The New York Times Does Gravesend
The Times’ Living In column covered the south Brooklyn neighborhood of Gravesend this weekend, a largely Sephardic Jewish area sandwiched between Brighton Beach and Bensonhurst. But it’s not just Middle Eastern immigrants who inhabit the one- and two-family homes there—Chinese, Mexicans and Russians have been taking root as well. It’s always been an immigrant neighborhood,…
The Times’ Living In column covered the south Brooklyn neighborhood of Gravesend this weekend, a largely Sephardic Jewish area sandwiched between Brighton Beach and Bensonhurst. But it’s not just Middle Eastern immigrants who inhabit the one- and two-family homes there—Chinese, Mexicans and Russians have been taking root as well. It’s always been an immigrant neighborhood, they say, but the geography of the immigrants changes over the years. As the neighborhood grows wealthier, it’s seeing the increase of a fad popular in other parts of the States: the tear-down. Five million dollar mansions are going in razed lots, though they say you can still snatch up an older home—one that doesn’t need razing—for $600,000. One local broker summed up why prices are so high: Sephardic Jews would rather pay a million dollars for a 2,000-square-foot lot in Gravesend than pay $500,000 for a 4,000-square-foot lot elsewhere.
A Neighborhood Both Insular and Diverse [NY Times]
Ocean Parkway at Avenue U. Photo by Lisanne!.
Or maybe he’s speaking from his/her experience…Ethnic enclaves/ghettos are not the best place to live if you are not part of the group. Religion can really f#ck people in the head.
PropJoe has Sephardic envy. He’s usually asking where they get all their money.
Er, looks like we’ve got a bit of a pot/kettle problem above.
Meanwhile, DIBS, I think that tree may be training to be topiary. Bit big, though.
I really dislike Sephardics. They’re sooo racist. Their ignorance is shameful
yes, someone turned the saturation dial up to 11 in that photo.
I used to live there. Nice, quiet, clean neighborhood. Area I was in was mostly Italian & Chinese (West streets). Quick trip to Coney, bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, etc…Choice of N & F trains was good, too…
And what’s the deal with the pruning job done on the pine tree? I never saw one that was wider in the middle than at the base.
The sky does look photoshopped.
The sky looks photoshopped.
I live in this neighborhood. Its like a suburb in the city. very quite (especially on saturdays). Some of the mansions are really ugly and you can’t help but scratch your head when so much money is spent on something so ugly. Additionaly you don’t have many resturants in the area. When going out to eat I either go to 5th ave park slope or bay ridge.
Other then that, the area is very beautiful and I love living there.