridge was a decent place. I am just surprised that so many times people act as if Bay Ridge was as far away as Sheepshead Bay or something.
The R is problem. I work on Wall St (literally on that street) so switching at 59th or 36th for the express is no help since they get into Manhattan too far north. So I play the switching game sometimes of the R to the N or D to Atlantic and for the 2 or 3 (sounds like some kind of rap song). If the timing is *perfect* it’s not a bad trip, but that is usually not the case.
The express bus is $5 each way, but I can get to my office in about 30 min with average traffic. From the Bowling Green to the first stop in Bay Ridge is often times around 20 minutes – which is not bad at all. But getting from there to the high 80s can sometimes double the trip time.
And since I mentioned it, if anyone wants to rent a large 2 bedroom closer to Manhattan for under $2500 I might be interested (professional couple, combined income about $200k, never once been late with rent!).
There are public schools who are as good as Harvard, but they won’t get you the same connections. There are people who count on their Dalton/Spence/St Ann’s friends to get them the job — even when they’re 40. That matters to a lot of people and why getting into top tier schools is harder than ever.
I’m fascinated by the poster who chose a “fringe” neighborhood and is sending kid to private school. We are facing the choice now of bigger home v. private school, and at $25K/yr per kid, (not including inflation), you’re talking a minimum of $150-200K to get your kid just to middle school, and we have 2 kids. So is the discount really worth it? We are definitely leaning towards public school and hoping to get our older kid registered in District 15 (we currently live in PS39 and are applying there as well as other District 15 schools) and then probably will look around in other close-by areas) once we’re in.
3:13
You say Bayside and Douglaston are “suburbs” with all the cultural derision of a newly urbanized troglodyte. My reason for bringing up these areas at all was to let folks here know that there are options INSIDE city limits for those who put safety and school quality first on their list. I’m not telling all you Brownstone lovers to abandon your search only giving you some perspective. You say you “grew up in Bayside” so you will no doubt know that this part of queens is rich in authentic new york flavor as in Jewish delicatessens, not the ones converted into hipster hangouts, rich in history as in the Quaker house, home of the Flushing Remonstrance, the precurser to the Declaration of Independence. Home to all manner of ethnicities not just Irish, but Korean, Indian, South American, in addition to your white anglo saxon protestants. So take the information for what it is, another part of this great city. And stop looking down on your roots, it’s unseemly and makes you look like a common poseur.
3:32,
Your stats are accurate, but your conclusion is not. Manhattan per se does not have a problem with violent crime, but Manhattan South does. I understand that you are trying to disprove the point about Crown Heights being dangerous, but all you have proven is that Manhattan South, too, is a dangerous area.
Nice try, though.
Bayside used to be all Irish white power in the 1980s, hardly diverse. Have things changed?
I really hope everyone does start moving to “northern” Queens. That way, prices will come down in the beautiful Bklyn brownstone neighborhoods where I’m house-hunting.
Bayside and Douglaston are the SUBURBS. Period. They are NOT urban areas. If you want to discuss the suburbs, that is a different story altogether. So your comments are pointless, really. And I’ll repeat, I grew up in both Bayside and Douglaston and I would not live there as an adult.
Gotta tell ya, I live in manhattan and am fortunate to be able to easily afford a smaller brownstone in the slope, but people make really convincing arguments for Ditmas, Windsor Terrace, areas in Queens, etc. They sound like interesting, developing neighborhoods with great schools. Sounds like there’s only upside potential in this areas, unless I’m missing something.