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Advice on Possible Purchase — Brooklynian

Advice on Possible Purchase

kennyh
kennyh
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Is 4th Ave and 8th st. a nice section? I love Park Slope but don't really know it. I am thinkng of buying a place out there and want to know if anybody knows about the area? How much should a 1200 foot new apartment cost me there? Is the nicest part the closest to the park?
Any advice would be great.
Thanks

Comments

  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    my thoughts (and they're only my opinions):

    in general, north slope is nicer than south (architecturally). it's also more expensive to live there. i live in south slope (and love it here) because i feel there's more close at hand: a handful of shops and restaurants that are closer than 7th ave.

    on 7th ave, south slope is starting to boom a bit with new shops and restaurants.

    having the park nearby (i'm a block from it) is a huge plus.

    but. the area down near 4th ave is rapidly improving. very rapidly. i think it's going to boom--though don't know what they're going to call it, because it's NOT park slope--and you might still be able to get a good deal down there.

    just my two cents.
  • pitu
    pitu
    brooklynpotter wrote: my thoughts (and they're only my opinions):
    ...
    but. the area down near 4th ave is rapidly improving. very rapidly. i think it's going to boom--though don't know what they're going to call it, because it's NOT park slope--and you might still be able to get a good deal down there.

    just my two cents.
    o la la
    8th street at 4th Ave (between 4th and 5th Aves anyway) has long been considered within the boundaries of Park Slope. In my 15 year experience with this part of Bklyn, there was hollerin' about the south border (9th St . . . 15th St . . . now Greenwood and/or parts of Sunset Park!) but the west side has generally been marked as 4th Ave across the board. Sure that's the butt end of the Slope, but it's Slope.

    The expanding border thing has been done to death on other threads on this board, if anyone wants more.

    B'potter is absolutely right that the housing stock is much nicer in other parts of PS -- you can see that by walking around.
    100 year + brownstones/limestones vs frame houses and vinyl siding. It's a block by block thing.
    Or maybe the OP is looking at one of those massive high rises newly zoned and built along 4th Ave . . . what are they charging for those places? I shudder at the influx - I don't think we have the infrastructure to support it, and the charm of this place is in the low-rise.
  • theoryofpractice
    theoryofpractice
    I looked at a house on Eighth Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues that was a real charmer. The block is good, despite having some parking lots and the back of Ninth Street to look at. There are a few new developments too on that block -- maybe the OP is looking into one.

    It's convenient to an interesting stretch of Fifth Avenue, and two trains at Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. What's not to like?
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    pitu, won't even go there. promise. :lol:

    there is one thing i want to say: while i really believe this area is going to boom in a big way, i don't know that, as a single woman who often comes home late at night, i'd want to live there. i know it's busier there because of 9th street, etc., but i've friends at 4th ave/president and while there's a lot of fancy stuff going on, there's still some shadyness that makes me feel a little less than safe.

    just something to think about.
  • steve
    steve
    I think that if you're going to be heading home late at night from 4th avenue subways to say a home between 4th and 6th Avenues, you are better off walking the main streets (Union St, 9th St, 4th and 5th Avenues) from the train. Walking block after block on much more darker 6th Avenue would be against common sense, and walking up 8th or Carroll if you have no need to is also against common sense. I'd say you greatly reduce your chance of anything happening this way.

    Ass for the other side of 4th, I'm not sure I would want my gf walking through there at all at 1 in the morning.
  • linusvanpelt
    linusvanpelt

    Subject: Re: Advice on Possible Purchase

    Kennyh wrote: Is 4th Ave and 8th st. a nice section? I love Park Slope but don't really know it. I am thinkng of buying a place out there and want to know if anybody knows about the area? How much should a 1200 foot new apartment cost me there? Is the nicest part the closest to the park?
    Any advice would be great.
    Thanks
    Is the apartment on 8th ST., or on 4th Ave.? I wouldn't live on 4th Ave (noise, general ugliness), but the block of 8th between 4th and 5th Aves is nice. The caveat is that there are some new-construction condos on the block, and I would not buy new construction--they're butt-ugly and I've heard bad things about the quality. There's a co-op or condo building on that block that's some kind of converted industrial building, and it's lovely. Noise may be an issue, because the block backs onto the back side of 9th St. buildings (post office, McDonald's), but I'm not sure -- you should check out for yourself.

    Otherwise... in PS, closer to the park = more $$$. You're 4 or 5 blocks from the park here, and you save money as a result. But don't make an offer on any place yet -- it sounds like you don't know enough about the neighborhood to buy. You really need to visit and walk it yourself. Good luck.
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