Open House Picks
Clinton Hill 282 Dekalb Avenue Archive! Warren Lewis Sunday 12-4 $1,850,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 407 8th Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 12-2 $1,425,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 585 MacDonough Street Kirkland Homes Sunday 12-3 $750,000 GMAP P*Shark Bushwick 51 Linden Street Douglas Elliman Sunday 2-4 $675,000 GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
282 Dekalb Avenue Archive!
Warren Lewis
Sunday 12-4
$1,850,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
407 8th Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 12-2
$1,425,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
585 MacDonough Street
Kirkland Homes
Sunday 12-3
$750,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bushwick
51 Linden Street
Douglas Elliman
Sunday 2-4
$675,000
GMAP P*Shark
a pioneer discount would be 300K.
675K is still a lot of dough these days. you still have to be “wealthy” to afford 650K.
that’s the issue.
this area ain’t really 675K worthy when you can buy a beautiful house like this in rittenhouse square for that much.
but of course it will sell. ghettos are hot these days.
My earlier comment about crime was about serious incidents, like assault and rape. Yes, muggings and car break-ins are undoubtedly higher in Bushwick and Bed-Stuy and other similar (largely low-income) neighborhoods. But that doesn’t make them bad places to live. Personally, I got mugged in 10021 and I’m sure others have too.
Regarding the Bushwick house, I was trying to convey that this might be a good purchase for the right person–good house, good immediate environment. With school-age kids, maybe not. But it’s not a scary place, and someone who wants to get involved with a community will only make it a better place.
Cash-wise, the Bushwick house represents an opportunity that actually factors in a “pioneer discount”–unlike so many houses in NYC, let alone Brooklyn.
The houses in this area were built at the turn of the 20th century for all the brewing business in Bushwick–employees and management at the time. This is a good house that hasn’t been crapped up. If you have just a tad of vision and bravery, check it out.
And thank you, 6:32!
we all know that if prices in park slope, ft. greene, carroll gardens, bushwick and bed stuy were similar, there would be almost no one moving to the two latter neighborhoods.
let’s get real here for a second.
Everyone has different levels of comfort, 6:46.
I wouldn’t want to raise a child in Bed Stuy either at this point. Why should I? What exactly is so wrong with wanting to live in a nice neighborhood? Why is someone a pussy because they don’t want to live in a neighborhood that is 90% black (if you are white). It has nothing to do with racism, it has to do with wanting to live among similar people.
I’d much rather spend my ONE life in a neighborhood I love, one that is safe, one where my kid can walk to school, one where there are 20 restaurants within 3 blocks and one where there are kids similar to mine who want to play.
Can you please tell me exactly what is wrong with that?
You do what you feel most comfortable and let those who differ from you do what they want to do. That’s the beauty of America.
6:42, your neighbors are pussies.
Two of my neighbors just recently bought 3 bedroom co-ops in my North Slope building (yes…imagine that…I OWN!).
One family moved here from Bed Stuy, the other from Crown Heights.
Both families had incidents with crime. It was discussed in their co-op interview.
Tina: Don’t worry about the douchebags. They love to quote teh stats of high crime as their excuse to continue to rent while they wait for prices in some more expensive nabe to decrease so they can buy, which of course will never happen.
And people are not moving out of Bushwick and Bed-Stuy to smaller places in other areas unless they have been priced out. If you actually LIVED in one of these neighborhoods you would know that, but your posts indicate that you don’t.
I live in Bedford Stuyvesant I have many many friends that live here and none of us have been shot, mugged, robbed etc… So give me a break with your “stats”
LOLOLOL.
i nearly fell off my chair, 6:25.
funniest post here today.
thanks.