Brooklyn, NY: moving advice/realtors

I thought I might see studios around Greenpoint listed for $1100 or under, but those days are gone, yes?

i think they can still be found? possibly not so much through craigslist or brokers, though?

i haven't seen many studios listed, period, in gpt. that said, i've seen a decent number of 1brs advertised in the 1200-1400 range but i assume that the demand is enormous.

xpost - actually, the listings i've seen were all through local realtors.

my friend in brooklyn seems to have decided that i should live in lefferts gardens. tell me about this place. is it nice? is it affordable? i am not very concerned with safety as i am big and have a pit bull and new orleans has stripped me of all fear. i would like to be able to purchase groceries without using public transportation.

you can purchase groceries in mostly any brooklyn neighborhood without using public transportation

what kind of groceries? like organic produce or spaggetios?

both, preferably.

this whole convenient grocery store thing is very alluring as at the moment i have to get on the streetcar and then walk a mile to get to the store.

there are about five grocery stores within walking distance of my house, and certain people might say i live "out of the way."

i'm not really familiar with prospect lefferts but you can ask about grocery stores on this messageboard? http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=69df758d9d26f3a67557f70438e8b120

i'm sure it's safe, especially if you have a dog. i have trouble finding fresh produce in crown heights though and usually have to travel to get it.

you could also move to red hook, which has the best grocery store ever.

all of these neighborhoods with seductive names! every time i worry that i am getting in over my head i think about this guy:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/153/862541~Crocodile-Dundee-2-Posters.jpg

and realize that everything will be ok.

yeah there are plenty of nice places to live in brooklyn. i've personally lived in
greenpoint
carroll gardens
red hook
williamsburg
crown heights

they all have their charms. sunset park is on my list of places to try.

I feel like studios don't enter the general market that often xposts

I'm past the "trying" stage, I want to move to the place WHERE I SHALL DIE!

lefferts gardens is one of those areas that's supposedly been on the edge of gentrification for years. i know a few people who've moved there because they're hung up on the idea that they need to buy a house and are willing to make some sacrifices in the process. the main complaint i've heard is that it's inconvenient, transport-wise.

transport doesn't seem like it would be too bad if you're near the Q train? but i don't really know.

it probably depends on what part of the neighborhood you're in.

ooh i am very interested in being a gentrifier! yuppiedom is something i aspire to in general. advice on achieving this goal in nyc is also welcome.

just curious - why is your friend lobbying for lg?

she likes the proximity to the park, for my dog's sake. it supposedly is in my price range and, i think most importantly, she finds it aesthetically pleasing. she of course has some fabulously cheap (for the area) and nice apartment in park slope.

the thing about this move to ny is that i am pretty sure that i could move to the lamest neighborhood in all brooklyn and still feel like i was in a more happening place than i am now.

Sunset Park is calm / relaxing / cheap / large-apartmented, Bell -- probably great if you're like me and don't mind traveling a few minutes for your socializing and going out. Also: access to cheap bowling, highest point in Brooklyn, Vietnamese food, Hasidic families keeping it neighborhoody

yeah i'm actually not planning on moving anytime soon and staying in c.heights for another year at least, but i think i would like living there someday.

hopefully your friend can scout out apts for you in advance, adam. sometimes listings conflate prospect-lefferts garden with flatbush, and the latter is not very safe.

nabisco otm re: sunset park. ba xuyen, a growing chinatown, melody lanes, the rainbow bar, brownstones - yay!

Hasidic families keeping it neighborhoody

Maybe in Borough Park? In S Wburg, this does not compute. :(

ha, that thought crossed my mind.

man, i'm so happy in my neighborhood (prospect heights) it's crazy. access to a variety of restaurants and bars as well as grocery shops, the park, museum, botanial garden, library, people who leave bags of books out on the curb, flowering trees in the backyard, hearing birds when i wake up in the morning, close to convenient bus and 6 trains (four lines), and my apartment itself is pretty great if i do say so myself.

...except there are other ppl living in it! more of an issue when you're 30, perhaps.

my roommates are both awesome and do not get in the way at all.
If i wanted to pay double what i do now i could probably find a one bedroom or studio within a few blocks of my place.

i don't want to be in new york when i'm 30, i want to in a farmhouse in rural new england raising goats and smoking homegrown.

I've got some goats I'll trade for an apartment

hopefully your friend can scout out apts for you in advance, adam

i'll be up there later this month, which is when i hope to do some productive apartment searching.

nabisco

how many goats?

he is just trying to trick us. don't trust a man who freely barters his last goats.

they are probably old and sickly goats

I will likely be in NY when I am an old and sickly goat.

ian I'll probably still be in NY so hit me up if you need an artisanal goat cheese wholesaler

blue apron are helping with startup cash for cheese cave construction.

- healthy, friendly goats, non-smokers, no drugs or growth hormones
- offering 300 goats per month
- goats are conveniently located in East Africa, just steps from Suez Canal
- MUST PROVIDE OWN GOAT TRANSPORTATION
- no overnight visits with goats

- MUST PROVIDE OWN GOAT TRANSPORTATION

dealbreaker.

i mean seriously dude, you can't even go halfway with me on this goat transport issue?

* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with other commercial goat interests

300 goats per month is a lot of fucking goats!

I am rushing to Midwood to look at studio, will probly have to get dinner at this Difara b4 getting back on Q to go to movie screening.

300 goats per month is a lot of fucking goats!

gross, dude, nobody said anything about fucking them. u got problems

can you tell I'm having a slow work day

i heard you don't get buybacks at daddy's if you smell like goats.

lol let's keep the daddy's beef confined to just 6 or 7 threads ok

difara dinnertime can be a long wait.

goat beef?

yeah, I figured... can I get to-go then? I can't sit thru a Dalton Trumbo documentary w/ no dinner.

It seems like the neighborhoods most likely to go that route are either formerly rich neighborhoods (nice brownstone housing stock) or industrial neighborhoods (warehouses to convert to lofts or empty, cheap land to build new condos)

proximity to decent transit also matters, like red hook would be much further along than it is now if there were a train, but only a certain type of person is gonna accept really bad commutes. that's another limiting factor.

I'm interested in what will happen in a place like flatbush. pretty decent transit, right by a huge beautiful park, but filled with dense huge elevator buildings, the exact type that seem least suited to rowhouse lovers or loft renovators. also sandwiched in between two ditmas park and prospect lefferts.

bushwick it is! see yall next month

thanks for the info

aaand here, what thread do the cool new york ppl hang out on

there's not really a new york thread, there are just 20 threads that only new york residents comment on