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Red Hook PJs are already becoming surrounded by gentrification. If you recall the coverage of SS Sandy besides the project residents working their post-Katrina New Orleans (We Need Help!) thing you saw plenty of hipsters, transplants or whatever you want to call them that were affected as well.
When you think about it the reputation of Red Hook probably kept it "affordable" for those being pushed out of Williamsburg and other parts of Brooklyn as well as Manhattan. If you read various media publications various artists, persons in real estate and others have been buying old houses/properties and or renting down there since before SS Sandy.
Not really surrounded. The gentrification is mostly a few blocks away to the southwest of the PJs.
Of course it's an enclave, similar townhouses built at the same time, not a hodgepodge of infill development or sporadic redevelopment; thus, the immediate neighbors will be in similar economic brackets and have similar properties that are in good repair. I know where they're located, but the price is not exorbitant for new construction, since seven figure price tags for townhouses are not unknown among existing construction in that part of Brooklyn.
Too bad that they're not garages, the link for the floor plan would not open on my phone too well, so it looked like the new model XC90 was parked in front of its garage.
Only reason they are right next to the PJs is because it was probably the cheapest land for the developers to purchase in the area. And the developers knew that it would sell in this age of Brooklyn with a good location or not. The not so good location might make them more profit. The new constructions in Boerum Hill, which is a far better location, didn't sell for all that much more considering how much better located they are.
Only reason they are right next to the PJs is because it was probably the cheapest land for the developers to purchase in the area. And the developers knew that it would sell in this age of Brooklyn with a good location or not. The not so good location might make them more profit. The new constructions in Boerum Hill, which is a far better location, didn't sell for all that much more considering how much better located they are.
Red Hook isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be.
They're no Park Slope but it's not Bed-Stuy either.
I never found Red Hook that bad at all. Personally I'd take Red Hook over Bed-Stuy any day of the week. Red Hook just needs two things, ferry service and citibike, both of which I'm sure they'll eventually get. Comparing it to Bed-Stuy is like comparing apples to oranges, with Bed-Stuy being a rotten apple at best.
What does living next to the PJ's in Brooklyn or the City mean anymore?
The PJ's are so neutered compared to 15 years ago that these folks have little to fear.
When it comes to yupster or trustafarian families Red Hook is a good neighborhood. It's quiet, has little traffic, has Fairway, Ikea, plenty of restaurants, etc.
There is also that new gowanus Whole Foods nearby.
Red Hook PJs and surrounding area were at their worse during the 1980's and good part of the 1990's as shown in the film "Straight out of Brooklyn". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6qADgwnOtk
But then again so were vast areas of the City such as Harlem and various PJs. This was all due mainly to drugs (crack, cocaine) and the gangs who spread that and other filth. The war on drugs, gangs, violence and so forth during Rudy G's time along with the subsiding of the crack epidemic did much to calm things down.
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