That Was Quick: 236 Dean Snapped Up
Yowza! Guess the market can’t be that weak. We just got a tip that the brick beauty at 236 Dean that we wrote about last week has already been snatched up. From our tipster: “There were 6 bids for 236 Dean in one week and it went for 1.8 in cold cash from a city…
Yowza! Guess the market can’t be that weak. We just got a tip that the brick beauty at 236 Dean that we wrote about last week has already been snatched up. From our tipster: “There were 6 bids for 236 Dean in one week and it went for 1.8 in cold cash from a city buyer.” This should not be a big surprise: We, along with most of the commenters, were quite bullish on this place. We also got some more deets on the condition: “It was rock solid on the inside, though only about 70% completed and with no plumbing.” Very interesting indeed.
ect. Really beautiful though.
Mid-Stream in Boerum Hill [Brownstoner]
Boerum Hill Masterpiece [NY Times] GMAP P*Shark
There is no real definition of blight in the law. So why, just because it isn’t pretty, would an economically active business area and gentrifying neighborhood constitute blight? Because it’s an affront to your rarified aesthetics? If you wanted to see blight you should see what blight really looks like- blocks of burned out buildings, groups of empty lots used as garbage dumps, hookers and dealers everywhere. You have no idea. You think it’s bad today? There were neighborhoods that were wastelands- the AY is an industrial area and as such still has a good number of viable business that will be lost, homeowners and tenants that will be pushed out, public streets that will be closed off. So don’t use “blight” as the excuse to give Ratner a free pass. And don’t substitute being visually offended for legitmate reasons to build. ANd there are many good reasons-but none need to be that large or disruptive or destructive of the surrounding neighborhoods.
4:33pm. sounds like you’re hating.
Tony: all these houses went for asking? I doubt it.
By my count, three houses within a block of one another in Boerum Hill have gone to contract within the past 2-3 weeks. 236 Dean listed at $1.85 mm, house on Bond (between Dean + Pacific listed) by Corcoran at $1.625 mm, house on Pacific (between Hoyt + Nevins) listed by Corcoran at $1.495 mm. Two other houses on Dean (between Bond + Nevins)still on market. Seems like a lot of activity.
Rising rents equate rising property values. I thought AY would be bad for property values. Not?
Yes, there are cute as cute boutiques but will rents rise and push them out in the wake AY?
i made the earlier comment about cool boutiques etc. on atlantic, but i completely agree with you, 12:49, about the makeup of the street east of flatbush.
AY is east of Flatbush. Let’s talk about Atlantic Avenue east of Flatbush. What’s charming about the section of Atlantic Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill? What’s there now? What’s being replaced or displaced? What’s worth saving? There are no cafes, shops or restaurants. Just a huge railyard, empty warehouses, gas stations and auto chop shops. It’s urban blight, pure and simple. The armpit of Brooklyn. It needs to go.
that’s definitely true, there are some really cool cafes, boutiques and furniture stores on Atlantic these days. Doar and Hollander and Lexor are especially dope.