A NYC Neighborhood Profile: Woodstock in the Bronx (Morris, Prospect: apartment, rental market)

[SobroGuy]

Not many people know about this community in NYC, so I thought I would enlighten everyone, and make sure to keep the real, original name of the community alive! The community lies in the Southern Bronx, and is just North of Mott Haven above 149th street, just East of Melrose at 3rd Avenue, just South of Morrisania at 161st, and just West of Hunts Point at Bruckner Blvd. Almost a perfect square! The area was inhabited since the 1860s by Germans, and was named by a Scotch in the 1860s due to the area's wooded nature. See an excerpt about its history here: McNamara's Old Bronx - Google Book Search The local Woodstock Library is a landmark and commissioned by Andrew Carnegie in 1917. Cool little community with the nearest trains being #2/#5 at Jackson Avenue and Prospect Avenue, as well as the #6 at 149th street. There is a mixture of old tenement buildings, classic brownstones, fold frame homes, new affordable housing developments, and of course housing projects!

[SobroGuy]

Here is an apt for rent in the Woodstock neighborhood from craigslist: Renovated Apt in Mott Haven North

Moderator cut: 3BR apartment in private home for $1,600/month

[SeventhFloor]

$1600, huh? impressed.

[SuperMario]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

$1600, huh? impressed.

We pay 1,300 for 3 bedrooms.

[SobroGuy]

Well the link is gone, but nonetheless it was an example of what you find in the area. $1,300 is probably about right for University heights area in the older Tenement buildings. Seems that the closer you get to the city, the higher the prices...Woodstock is no exception.

[NooYowkur81]

Originally Posted by SobroGuy

Well the link is gone, but nonetheless it was an example of what you find in the area. $1,300 is probably about right for University heights area in the older Tenement buildings. Seems that the closer you get to the city, the higher the prices...Woodstock is no exception.

His family also probably has been living there for some time. His same apartment out on the market now might rent for higher. Although the Bronx rental market I've noticed seems to vary a lot and is harder to predict sometimes.

[SobroGuy]

Agreed..it does tend to vary, and he has probably been there for sometime so it probably could be higher.

[cotb16]

I think it's higher in Woodstock then in University Heights because it is less crowded. In University Heights, the tenements are all crowded and there's little to no parking as well as parkland. In Woodstock, St. Mary's Park and Bill Rainey Park are nearby as well as The Hub. Also, parking is much more manageable in Woodstock.

[SobroGuy]

Yes I agree cot...sounds like you are familair with the neighborhood. I think many people are familiar with it and label it as Mott Haven, but the real name is Woodstock...and not many people know that.

[SuperMario]

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

His family also probably has been living there for some time. His same apartment out on the market now might rent for higher. Although the Bronx rental market I've noticed seems to vary a lot and is harder to predict sometimes.

Yeah...about 19 years. So we have seniority.

But IMO the rents here are pretty high. I think Morris Heights is way cheaper. How else can you explain that University Heights was actually the only nabe to lose people?