Open House Picks
Fort Greene 166 Washington Park Brooklyn Properties Sunday 12-1:30 $2,750,000 GMAP P*Shark Midwood 512 East 24th Street Corcoran Sunday 12-2 $1,430,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 156 Washington Avenue Century 21 Saturday 1-3 $1,300,000 GMAP P*Shark West Midwood 24 Wellington Court Mary Kay Gallagher Sunday 2:30 to 4 $895,000 GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
166 Washington Park
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 12-1:30
$2,750,000
GMAP P*Shark
Midwood
512 East 24th Street
Corcoran
Sunday 12-2
$1,430,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
156 Washington Avenue
Century 21
Saturday 1-3
$1,300,000
GMAP P*Shark
West Midwood
24 Wellington Court
Mary Kay Gallagher
Sunday 2:30 to 4
$895,000
GMAP P*Shark
Caton Park, Prospect Park South and Beverley Square West are the Victorian Flatbush areas, commonly referred to as Ditmas Park, closest to Prospect Park being only one to four blocks away. All of “Ditmas Park” is a short walk or bike ride away. I would personally put my money into a larger home for all of the reasons previously mentioned, even if it is surrounded by fewer ammenities. Living near so many ammenities has its drawbacks, like parking and noise. I love eating and shopping in Park Slope which is very close to Ditmas Park but I prefer the quieter slower pace of Ditmas Park to live. Also more of an ethnic mix and the people are very friendly. I was out riding my bike today and saw people out sitting on their porches and I swear everyone that I passed and made eye contact with said hello.
The only neighborhoods in Brooklyn which are worth over 1.5 million are brooklyn heights, cobble hill, carroll gardens and park slope.
If you pay more than 2 million for any neighborhood other than those, you are a FOOL.
Being on one of the West Midwood courts is a mixed blessing. You’ll get some train noise, but zero car noise or through traffic. Kids from a very young age can and do play in the street unsupervised. It’s kind of nice to be able to stand in the middle of the street chatting with your neighbors.
Wellington is the noisiest court, because the train there is pretty much at street grade. Further north, at Glenwood and DeKoven, the train cut is deeper, so a lot of the noise is blocked.
Regarding utilities, those Victorians are a bear to heat in winter, but it’s much more pleasant here in the summer than in a brownstone neighborhood, with big airy rooms, lots of windows on all four exposures, and dense tree cover.
Can someone explain why any house in Ft Greene should sell for over $1.5m?
I live in FG and kind of agree with 9:08. Before FG can hope to be compared to PS other things must change. More ammenities and less methadone clinics. Teen challenge is an eyesore with its hideous blue building which destroys Vanderbilt Ave. Gas station on Fulton and Vanderbilt is another eyesore that should close shop if we hope to see good things on that stretch of Fulton.
DP is the most family friendly of all the o so-called “fringe” neighborhood, and the only one where you can actually send your kids to the local schools. IMO, if you’ve got kids, this trumps the relative “lack of amenities” any day.
Heating bills are not so horrible if you keep your thermostat on one of those timers and keep it low at night and while you’re at out of the house. Also, keeping doors to unused third floor rooms will really make a difference. Mine is only about $2800 a year.
I’ve been sort of debating where to live.
I sort of think ditmas park has the most potential in Brooklyn. The homes are beautiful. Amenities are currently lacking. However, there’s demand so there will be supply as the commercial leases expire.
Hopefully the recession will knock the prices down.
if i spend 2 million plus, i want to be near prospect park and have lots of amenities near my house. i’d take a smaller place in park slope over a larger one in another neighborhood any day. it’s so lush, green and filled with things to do and see. very urban feeling to me. i walked through there yesterday and it just felt like such a wonderful, vibrant neighborhood. all the tree gardens, the beautiful architecture and people eating outside in restaurants. i really had no idea it was so nice.
The fact that you can send your kids to the local public schools in Ditmas Park trumps the fact that it’s relatively speaking lacking in amenities.
IMO, Ditmas Park is by far the most family friendly of all the so-called “fringe” neighborhoods.