House of the Day: 408 Stuyvesant Avenue Revisited
This house at 408 Stuyvesant Avenue in Stuyvesant Heights (house on right) is such a gem that it’s hard to put down but when it was listed last winter with Halstead the $2,100,000 asking price was met by universal derision in the comments section of the thread. Well, not surprisingly, the property failed to move…
This house at 408 Stuyvesant Avenue in Stuyvesant Heights (house on right) is such a gem that it’s hard to put down but when it was listed last winter with Halstead the $2,100,000 asking price was met by universal derision in the comments section of the thread. Well, not surprisingly, the property failed to move at that price and Corcoran wound up with the listing where it’s recently been cut from $1,950,000 to $1,895,000. Frankly, it seems like it’s still got a ways to go, especially considering the tenant who’s looking pretty comfortable in that sixth unit. Waddya say? $1,600,000? $1,500,000?
408 Stuyvesant Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
408 Stuyvesant Avenue [Brownstoner]
About that comment stating that the Greenpoint murder rate is (0).
Green point is also sitting on top of the largest chemical/oil spill in US history. The legacy of a hundred years of refinery activity in that area. Read the recent New York magazine article which explains this problem is good detail. The fear is that the chemicals are moving over to the more residential areas due to the change in water table dynamics. End result: toxins seeping upwards into houses or into the environment.
So you can see, no matter where you are in NYC, you will have to pay the piper. Take your pick and roll the dice.
Same here I was sold when I walked around the neighbrhood also. the people are really friendly and speak to you when you pass them. The area reminds me of the south in a lot of ways. I have notice that people in the area when talking to each ask each other about family life etc and seem genuinely interested.
I have no problems with Park Slope I live there now but I am selling my duplex to get a house in Stuyvesant Heights. I will miss some of the amenities of Park Slope like the gym and the wing wagon lol. I have notice new places opening up all around Bedford Stuyvesant and with the recent rezoning of Fulton Street I am sure that street will change like 5th Ave in PS.
Nice try, 11:09/11:12. People are just responding to uneducated and uninformed generalizations. I don’t know anyone who lives here who feels they have to “try really hard to sell Bed-Stuy.” I know I was sold the first time I walked around the neighborhood.
Wow, there are few posters on this board trying really hard to sell Bed-Stuy to other Brooklynites. Why try so hard?? If BedStuy so great as you say, then just be happy that you’re part of it and in it. What’s with the big angsts and tirades against park slopers and other Brookynites??
Wow, there are few posters on this board trying really hard to sell Bed-Stuy to other Brooklynites. Why try so hard?? If BedStuy so great as you say, then just be happy that you’re part of it and in it. What’s with the big angsts and tirades against park slopers and other Brookynites??
8:40AM Writes: “I teach in the area… You’re forgetting (or neglecting to mention) the Brevoort Houses (a few blocks away), the projects right next to the deli/west indian place on the corner of malcolm x and fulton, as well as the Smurf projects (on the corner of Utica and Fulton). That might be a nickname the kids give them, I’m not sure. Ok so it may not be considered Stuyvesant Heights but it’s damn close to that area.”
Thus the problem with the NYC public school system: some teachers are just plain stupid.
First, what is your definition of a “housing project”? Are you going by some standard definition that is universally understood and accepted or going by some personal definition that is laced with your own prejudices, biases and/or self-hatred? Second, the buildings that you refer to with the exception of the Brevoort Houses, are not public housing projects. They are stand alone buildings that house black families in a black neighborhood. Housing projects are run by the NYC Housing Authority. You can go to their website and view a list of every public housing complex in NYC. As you can plainly see, the vast majority of public housing projects are located in northern Bed-Stuy and not anywhere near the prime brownstone areas of Bedford and Stuyvesant Heights. Brevoort is one of the few exception and it’s relatively small and unproblematic to the surrounding community.
Teachers often tell their students to think before they speak or write. Try taking your own advice for a change.
I have to agree with 3:21. Brevoot Houses in terms of scale is probably the best public housing in
New York City. It dose not look out of scale like many other public housing. Relatively unknown area
to most people in Stuyvesant Heights. This is New York City some people on here think this is Westchester County. To tell you the truth the people who live in public housing are
not the ones you need to be scared of… It’s the visitors..
You can always buy that funny looking house on Garfield for sale for double
the price if Stuyvesant Heights is to “ghetto” for you….
“Take the stick out of your ass and live a little bit!”
You rock my world, 3:21. See….this is the difference between Bed Stuy people and Park Slope people. Thank you for being you!
The Brevoort Houses is a very low rise public housing community that is extremely hard to pinpoint as a “HOUSING PROJECT” because it not your typically red brick 24 story complex. It’s relatively small. Buildings are roughly 6 stories high and pretty discreet and under the radar. As one poster stated correctly, it’s on the periphery of Stuy Heights and is a self-contained complex (e.g., own shopping and laundry facilities, etc). Unless, you have relatives or friends living there, there is absolutely no reason why you would be aware that it’s even there? It can’t be seen from anywhere but from directly across the street. I’m in Stuy Heights proper and I had to walk seven blocks just to verify it’s existence. I never knew it was there! LOL!
More importantly, I love this community immensely and have never had a problem living within it. Now that I’ve discovered Brevoort Houses (ala Columbus), should I be shaking in my boots and perhaps looking to sell? Surely I jest! LOL!
Come on folks! This is NYC! Housing projects exist everywhere. Take the stick out of your ass and live a little bit!