The Morning After: Open House Download
So, did anyone see anything particularly compelling or horrifying this weekend on the open house circuit? Brokers, how were your turnouts? Open House Picks: Apartments [Brownstoner] Open House Picks: Townhouses [Brownstoner] Photo by true2death
So, did anyone see anything particularly compelling or horrifying this weekend on the open house circuit? Brokers, how were your turnouts?
Open House Picks: Apartments [Brownstoner]
Open House Picks: Townhouses [Brownstoner]
Photo by true2death
here, here, linus van pelt! my first thought upon reading the I WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION line was that i’d found the LAST PERSON WHOSE ADVICE I’D LISTEN TO IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT.
Yawn…what does any of this have to do with the open houses? How pathetic. Reading this tells me no more about any of these open houses than if i didn’t read it. But it does tell me how much time is wasted justifying where you all choose to live. Sigh.
Yawn…what does any of this have to do with the open houses? How pathetic. Reading this tells me no more about any of these open houses than if didn’t read it. But it does tell me how much time is wasted justifying where you all choose to live. Sigh.
What is going to happen when there is no more room at the inn/private school? The private schools have a finite number of seats. What is going to happen if the DOE implements its new gifted program policy and younger siblings are not automatically granted a variance unless they too test in? District 15 has a lot of great elementary schools – it’s the middle schools that are the problem although that is changing but not soon enough for me.
11:28, it’s 5:54 here…
you said: “In general, most of the postings on this site seem to have degenerated to a battle of elites v. proles on every topic, from house prices to neighborhoods to development to preservation.”
Please take a step back and look at the big picture. What is wrong with these types of exchanges? I find them to be much more interesting and paramount to the future of brooklyn than discussing bosch appliances and 10% price cuts by FSBO’s…the brownstoner thread, in general, does in fact celebrate material wealth – we really ought to admit to ourselves that we live in a culture that worships money, and this way of life does in fact have social consequences on the community.
Consider this: when I moved to brooklyn several years ago, one thing I quickly learned is that longtime residents in brooklyn neighborhoods understandably resent those with wealth that move into neighborhoods as purchasers but not really “denizens,” if you will. I’m talking about people that buy a brownstone or condo somewhere and then ship their kids off to a private school. What kind of community interaction is that? It’s like you just want the appreciation in a piece of real estate but you don’t want to invest in the neighborhood. That’s just plain wrong, and a strong argument on the side of those that resent gentrification in general. The thing that makes cities like nyc vibrant and healthy (and a healthier paradigm than the rest of the U.S., I believe) are the multitude of cultures that interact, learn and grow with, and, hopefully, learn to appreciate one another.
I love 100 year-old pier mirrors and transom windows and harbor views as much as anyone – but I want my kid to live amongst, learn and play with her school peers in our neighborhood.
What’s so funny ’bout peace, love, and wanting everyone to be non-judgmental about public schools in brooklyn?
I for one believe anon 10:46 really works for the Department of Education. The fact that he or she was too ill-informed or lazy to find out if the house was even in the PS 10 zone cinched it for me.
I don’t have a kid at PS 10 but I’ve visited it as well — it has excellent facilities and a really driven, energetic administration. They’re also getting an increasing number of kids getting variances into the school.
PS 321, by the way, has wonderful educational and extracurricular programs — and incredible parent and financial support. It is wildly overcrowded, though — an issue that will likely grow more acute with the high rise apartments going up on the parts of 4th Ave that are zoned for 321.
I know that neither of you meant it, anon 10:25 a.m./10:46 p.m. and anon 5:54, but your exchange gave me one of the biggest laughs of my day. Of course, that occurred during the 10:46 post, specifically the all caps section.
In general, most of the postings on this site seem to have degenerated to a battle of elites v. proles on every topic, from house prices to neighborhoods to development to preservation. It’s not productive for either side, and it’s growing pretty tiresome, imo.
Re: Prospect Ave property — You’ve got the wrong school. The house you are referring to is zoned for PS 154 in Windsor Terrace. PS 154 has had a strong reputation for quite awhile and families from elsewhere have often sought to get variances into this school. (Some recent feedback on 154, however, has noted that the schools new leadership hasn’t gone over well with everyone.)
PS 10 is widely seen as one of District 15’s up and comers — in much the same way that PS 107 had a rennaisance a few years ago. (I’m an education insider as well.) I don’t have kids in the schools yet but have visited PS 10 and can say I was beyond pleased with what I saw going on there. To me, private school doesn’t need to be the go to option in the Prospect Ave area or most of the rest of District 15 — there are several extremely strong schools — many of which are open for variances or lotteries.