Open House Picks
Park Slope 511 Fourth Street Corcoran Sunday 2:30-4:30pm $2,600,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 609 6th Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 12-2pm $2,395,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 380 Sixth Avenue Aguayo & Huebener Sunday 12-2pm $1,795,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Lefferts 26 Midwood Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 12:30-2:30pm $1,225,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 194 Ocean Parkway…
Park Slope
511 Fourth Street
Corcoran
Sunday 2:30-4:30pm
$2,600,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
609 6th Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 12-2pm
$2,395,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
380 Sixth Avenue
Aguayo & Huebener
Sunday 12-2pm
$1,795,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts
26 Midwood Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 12:30-2:30pm
$1,225,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
194 Ocean Parkway
Sommers Real Estate
Sunday 12-2pm
$1,200,000
GMAP P*Shark
Williamsburg
362 Union Avenue
Sotheby’s Int’l
Sunday 1-3pm
$975,000
GMAP P*Shark
You are absolutely right livin 11225. The wife of that man…she probably deserved it!
If you don’t want to be shot, beaten, or killed, don’t come to Park Slope. It happens here too.
This ain’t about property values bud, this about getting the facts right. If you have any clue about where Montgomery is, its not even close.
So I guess if I got mugged on the 3rd Ave and Union, that would Park Slope? That would be Gowanus my friend.
From the Flatbush Ave Q train exit at the Prospect Park station, you have to walk about 7 minutes to get to Montgomery and Washington Ave and you haven’t passed one house or apartment building in Lefferts.
Oh for God\’s sake…wake up! Wake up! I appreciate that some of you are worried about your property value, but the guy\’s talking about lacerations okay? Stop splitting hairs about where Montgomery St is. That\’s ridiculous. The guy suggested that people should go to Lefferts and see for themselves. I for one cannot see anything wrong with that advise. And I for one will steer well clear of Lefferts because I don\’t want to end up shot, beaten or killed. Jeez….
Windsor Terrace goes from greenwood cemetery/mcdonald ave to prospect park, then from (at most) ft. hamilton pkwy up to prospect park west (eastern border of pk. slope.) for example Farrell’s would be on the Windsor Terrace side.
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I’m thankful that you’ve never experienced criminal activity in your 41 years of living in Brooklyn.
As to your comment about Montgomery, completely different neighborhood, seriously, cross Empire Boulevard, you are not in Lefferts. The part of Mongomery that is close to Lefferts is like 3 blocks off Empire bordering on Ebbets Field House Houses, next to a bunch of trani shops, a spice manufacturer and near the Gaseteria. That area is a mishmash of housing and industrial uses not even visually or geographically connected to Lefferts. I know it is only a few blocks away thank you, but it is a completely different nabe.
We can just agree to disagree.
I cast no aspersions on Crown Heights, but access to Prospect Park is blocked by the BBG, manufacturing and abandoned lots on Franklin Avenue, Ebbets Field House, are just a couple of major distinctions.
I live in Lefferts, I don’t avoid Crown Heights, but I would say it is rare that I cross over the Crown Heights for anything other than to hit the Rite Aide on Beford and Montgomery (I think that is the cross street). So I stand by my point, different neighborhood, its not Prospect Lefferts Crown Heights Bedford Stuyvesant. They are completely different neighborhoods, even though some on this board might lump them all together under the dangerouse umbrella.
Montgomery is one block outside of Lefferts. Please. And the kind of crime the poster described really can’t be blown off as simply “big city life.” I’ve lived in Brooklyn for 41 years and have never experienced anything like that. Why? Because I don’t go into areas like Lefferts (or Crown Heights) after dark.
Montgomery is Crown Heights, not Lefferts. Now the Crown Heights defenders are going to step in our grill about how safe Crown Heights and how they aren’t overpaying.
While I have personally experienced criminal activity in Lefferts, I’ve personally experienced criminal activity on court street in Cobble Hill. This is just life in the big city folks.
Being the victim of a crime is a terrifying experience and makes your life flash before you. I know I look behind my back more frequently and take special care to be aware of who is around me at all times.
I think many of the posters here haven’t personally experienced criminal activity, they just perceive it. The problem is that perception is not reality.
If you don’t feel safe in Lefferts that is fine, we all have different thresholds for safety. I try not to judge people who feel unsafe in any environment, that is a very personal decision, one that I will not argue with.
However, I second the point, that let’s focus on actual experiences and facts, rather than innuendo and speculation.
Well, about six months ago my wife was robbed and quite savagely assaulted by two men on Montgomery St while en route to a friend\\\’s house. We\\\’re grateful that she was not killed or raped, but one of the men had a knife, the blunt end of which was used against my defenseless wife. She had several deep lacerations on her head and face, requiring many stiches to close. The psychological wounds will take much longer to heal. She\\\’d never been through anything like this and it would be an understatement to say she was \\\’rattled\\\’. You can say \\\”This sort of thing happens in all NYC neighborhoods\\\” if you like. After the incident I made it a point to walk around in that neighborhood just to get a sense of where my wife was at the time. It is obviously dangerous and, to be honest, I am still angry at my wife for exercising such poor judgment. She shouldn\\\’t have been walking around there, and she should have known better. That said, what happened to her obviously isn\\\’t her fault. We will get beyond it, but I really, really hate the idea of anyone else having to go through something like this. If you\\\’re thinking about buying in or around Lefferts, AT LEAST go there in person and do some serious scouting around before you make any offers. Be aware of the risk you\\\’re taking.