Sales on the Fringe
We missed this when it ran late last week, but the NY Post posted some updates on how condo sales are progressing at some developments on the fringe of popular neighborhoods in Brooklyn. As Roberta Benzilio of Halstead Properties says, “It used to be that people sought a certain neighborhood. But now… people will go…
We missed this when it ran late last week, but the NY Post posted some updates on how condo sales are progressing at some developments on the fringe of popular neighborhoods in Brooklyn. As Roberta Benzilio of Halstead Properties says, “It used to be that people sought a certain neighborhood. But now… people will go where the value is. Case in point: at 500 4th Avenue, which “considers itself Park Slope,” 80 of the 156 units are under contract or sold and 60 units have been occupied. Average prices there have come out around $700 per square foot. One Hanson Place, despite its location across from the Atlantic Center Mall and the Atlantic Yards site, is down to its last eight condos. And Solis, at 174 Clermont, sold eight of its nine condo units in five weeks, at an average price of $650 per square foot. And that is six blocks away from the G train!
DitmasSnark is correct (and cryptic). It was South Brooklyn, so hush now.
Yesterday I was at a beautiful home in South Midwood. It was on the edge of BFE (Newkirk Ave stop, south of Foster). I couldn’t imagine living so far away, but man it was a great looking nabe. My view was def colored, though, by the warmth of the home.
You people and your borders are so silly. WRONG LABEL! STAY INSIDE THE LINES, YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO COLOR THERE!
FSRG;
Agreed, but it’s even better than that: it’s a NY Magazine/Hamill brothers “franchise”.
Here is brother Pete’s latest tweak of the template/article, in – what else? – New York magazine:
http://nymag.com/anniversary/40th/50654/index1.html
benson you know whats great about that article – it shows how long Hamill has been writing essentially the same damn article. I got to hand it to the guy, 32+ years and all he has had to do is tweak it here or there – beats work
I just bought across the street from the Solis and while subway access is an issue, it’s outweighed by close proximity to the park and being situated one block from DeKalb (what I consider one of the two “hearts” of Ft. Greene, the other being by Habana Outpost) and all the accompanying restaurants, shops and restaurants. It’s a great neighorhood, and while I consider Mytle Ave to be on of the edges of Ft. Greene, new stores are consistently opening up on “murder avenue.” Plus, if the Navy Yard ever progresses, that will help that entire side of the neighborhood. The Solis is a premium finish building, hence the high 600’s, but compare that to living in somewhat industrial areas of South Slope or Gowanus that doesn’t have the tree lined streets, makes the price seem completely reasonable to me. Prices in Park Slope on the outer streets (12th street and farther out) are often around this mark, and you’re in extra 25 minutes from Manhattan compared to Ft. Greene.
> gowanus, gowanus gowanus.
South Brooklyn. 😉
gowanus, gowanus gowanus.
stamps feel and screams out loud, I tell you, it is gowanus….
I am older than dirt, it is gowanus
oh wait found it
benson im trying to google that article and im not finding it.
sunset park is good example of the changing hood borders too. lots of buildings in sunset park have building names of “Bay Ridge….” – backing up what the old timers say that sunset park was part of Bay Ridge back in the day