Christopher Gray Loves Him Some Albemarle Road
[nggallery id=”22292″ template=galleryview] There’s no news in this one, but Christopher Gray’s appreciation of Albemarle Road in yesterday’s Times—”Albemarle is one of the grandest residential streets in the whole city, even with some dings and dents”—is a nice excuse to put up a photo set of the incredibly beautiful Victorian Flatbush boulevard. Gray talks about…
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There’s no news in this one, but Christopher Gray’s appreciation of Albemarle Road in yesterday’s Times—”Albemarle is one of the grandest residential streets in the whole city, even with some dings and dents”—is a nice excuse to put up a photo set of the incredibly beautiful Victorian Flatbush boulevard. Gray talks about how Albermarle’s developer, Dean Alvord, built up the road between 1899 to 1910, giving us three blocks of neo-Classical, Queen Anne and Colonial manses. Flatbush Gardener, who took all the photos above, notes that Albermarle’s landscape architect also played a big role in shaping the boulevard’s identity, turning it into a lush mall.
Brooklyn’s Stately Esplanade [NY Times] GMAP
Albemarle Road Featured in the Times [Flatbush Gardener]
All photos by Flatbush Gardener.
The second House was in the movie Wanted (2008) that just came out with Angelina Jolie. It’s the house she lives in as a child. You can see it durring a flashback scene that she has.
Sounds good 12:22 – and I will leave you with the roaming packs of teenagers who hate you because of your skin color – despite your liberal bias…Stay in your limo
You are so right 3:41. I would also note that Park Avenue and CPW are several minutes from “ghettos†and “projects†but that doesn’t seem to diminish the fact that they are relatively desirable places to live. If you want to completely insulate yourself from poor people and people of color, by all means move to some gated community in Connecticut. You will be happier there, and those of us who enjoy living in a racially, economically, and ethnically diverse community will be happier here in Flatbush without you.
you are so right 11:49, plus only a few minutes away is the ghetto and the projects.
If you are really lucky, they will deliver to you as well – usually coming through your window and of course it’s ala carte when it comes to taking your stuff! Bon Appetite!
Even better, you don’t have to go out in Manhattan. With a 5-10 minute bus or bike ride or a 15 minute walk at any time of day or night, you have easy access to all of the bars, restaurants, cafes of Park Slope. Or take a 5-10 minute bus or bike ride in the other direction, and you can enjoy many different types of authentic ethnic food. Or you have a short subway ride to Fort Greene or Prospect Heights. That’s assuming you’re burnt out on the neighborhood options, of which there are many. There is no way you get this kind of diversity in the suburbs.
I lived in both Nassau and Westchester. I have never gotten to either place via LIRR in 45 minutes from midtown. I have gotten to Beverley Road from 34th street in 30 though.
Yes, 45 minutes to an hour on the Subway, can get you to this section of Brooklyn
OR
45 minutes to an hour on the LIRR or the Metro North can get you to the burbs
But the difference is your out late in Manhattan for drinks and want to stay for another round, the option exists to take a cab home (if you don’t want to take the subway which runs 24×7). Granted it will cost you around $35, but it still is an option. Meanwhile, the LIRR or Metro North rider is checking their schedule and often running out the door, as they might miss that last train until dawn.
5:19 posts the same crap on every discussion of price in brooklyn. the problem with that thesis is that the price of heating oil moves in tandem with gas prices. just ask brenda. ruh roh…
not to mention, most “suburbs” of nyc are on train lines with commute times that rival those of victorian flatbush to midtown. if anything, the suburbs will get cheaper and draw more first time buyers who have been priced out of brooklyn.
i don’t know why i’m so worked up. it’s just more desperate broker drivel.
Interesting news tidbit today:
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The price of retail gasoline could fall by half, to around $2 a gallon, within 30 days of passage of a law to limit speculation in energy-futures markets, four energy analysts told Congress on Monday.
Testifying to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Michael Masters of Masters Capital Management said that the price of oil would quickly drop closer to its marginal cost of around $65 to $75 a barrel, about half the current $135.
Fadel Gheit of Oppenheimer & Co., Edward Krapels of Energy Security Analysis and Roger Diwan of PFC Energy Consultants agreed with Masters’ assessment at a hearing on proposed legislation to limit speculation in futures markets.
Krapels said that it wouldn’t even take 30 days to drive prices lower, as fund managers quickly liquidated their positions in futures markets.
“Record oil prices are inflated by speculation and not justified by market fundamentals,” according to Gheit. “Based on supply and demand fundamentals, crude-oil prices should not be above $60 per barrel.”
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Sounds awfully like some other recently burst speculative bubble…