The Truth About Stuyvesant Heights

brooklynleather · July 2008

I am relocating August 1st and apartment hunting. Everyone keeps talking about beautiful, glorious Stuyvesant Heights. I currently live on Stuyvesant Ave north of Lafayette and I am not so into it. Where exactly is Stuyvesant Heights? Is it off the Utica A/C stop? The station always looked so sketchy to me, but maybe I am pre-judging. Is it just the architecture that is so appealing or is this part of Bed-Stuy safer and have more amenities? Looking for honest answers.

Thanks all.

tennisfan · July 2008

Hi Brooklynleather,

I am not familiar with Stuyvesant Heights. But here is what I found on the net:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/stuyvesant_heights.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuyvesant_Heights,_Brooklyn

I guess Stuyvesant Heights is popular because of its proximity to Fulton St shops and the A/C stops. I drove around, there are nice brownstones. However I thought the streets were narrower and darker because of the foliage of the tree lines. In the North of Bed-stuy there seems to be more natural light, maybe because there are less trees and the streets look a little wider.

What type of apt are you looking for? Do you want roommates?

Tennisfan

brooklynleather · July 2008

My roommate and I are looking for a 2 bedroom, actually. If you are a landlord, management, or broker please PM me

tennisfan · July 2008

No, I am not in the real estate business.

But I have a friend whose roommate is leaving in Sept.

vaguynny · July 2008

Stuyvesant Heights is south in Bedford Stuyvesant near Fulton Street less crime happens in that part of the area. If you looking for nice architecture you might want to move there. Bainbridge, Decatur, MacDonough, Macon bounded by Stuyvesant and Thompkins (streets with the brown named signs). Also check out areas outside the landmarked district which is just as beautiful architecturally like Jefferson, Hancock, Halsey, Arlington, and Macon near Nostrand and Marcy. These are nice streets with one or two hiccups but you should check it out...

brooklynleather · July 2008

Yeah, one of my best friends lives on Macon between Nostrand and Marcy and another directly behind on Halsey. I went to a total scam of an open house on Kingston and Fulton last night. It was pretty sketchy. I went to an open house last week on Halsey btwn Marcy & Nostrand but it wasn't actually a 2 bedroom, more like a 1 1/2. Sigh. Craig's List isn't proving to show many viable options. I am still on the hunt if anyone knows of anything

vaguynny · July 2008

brooklynleather I would look north of Fulton and south of Madison between Malcolm X and Bedford . Those are the blocks that have the most charm. Stuyvesant Heights is nice but there are blocks outside the landmark area that are just as beautiful as Stuyvesant Heights blocks...

brooklynleather · July 2008

I saw two apartments in that area -- one was not at all suitable for roommates, the other had pretty inequal size bedrooms. Is it possible to find a 2br with relatively equal size bedrooms in that area for 1600? We are having such a hard time!

tinarina · July 2008

brooklynleather--

I can't comment specifically in Stuy Heights, but if you're looking at apartments in Brownstones (which largely have similar layouts throughout most of Brownstone Brooklyn) a real 2-bedroom can be hard.

For garden-level apts, they're usually 1 bd plus office at best because the stairs and the entry take up a lot of space in the footprint (and the second room often doesn't have a window so it has to be called an office).

You might find a 2-bd on a higher floor in a house, as there's less wasted floor space. But to get a really spacious place, it's probably gotta be a duplex in a house, which gets pricey.

You can find a real 2-bd in an apartment building rather than a house, but to my knowledge there's not a lot of apt buildings in that neck of the woods. Good luck.

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