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The part of Flatbush near Cortelyou Road (the area is called Ditmas Park) is MORE expensive and MORE gentrified than Kensington.
If you want a bargain, move away from Flatbush/Ditmas Park and move to Kensington!
Exactly! I'm not sure if anywhere in Flatbush proper is significantly cheaper than Kensington. I think a lot of people mistakenly confuse East Flatbush for Flatbush.
I'm surprised a lot of these areas haven't been vastly gentrified. They have great transit service into Manhattan, and some nice prewar architecture. I would think it would be a real estate feeding frenzy.
It is indeed gentrifying with the epicenter being around the park area on Ocean and Lincoln. Even the bodega on Flatbush Ave and Lincoln Rd was fancily upgraded and demographics are changing. Seems to me like mainly hippies from Williamsburg are moving in.
All the streets south of Lincoln Rd down to Parkside between Ocean and slightly past Rogers Ave are being slowly gentrified. There's great properties around there besides some of the apartment buildings which still seem to be where some of the gangs be at.
The part of Flatbush near Cortelyou Road (the area is called Ditmas Park) is MORE expensive and MORE gentrified than Kensington.
If you want a bargain, move away from Flatbush/Ditmas Park and move to Kensington!
I lived in Kensington (near 18 Ave & Ocean Pkwy) until 1990 when the area was getting rundown with increases in things like daytime robberies. How is Kensington doing now?
I lived in Kensington (near 18 Ave & Ocean Pkwy) until 1990 when the area was getting rundown with increases in things like daytime robberies. How is Kensington doing now?
i work in Prospect Heights..So where would it be affordable and convenient for me to live..Single,36 yr old..i just noticed this post is very old..oh well
i work in Prospect Heights..So where would it be affordable and convenient for me to live..Single,36 yr old..i just noticed this post is very old..oh well
east flatbush would be more affordable. try to stick along the train stations.
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