Open House Picks: Houses
Carroll Gardens 56 2nd Place Vita Realty Sunday 2-4 $1,850,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 1094 Park Place Corcoran Sunday 1:30-3:30 $1,395,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 1609 11th Avenue Warren Lewis Sunday 2-4 $1,265,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 76 Ryerson Street Fillmore Sunday 2-4 $1,250,000 GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
56 2nd Place
Vita Realty
Sunday 2-4
$1,850,000
GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
1094 Park Place
Corcoran
Sunday 1:30-3:30
$1,395,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
1609 11th Avenue
Warren Lewis
Sunday 2-4
$1,265,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
76 Ryerson Street
Fillmore
Sunday 2-4
$1,250,000
GMAP P*Shark
No, but I heard there were naked gymnasts doing backflips up and down the driveway at the Crown Heights open house.
Did any of these open houses feature tasty appetizers?
Thank you 11:25 am. You are absolutely right and you beat me to it. Your description also applies perfectly to Bayside, Douglaston, and Little Neck. All these towns definitely identify with and feel more like suburban Long Island than NYC.
“I’ve been intrigued by Forest Hills. I don’t know if I can stomach all the competition and analysis of where I can live and what I can afford.”
After leaving Manhattan we went here first. A mistake for us: very insular and isolating. Our block felt like a Florida retirement community, the casual racism of the brokers in the area was inane (they were so pleased we were white and not another Asian family), and our Brooklyn friends were out $60 in car service money to visit us. The whole neighborhood felt viscerally more connected to Long Island (i.e. “we’re going to the Roosevelt mall this weekend” than Manhattan, despite the E/F nearby and the LIRR stop.
On the plus side, the gardens are beautiful and very convenient to JFK/LaGuardia.
I think you’re full of bs, 10:25.
If people get nauseated at the mention of Park Slope (and if you BUY that) you are even more stupid than your post would suggest.
That’s funny because my broker friend in Manhattan said that most people get nauseated when Park Slope comes up. He says that the first thing that people consider when moving to Brooklyn is keeping the commute as short as possible. And the neighborhoods that come up are Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and Carroll Gardens, neighborhoods with that don’t have all the negative baggage that comes with Park Slope and that are closer to Manhattan.
Personally, I get a little depressed in Forest Hills. But that’s just me. Even though Montclair is further out, I liked it a lot when I visited. I took a train from Penn Station and was there in 20 minutes. You could walk to many stores because it’s a railroad suburb, and was built around the train station.
But would Forst Hills be better than Bay Ridge. I think I am leaning towards those neighborhoods. Or Montclair (talk me out of Montclair)
Yes, Forest Hills is a much better alternative than those aforementioned half-assed towns like Bayside or Douglaston, which are really far out there and nothing special. Some parts of Forest Hills are more expensive than others though, and not all are so readily accessible by public transportation–just be aware of that.