Is it me or does Cypress Hills have a lot of potential? (New York: prices, shop)
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Hemlock is also one of the better looking streets in CH for it's brick row houses. There are still a notable amount of goons that hang out on Fulton & Hemlock. Between the NYC Fried Chicken and the Yemeni Deli. The area between the stations of Norwood and Crescent are the busiest in Cypress Hills, also at times can be the most suspicious. One thing I noticed about Cypress Hills now is that their are more hardcore beggars around. More so now than when I lived there 5 months ago.
There are a bunch of these weird listings for Cypress Hills on Craigslist right now. Totally inflated prices and the ads are strange. $2550 For a 2 bedroom?
There are a bunch of these weird listings for Cypress Hills on Craigslist right now. Totally inflated prices and the ads are strange. $2550 For a 2 bedroom?
GDale, have you been through CH recently? Honestly, it's looking beautiful.
Other than going to the Ridgewood Reservoir or Highland Park, there is not much reason too. It lacks amenities and restaurants. So if it is now more expensive to live in than Woodhaven or Richmond Hill (or even Jamaica), than whats the point?
Other than going to the Ridgewood Reservoir or Highland Park, there is not much reason too. It lacks amenities and restaurants. So if it is now more expensive to live in than Woodhaven or Richmond Hill (or even Jamaica), than whats the point?
I understand what you mean, but shorter train ride is nice. The blocks look great, really appreciating the architecture. I don't think it is really more expensive then woodhaven, these apartment listings make it appear that way. But bet if you looked at what places are actually renting for its very similar to the queens side. Right now anyway.
I understand what you mean, but shorter train ride is nice. The blocks look great, really appreciating the architecture. I don't think it is really more expensive then woodhaven, these apartment listings make it appear that way. But bet if you looked at what places are actually renting for its very similar to the queens side. Right now anyway.
ShadowMassa got priced out of Cypress Hills and moved to Woodhaven. So now he may have a slightly longer commute, but also now has a neighborhood with less crime, cleaner streets, better schools, a nicer large park, more cultural diversity, and better food options than before. All that at a lower price tag. Both neighborhoods are similar when it comes to architecture. It must suck to have to pay a premium just because your address says Brooklyn.
This is what happened to me in Cypress Hills, the owner of the property for 30+ years was convinced by next-door-neighbors that she should sell and move to Florida and rent from 1 of their 2 properties! LOL... She sold the row-house for little over 400,000 (below market value considering it's size) and is now renting from my former neighbors in central Florida. The new owner wanted the property either for his family or rent out to a large single family, he said he was going to renovate and did not want either of the original tenants to remain. I drove by a week ago only to find out he did not renovate and my old curtains are still in use.
I was looking into moving within my former neighborhood and what I found was either overpriced for what they were offering. The majority of the rentals in CH are in a need of extreme renovations, much of the property looked terrible and in some cases the landlords were dubious, asking for 4-6 months of rent in advance. The environment was either similar to my former street or worst. It can be quite dirty at times, and notable amount of thuggery or in some cases worst than my former street, and visually notable amount of beggars around train stations and main corners, ect.
Speaking about pricing, for a little more or the same in Woodhaven compared to what I found in Cypress Hills. I found better maintained properties, I've spoke with better and more reasonable landlords, larger properties, better maintained neighborhood environments, more notable amount of respectable tenants (not a PC thing to say but so what), a storefront filled main-street with more commercial offerings, a cleaner and yet safer train station, more ethnically/culturally diverse environments, far less beggars the list goes on.
So with this move I got a slightly larger (I had large CH Apt) apartment, cleaner, safer, more dining options, better train stations, more ethnic and religious diversity, a nice park with joggers and people busy in the dog run, all for about little more or less than what I would of had in Cypress Hills.
That being said, I'm not going to stop supporting or promoting CH, I'd said it then and I'll say it now, it's far better than ENY proper and in some cases even better than Bushwick. But I'm living better now...
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