The Clermont Condominium Open For Business
The Clermont Condominium, the 52-unit project at 375 Myrtle Avenue from BRP Development, is officially open for business. Nothing’s up on the Corcoran site yet, but last week a big banner was unfurled on the corner of the building and the stand-alone website is also accessible (though sans pricing info). The first 14 units to…
The Clermont Condominium, the 52-unit project at 375 Myrtle Avenue from BRP Development, is officially open for business. Nothing’s up on the Corcoran site yet, but last week a big banner was unfurled on the corner of the building and the stand-alone website is also accessible (though sans pricing info). The first 14 units to be released include a mix of one- and two-bedrooms as well as one three-bedroom penthouse. According to the site, one of the one-bedrooms is already in contract. This project will hopefully be a nice boost for the Myrtle renaissance that’s already well underway. We’ll be interested to see the prices.
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I think I’m one of those slow fat walkers ;), but yes, good for the hood.
No wonder I’m so pissed off when I get stuck walking behind so many of you slow, fat bastards… ha ha. Whatever–I guess I’m a fast walker.
The point remains: People commute to NYC from fricking Philadelphia, and we’re whinging about a little stroll through a gorgeous museum of a neighborhood? Personally, I dig my walks through the hood.
How about this: I don’t know if these apartments will be nice or not, but they’re selling 1-bedrooms in the 400s. What about all the blather on this site about the need for affordable housing (setting aside how ludicrous the world has become when 400 is “affordable”–hey, it’s more affordable than $1.3 million). There’s no overabundance of apartments in the 400s. Again: good for the hood.
Avg walking speed is a 20 minute mile. Fairly quick walk is about 17 minutes/mile
15 minutes to go .83 mi is a pretty good clip.
zinka must be fat too. it takes you 15 minutes to walk .83 miles? how long have you people lived in new york?
Some actual numbers to add to the debate:
Exact distances from the corner of Myrtle and Clermont to the following stations:
Clinton-Washington G: 0.48 mi
Clinton-Washington C: 0.75 mi
Fulton G: 0.63 mi
Lafayette C: 0.65 mi
DeKalb B/Q/R: 0.83 mi
More at http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
So it’s about 10 minutes to the closest train (G) and about 15 minutes to the closest useful train (DeKalb).
4:15 you must leave for work before 7 every day. The G is the most unreliable morning train I have ever ridden. There’s a reason why it got a D+ on the MTA’s rider report card.
The commute from here to midtown is easy via the G to the E (going through Queens). Unlike most trains, you can almost always get a seat on the G at commuting times (and it comes regularly at those times). It takes my husband 35 minutes to the first stop in midtown, and we live a solid 5-7 minute walk from the G in Clinton Hill. I have had much worse luck with the reliability of the B52 bus (usually faster just to walk to Jay St).
I actually find that the G runs a a very reliable, consistent schedule in the mornings and early evenings. It’s middle of the day and wknds when it’s sometimey.
3:44, I’d buy that you could do it in 35 minutes, but there’s just no way it would be any less than 30. I live right next to the Jay St. station and it takes me 25 minutes door to door going to the A/C Canal St station, which is definitely closer than 23rd/6th.
But I will say, the train times to Manhattan from Ft. Green / Downtown are actually very good (in fact probably better than most Manhattan to Manhattan trips because you can usually get to the east or west side with equal ease). It’s your walk time to the train that can get you and unfortunately when you have a 15 minute or so walk to the train (as you would from Cleremont) , you’re probably going to have a 45 minute or so commute