Open House Picks
Carroll Gardens 415 Sackett Street Douglas Elliman *****CANCELLED***** $2,250,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Heights 287 Park Place Corcoran Sunday 2-4 $2,195,000 GMAP P*Shark Fort Greene 305 Cumberland Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 1-3 $1,995,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 186 Washington Avenue Aguayo & Huebener Sunday 12-4 $1,739,000 GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
415 Sackett Street
Douglas Elliman
*****CANCELLED*****
$2,250,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Heights
287 Park Place
Corcoran
Sunday 2-4
$2,195,000
GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
305 Cumberland Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 1-3
$1,995,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
186 Washington Avenue
Aguayo & Huebener
Sunday 12-4
$1,739,000
GMAP P*Shark
i know TONS of people in manhattan who read brownstoner like it’s their job. nokilissa on here is one of them.
and i find most readers already own brownstones in brooklyn, and are indeed high income.
I mean exactly 11:32am…:-)
Exactly 11:45am! This site used to cater to all open houses…expensive to “somewhat” affordable. Now, it’s just plain ole ridiculous what the Open House Picks are these days. And, yes, it all boils down to which real estate company pays for advertising on this site. So, if one their sponsors has an open house, it will overshadow a “smaller$$” agency that has just as much to offer, if not better.
Mr. B, have you “sold your soul to the devil”? Let’s go back to the ole days…a little of this and a little of that.
I’m one of those who think housing, both to purchase or rent, will continue to rise in cost. But we all should remember you’d only benefit from that if you sell and leave the city entirely to buy in a much cheaper place. Because once your place appreciates everything else has gone up too. So it evens out. You can’t sell and trade up to a bigger place in a prime neighborhood without still spending a significant amount of money more. Which by the way is why some people choose to get bigger places in “fringe” neighborhoods. For those who don’t get it. And why people are trading Manhattan for Brooklyn.
1:36 said earlier in the thread (I haven’t read all through the rest of the comments):
“Maybe there should be a segment ‘Cheap open house picks’ I’m looking in Bed Sty, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and Crown Heights and would love to see open house picks in those area for around 800K. There are plenty. This site is geared for the rich.”
That suggestion has been made over and over and over and over again on Brownstoner for the last two years. Brownstoner is plainly completely ignoring the under-million houses and IMO it’s all about the advertising dollars. If he can claim all his visitors are upper-income, then that helps him sell ads. Problem is, it’s not true about his regular visitors. The buyers coming from Manhattan to purchase $3 million houses, are they really hanging around on Brownstoner? Most posts I ever see here are from people who already own a modest place in Brooklyn.
as a discussion about houses, this sucks. but as an anthropological curiosity it is priceless. i hope these threads are being archived for future generations to study.
It feels odd being insulted by some random anonymous guest without explanation (9:05).
I used to think it strange that so few people bothered to sign in, particularly given how simple it is. But I’m beginning to understand the whole being merely a “guest” appeal.
Signing in and having your name, no matter how ridiculous a name, associated with you, puts you in the vulnerable spot of being judged, insulted, pigeon holed, ‘pegged’ by people certain they get it/you.
Of course references to having watched “Housewives of NYC” no matter how briefly, don’t help.
And what in God’s name is a “poonanner”? Are you serious?
What is that horrible, putrid smell?
Is Montrose Morris and her odiferous poonanner nearby?
The whole CG vs PS is so silly. Everything that’s found in PS (good schools, nice architecture, good restaurants and shops) can be found in CG and in a bunch of other neighborhoods in Brooklyn as well. PS does have the park though. Anyone that says that CG doesn’t have nice architecture probably never walked down Clinton or the Place blocks. Retail is more than just Smith, there’s Court too. It seems like anytime there is a CG house, the debate isn’t about the whether the house justifies the price, but whether the entire neighborhood justifies the price.