Co-op of the Day: 469 Eastern Parkway
Those of you paying close attention may have been able to tell that we have a thing for the old pre-war co-ops that line Eastern Parkway. For the quality of the architecture and sense of spaciousness, it’s hard to find nicer apartments for the money. This 2 bedroom at Number 469 between Rogers and Nostrand…
Those of you paying close attention may have been able to tell that we have a thing for the old pre-war co-ops that line Eastern Parkway. For the quality of the architecture and sense of spaciousness, it’s hard to find nicer apartments for the money. This 2 bedroom at Number 469 between Rogers and Nostrand looks like a classic, with a sweet living room-dining configuration that looks positively grand. The big question mark is not the apartment but the rest of the building and the block it’s on. Can anyone speak to those issues? The listing just hit the market and there will be open houses on Sunday afternoon and Tuesday evening.
2 Bedroom Co-op [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP
Agreed that skin color is irrelevant here. It’s usually used as a tactic to silence people who dare criticize a neighborhood that some posters grew up in. Regardless of race, the area where this apt. is located still sees a lot of violent crime. That’s what makes it a bad area, not the race of the residents.
If black and white population are “roughly equal” then all Brooklyn is not largely black. Also- Eastern Parkway has improved with respect to crime as has most of the City. Not into the Parade either- but come on, it’s one day.
The black and white population in Brooklyn are roughly equal – about 35%each.
And for those of you who think a huge wave white gentrifiers has swept across the borough… the ‘white’ population has shrunk greatly since 1990 – and the borough has improved greatly. Just correlation – not cause and affect.
I am a WHITE female who lives a bit northwest of this building but I regularly walk my dog around this location and it is not a “bad neighborhood” if one’s criteria have anything to do with aesthetics and convenience. The buildings on Eastern Parkway are for the most part very well maintained, some of the townhouses right around here have really lovely front gardens not to mention facades. And the architecture along New York Avenue and the neighboring sidestreets is really something else, more interesting than Park Slope in some ways because it is much more varied. I live on Dean Street but would much prefer EP for the proximity to the express subway lines and a much prettier walk to the park. As for the Labor Day shooting (an anecdotal event which does not necessarily reflect crime statistics), it seems like there has been some sort of violent crime in every neighborhood I’ve lived in (including Chelsea and the Lower East Side, and not that long ago). There were multiple armed robberies outside of my last building in Northside Williamsburg, and the police basically laughed off the reports. On the other hand this neighborhood is patrolled regularly. Unfortunately I have to agree that often people distinguish good neighborhoods from bad along racial lines, as well as how many posh businesses seem to be springing up. Also while I am not much of a parade person myself, it’s only one day a year for heaven’s sake, I hardly think a reason not to move somewhere.
“All Brooklyn is largely black.” Huh?? Show us the stats.
I’m torn on this one..I’m a blk female who grew up in that area as well. For a variety of reasons I would not live there again….but then I would not live in Manhattan either.
Having said that..it does raise the hair on the back of neck whenever people say “bad neighborhood” because for the most part you know their judgement is based on skin colour
All Brooklyn is largely black. If you think “bad neighborhood” is code for “all black,” you’re nuts.
Color doesn’t make a neighborhood bad. Crime does!
2 stabbed shot for a million person turnout? Seems low. Curious to know how other parades rate. Curious to know how other parades are enforced, are open containers of booze tolerated at some parades but not others?
although I don’t know much about the area, I don’t think crime that happens during the parade is necessarily indicative of the neighborhood because that could have been someone from anywhere. people come from all over to the parkway of the parade, it can’t be controlled and being a religious patron of the parade I’d consider being that close to the action a positive.