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October 3, 2006
Squaring Up With The Park Circle
When we first looked at this place back in March, the Coney Island Avenue development was still missing its windows and balconies. In addition to these amenities, it now has a name (The Park Circle) and a phone number (718-210-2060) though Corcoran's ready to roll with the listing. Whether it has any takers for the 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom units, we know not. What say ye?
New Condos on Coney Island Ave [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark
Park Circle at Prospect Park [Corcoran]
Comments
I kinda like 'em. Sort of retro 70s with bigger windows. Floorplans are actually better than most new dev, not super-luxe finishes but perfectly appealing, and the units are priced to move. The only possible downer looks to be the lobby--the rendering makes it seem very utilitarian, like the entrance to a YMCA or a meeting hall.
Posted by: Rascal at October 3, 2006 11:33 AM
"In addition to these abundant recreational resources you will enjoy a variety of eateries, galleries, boutiques, retail stores and other services right in the neighborhood. It's all about "no-compromise" living."
Where? I live at Ocean Pkwy and Caton and there's hardly any good food or shopping around at all as far as I know.
Posted by: Ken at October 3, 2006 12:02 PM
What great shopping and eating. The Dunkin & Donuts at the Exxon station or the mini mart at the Mobile station. Great food, the Hot dog stand at the parade. Sorry, I live in Ditmas Park and drive by this all the time. Sure the park is right across the street, and a police station. But you have a hike to go to the nearest grocery store.
$995K for a 3 bedroom you call price to sell!!!!
I find the floor plans to be odd...
Oh also you have a Junior High or High school of some sort right next store....
Posted by: Al at October 3, 2006 1:06 PM
yeah, I drive by this as well and always think it looks like a bad hotel/motel from the 1970's.
You forgot about the KFC and the "create your own bucket" option, as well as a plethora of bodegas with nice dusty/moldy produce.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 3, 2006 1:19 PM
There's the "Pastry and Eatry" on Church, near Coney Island Avenue, as well as the Number 1 Restaurant in the city (it's a chinese takeout on Church). There are some good restaurants within a few miles, very little closer by. Of course, there is Picket Fence on Cortelyou, with the famous wife of the owner.
Posted by: PPSer at October 3, 2006 1:38 PM
I'm not defending the aesthetics of the location, but by eating and shopping they are referring to the nearby amenities springing up on nearby Cortelyou Road, and which pretty much everyone agrees is on the upswing. There will be more amenities (alas not Fairway) here than in Red Hook when T.B. Ackerson's Wine's and Wrappers Delight open next to Belle and Maxie's. Also a bank coming soon, too.
Low ceilings were a bad call for these places. I thought the whole idea was that they would be light and airy with the big windows and views of the park.
The condos I'm interested to know more about are the one's going up on the corner of Westminster and Cortelyou. Are they (horrors) going to be more Fedders jobs, or something a little classier to jibe with the nabe's architectural heritage?
Anyone know?
Also, why can't builders just put in HVAC systems in new buildings? Who woudn't pay a little more not to have ugly inconvenient ac units sticking out of there brand new walls? I though that's what new construction was all about.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 3, 2006 1:39 PM
Yes, Cortelyou Road is very up and coming, with so much more to offer but that is a very nice long walk from these con-do's.
Church Ave is also a good little walk.
I really do not see too much going on at that immediate location. You have a huge Baptist Church behind this building and the Baptist school across the street along w/ the other school next store and then down along Coney Island Ave are all Buildings and a Mecca of gas station and auto shops….
Posted by: AL at October 3, 2006 2:41 PM
Why is the wife of the owner of Picket Fences famous?
Posted by: west at October 3, 2006 4:17 PM
They should have put commercial units on the first floor. It would have been a nice touch if their was a market on the first floor.
Posted by: The Medway Sound at October 3, 2006 5:23 PM
if not, an easy money maker.
Posted by: The Medway Sound at October 3, 2006 5:24 PM
The wife of the Picket Fence owner staged a well publicized protest against Toys-R-Us for not allowing her to nurse her baby in the middle of the store at the Times Square location.
Posted by: PPSer at October 3, 2006 5:40 PM
We live 4 blocks from this thing. Now that they've capped it off, I've finally settled on a name for the architectural "style": Klingon Moderne. Do yourself a favor and check out the HILARIOUS Corcoran site. Apparently you are "right by" the Audobon Center, the Brooklyn Museum, and LuLu's on Fifth Avenue, har har. Ken and others hit it right on the head--this locale has nice park access, but everything else, including the subway, is a loooonnng walk through a bit of a no-man's land. Supermarket shopping on Church Ave. is a joke (that C-town ages their produce to rotten perfection), the nearest restaurant is on Cortelyou or in Windsor Terrace, and your immediate quality of life will be determined by: endless truck traffic on Coney Island and Caton Avenue, the busy crime-fighters at the BSTF police station, the crowds for the Baptist mega-church and school, and the teens pouring into and out of the Brooklyn College-affiliated high school right next door. But then of course there are the gas stations and car washes of Coney and their rich ambiance...
Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at October 3, 2006 6:39 PM
Yes, the condo's going up on Cortelyou Rd are being built by the same developer as 60 Tiffany Place. Thank god! No Fedders air conditioners or ugly bricks.
Posted by: boathouse at October 3, 2006 9:00 PM
PPSer--Did she try to nurse her baby on that ferris wheel? Because then I could see their point as that might be dangerous!
Posted by: west at October 3, 2006 10:14 PM
Totally agree with Brenda. This is really in the middle of nowhere with no upsides apart from the park--and getting to the park involves crossing the death-defying park circle. It's in a crappy location that was always ill-suited to residential, but some doofus will overpay anyway.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 4, 2006 11:56 PM
These condos are not in a good location! there are gas stations and mini marts close and thats it! the prices are unbelievable! they are asking 525,000 for an apartment with views of a wall. can you believe it. I passed by and the lobby is not impressive at all, it reminds me of an entry to a medical building. It seems as if they havent sold very many units in the last few weeks. I think that the price will drop by alot rather soon. The market is especially saturated with new developments with far better features and locations.
Posted by: Anonymous at April 25, 2007 9:04 PM
I have lived around the corner at 31 Ocean Parkway since 1980. The realtors told me the neighborhood was starting to turn around at the time. Since then the roller rink was renovated and became a warehouse and the bowling alley was knocked down and became a church that nobody from the neighborhood attends. The Riverside funeral chapels became another church AND school that nobody from the neighborhood attends. The Park Circle and two other condo developments are going up within less than a block. Parking will be impossible. The stables are still an eyesore. The nearest fast food is a half mile away. The nearest one star restaurants are a half mile away. The nearest supermarket is a half mile away. Without a car you are stranded. Prospect Park is the only sanctuary we have. But on weekends it is filled to capacity.I can't wait to retire and get the hell out of here.
Posted by: guest at September 23, 2007 1:57 AM
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