House of the Day: 190 Lincoln Road
Here’s some classic PLG-y goodness for ya. The one-family house at 190 Lincoln Road is an estate sale asking $995,000. We’re loving what we see—parquet floors, pier mirror, original paneling—but, given the work that’s going to have to go into the bathrooms and kitchen alone (and the fact that it’s only three stories, including the…
Here’s some classic PLG-y goodness for ya. The one-family house at 190 Lincoln Road is an estate sale asking $995,000. We’re loving what we see—parquet floors, pier mirror, original paneling—but, given the work that’s going to have to go into the bathrooms and kitchen alone (and the fact that it’s only three stories, including the basement), we’re a little skeptical about the price. Six months ago, maybe. Now, seems like a stretch. What do the locals think?
190 Lincoln Road [NY Times] GMAP P*Shark
PLG sounds like a great place to get shot in the face like an animal
12:30 = 6:02
9:17 = 9:56
This is funny. People talk about crime all the time on this site in all neighborhoods, but if PLG is involved all such talk is a “malicious fabrication” by someone “with a grudge against [PLG]”.
Can you hear yourself? A ‘grudge’? You people really need to get over yourselves. If you check the map, you’ll see that PLG is a very small part of a big borough and an even bigger city–not the other way around.
On reading my last (11:36) comment, I realize that it may seem strange (and rather heartless) to readers who have not been following PLG threads here for a considerable amount of time. It’s just that I’m sick to death of reading these frequent malicious fabrications posted, I’m sure, by one sick individual with a grudge against my neighborhood. I would not have written it if I had any reason at all to believe the 9:56 poster.
Strange 9:59–you’d think these “exceptionally violent crimes” would have been the talk of the neighborhood. Didn’t you report them to the Police?
The first 5 houses on the south side of Fenimore are huge, 3 floor triple parlor plus extensions on all three floors. Also 1200 square foot basements. The lots are over 100 deep. The remaining houses are almost as big with extensions on the first floor and first and second alternating. THe house at 84 Fenimore was WAY underpriced and a steal. Others on the south side have sold for over 900K. Also houses around the corner on Hawthorne are selling and sold for over 800K. I would say Fenimore is still prime PLG as well as Hawthorne.
Having seen houses on the house tours and houses on Fenimore, I would say most houses in LM are smaller with smaller lots.
5:55, it is a dangerous neighborhood. There are plenty of posters here who will tell you it’s not. Some of them are brokers wanting to make a sale; some of them are people who own property in PLG and hope to talk up their property values. However, as a former resident (lived there until around eight months ago), I can tell you that it is a very dangerous neighborhood. My family was the victim on two occasions of exceptionally violent crimes. I will spare you the details (who am I kidding, I’ll spare myself the details), but suffice it to say that I didn’t take warnings about PLG seriously and my life ended up changing drastically as a result–and for the worse. I have friends there who’ve had similar experiences. By all means, go, look around and see for yourself, but be careful and when someone’s telling you about the neighborhood, always bear in mind their position vis a vis the place.
I have spent the last couple of years walking my pup around this neighborhood at all hours of the day and night. Somehow I’ve missed out on any safety problems. Not even a snide or threatening remark. Maybe as a white female I look too tough to bother, but I doubt it (though my work heels are quite menacing).