Brooklyn

Im a Queens girl, always have been, i know everything about towns all over LI because i work in RE but know nothing about areas of Brooklyn.

Starting to think about purchasing within the next year and i just want to keep my options open.

So tell me about nice areas of Brooklyn and...


if you dont have sometthing nice to say, just fm me and lets spare the k.

TIA!!!!

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Posted by grkbarbie

u have FM

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nothing came thru??? fm is weird i think lately.

Check out Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Sheepshead Bay, and Marine Park. Bergen Beach is also nice. I LOVE Park Slope too.

Areas I would personally not buy in: East Ny, Bushwick, Brownsvile, Bed Stuy, Flatbush, Canarsie, Old Mil Basin, Sunset Park, Borough Park.

If u have any questions feel free to FM. I am a Bklyn girl.

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Posted by MrsSoto

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Posted by grkbarbie

u have FM

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nothing came thru??? fm is weird i think lately.

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lol! it was a joke

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Posted by grkbarbie

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Posted by MrsSoto

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Posted by grkbarbie

u have FM

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nothing came thru??? fm is weird i think lately.

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lol! it was a joke

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you as$

i agree depends what u r looking for

in general park slope marine park mill basin dyker heights and bensonhurst r nice in my opinion

Brooklyn Heights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cobble Hill
Fort Greene
Park Slope

Parts of Bayridge & Definitely Dyker Heights. Park Slope is nice & Williamsburg has really built up nicely over the past years.

Have a few friends in Park Slope & love it.

I have many friends in Bayridge & Dyker Heights & actually did three yrs many yrs ago in Dyker. Loved it.

Williamsburg friends live there & they love it.

yeah i LOVE brooklyn heights but could/cant ever afford it. we dont want williamsburgh, but im pretty open to other areas as long as they are pretty safe and decent schools. thanks everyone for your suggestions!! im going to look into these.

also caroll gardens and gowanus are nice right??

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Posted by MrsSoto

yeah i LOVE brooklyn heights but could/cant ever afford it. we dont want williamsburgh, but im pretty open to other areas as long as they are pretty safe and decent schools. thanks everyone for your suggestions!! im going to look into these.

also caroll gardens and gowanus are nice right??

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I live in Gowanus and would not buy here. It's next to a bunch of good neighborhoods, without actually being a good neighborhood itself. Much of it is warehouses, and some of the side roads are bad places to be at night. The canal just became a Superfund site, which means the feds will be cleaning it up for years to come. Maybe decades.

Carroll Gardens is beautiful, but the apartments will probably be close in price to Brooklyn Heights. (Meaning: $$$$) You might have to go pretty far south in Park Slope to find something under 500k. Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill should be slightly more affordable. Comparatively, Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights are good deals and nice areas, though not necessarily as young as the 'hoods I just mentioned.

I would also consider:

FORT GREENE: great, young neighborhood and decent housing, very close to public transportation, fairly affordable

PROSPECT HEIGHTS: beautiful housing and decent neighborhood, right by the park, good public transportation, fairly affordable

This might help, too:
http://nymag.com/realestate/neighborhoods/2010/65374

P.S. Good call on Williamsburg. It's way, way overdeveloped and the L Train is the worst. Decent pizza, though.