Spotlight on Vinegar Hill
The New York Times paints such a pretty picture of the under-the-radar neighborhood of Vinegar Hill—we wonder if the good press will endanger its signature sleepiness. This “hamlet within New York City if there ever was one” still feels secluded, even though the 2008 opening of Vinegar Hill House—the neighborhood’s first eatery since their diner…
The New York Times paints such a pretty picture of the under-the-radar neighborhood of Vinegar Hill—we wonder if the good press will endanger its signature sleepiness. This “hamlet within New York City if there ever was one” still feels secluded, even though the 2008 opening of Vinegar Hill House—the neighborhood’s first eatery since their diner closed in the 70s— shed some media spotlight on this enclave. The paper discusses the price of living here: “Town houses don’t often come on the market, but when they do they are significantly more affordable than comparable properties in nearby Brooklyn Heights or Fort Greene. Often, they also need work; prices start at about $1.1 million but can reach $2 million for a house in pristine shape, according to Steven Gerber, a senior vice president at the Corcoran Group.”
The Little Town That Prices (Almost) Forgot [NY Times]
Photo by Emilio Guerra
Glad to see everyone’s drinking their haterade this morning.
Get a life.
One important thing the Times article got wrong is that the neighborhood is not zoned for PS 307, which is zoned only for the projects, but for PS 8, which also serves DUMBO and the Heights.
Posted by: since 2000 at March 8, 2010 11:38 AM
A majority of VH is PS 8, but not all of it.
A small section of VH, other than the projects, is zoned for 307. 307’s zone goes basically from Sands to Front, Navy/York to Gold. A stretch of Gold north of York and Navy towards Hudson Ave is 307.
i read this article and i officially nominate vinegar hill at nyc’s most obnoxious neighborhood for 2010. very apropos that it’s called vinegar hill considering how douchey people there seem to be.
*rob*
VHR, I went on Saturday around noon — plenty of tables. Very good.
One important thing the Times article got wrong is that the neighborhood is not zoned for PS 307, which is zoned only for the projects, but for PS 8, which also serves DUMBO and the Heights.
It’s a heck of a hike from Council Bluffs to the F train.
It’s not sleepy at all anymore since Vinegar Hill House opened. While it would be nice to actually have a restaurant in the hood, we can’t ever get in since it’s so popular with people outside of the neighborhood. The environment at the restaurant and the people who go there do seem to have a sense of entitlement. So now we have cab drivers and car services asking us for directions to the restaurant or back to the Brooklyn Bridge every time we are outside our bldg.
The F train is only a 5 min walk and the A train (which I tried to take to work this morning except for the track fire closing the station at High St) is a 10 min. walk. Or in 35 min (as I did today) one can walk across the BB to lower Manhattan. It’s a great neighborhood to live in if you commute to Manhattan and don’t need amenities right outside your front door. Walking 10 min. to DUMBO, or stopping at the grocery in DUMBO on the way home from the train works. Now that there is so much more attention to DUMBO, there are lot more amenities for us VH residents.
The behemoth power plant is a deal-breaker.
ate at vinegar hill house this weekend. quite good.