former lurker, now reigistered.

outeraccelerator

hello all. as my subject line states, i've lurked around here occasionally, but decided to register so i can chime in!

so that being said - how come there is no prospect-lefferts gardens forum up here yet. are there any plg residents on here often?

dailyheights

PLG represent! Welcome... We thought about putting up a PLG message board, but I don't know whether there would be enough traffic to justify it. Here's what one PLG resident posted a few months ago:

Guest wrote: i live on lefferts ave, two blocks below empire. fantastic neighborhood in terms of convenience, proximity to the park, subway, etc. but we come up really short in terms of food options, limited basically to McD's (won't eat), Wendy's (ditto), mediocre chinese and caribbean (if you haven't tried rotti, you should). we have more nail salons than an entire nation of 30-fingered women could utilize. and from what i'm told, the stretch of flatbush from empire to parkside offers cheap commercial rent and has a lot of potential - not to mention the equivalent stretch of bedford. there is a major, unfulfilled market here and it sort of defies logic as to why someone hasn't opened a diner/bar/grill (former city lighting owners out there? take 2?)

can we get some love? maybe in the form of bagels, pasta, beer, burgers or sushi? heating oil? seriously, EVERY ONE of my neighbors does their shopping, eating, drinking and celebrating outside of the 'hood.

outeraccelerator

Subject: plg

yeah, although im not a huge shopper aside from the necessities, i usually end up getting food delivered (i hated fresh direct until i started working nights and realised its not all that evil, i guess.)... i'll go to the western beef for meat, its cheap and they chop it up there so you know it isn't sitting around all day. but their produce is usually past its prime.

i live near the Q train station - one of the bodegas is pretty decent, actually they both are, one has a small organic section thats somewhat new, i guess they've had it almost a year now... since there is some park slope spillover happening here. but that shit is expensive! the guy tried to sell me on the organic eggs once, 4 bucks a carton, i pointed out the 1.50$ on the non organic eggs and he laughed.

but i can tell the area is in a transition of sorts. annoying magazines are writing articles about every dude "venturing out" of manhattan to buy a house here.. most recently NY Metro had an article like that. there are some empty development sites.. i did some research and the one on lincoln rd. directly next to the Q is listed at 7.9 mil (the site stretches from lincoln rd. over to flatbush ave, making a kind of L shaped site)... its been empty for a while from what i can tell.. i'm curious to see when its going to get snatched up, that spot in particular (with that kind of proximity to the subway) has large potential. im actually very suprised it hasn't been sold yet. but there are tons of art school types, musicians, etc, here, not to mention lots of gay people... so its only a matter of time.


anyway i'm rambling.
but it would be cool to see a PLG board pop up eventually, perhaps more lurkers will come out of hiding!

anonymous

whats the problem with gay people? are they the first sign of gentrification or something? I'm unsure what you mean

emily

guest wrote: whats the problem with gay people? are they the first sign of gentrification or something? I'm unsure what you mean

Yes, I think that's what the person was saying--that people like artists, gay people, young people, are more likely to live in neighborhoods that are considered "marginal" by real estate types, and once lots of them have moved in, others will follow.

outeraccelerator

oh! i didn't mean it like that. i'm gay. i like seeing the gay around here.

however it is a trend, artists and gay folk lead, yuppies follow.

medusa

I grew up in PLG and my parents' still live there. There's not a lot of real estate on the market there. You don't see a whole lot of listings. I know many people who would be more than happy to live there especially if the co-ops started getting listed more often (the brownstones are pretty pricey, since many of them are restricted to being one family).

outeraccelerator

i saw a brownstone on craigslist for over 800k! insane. not suprising, but still. insane. but i cant imagine ever having anything worth 800k so thats my perspective. i occasionally see co-ops on craigslist, but not a whole lot.

as for rentals i have a feeling a lot of people are getting these through word of mouth. i know i have hooked up a friend with a place through my landlord/management company.. they've got three buildings right near the Q.

carnivore

outeraccelerator wrote: i saw a brownstone on craigslist for over 800k! insane. not suprising, but still. insane.

That's not so bad, considering that some brownstones in Bed-Stuy are going for more than that now.

medusa

Carnivore wrote: [quote=outeraccelerator]i saw a brownstone on craigslist for over 800k! insane. not suprising, but still. insane.

That's not so bad, considering that some brownstones in Bed-Stuy are going for more than that now.

Except that you can't (in most cases) rent out a floor to help cover the mortgage.