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Theres no question: Brooklyn has

transormed rom a borough o

blacklisted neighborhoods to the

new black o real estate. Whether

youre the ultimate power couple

working to hide rom midtown or

the ex-village artist looking to rub elbows with the

Olsens, chances are youre doing it in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn is no longer a back-up plan, says

Director o Sales at Halstead Brooklyn, Trish

Martin. Its an absolute destination. Frank Per-

cesepe, Regional Senior Vice President o Brook-

lyn or The Corcoran Group eagerly agrees. Ill

start by saying that GQ magazine was 100% cor-

rect in naming Brooklyn the Coolest City in theUnited States. 10 years ago, Brooklyn was the

alternative to higher Manhattan prices. Today

Brooklyn is THE CHOICE. People want to come to

Brooklyn or its thriving arts scene, its Michelin

star restaurants and its incredible inventory o

period townhouses. With roughly 10,000 people

per square mileand an ever-increasing infux o

college grads and growing amilies settling in

it seems everyone is heading or the same tar-

get. In act, Brooklyn is the ourth largest city in

the United Statesand its not even a city, add-

ed Peggy Aguayo, principal broker and owner o

Brooklyn real estate agency Aguayo & Huebener.

Many have their theses as to the source o this

pull. Ms. Martin thinks, people are coming tosettle, looking to purchase or long term homes

as opposed to short term purchases, explains

Ms. Martin. Senior Vice President o Brown Har-

ris Stevens, Libby Ryan, seems to agree and notes

the inherent fip side to this scenario. These

neighborhoods are so nice to live in. Its such a

civilized way o lie that no one is leaving. Ms.

Martin continues, Because the market is so a-

vorable to purchasing right now, people are buy-

ing places they can live in longerbuying homes

that will serve them or a longer period o time.

O course, this leads to another problem: the

Market report: The STaTe of Brooklyn

The Observer takes an eyeglass to

the other siDe of the east river

By Sasha Levineand Emilia Ferrara

Tree-lined streets

and decorated doors

constitute one allure

for Brooklyn buyers.


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general lack o inventory in these coveted neighbor-

hoods. There is a higher demand and not enough sup-

ply, says Anthony DelleCave o Citi-Habitats explains.Mr. DelleCaves thesis is that this trend will continue

on its path o progress. Where is it going or the next

quarter, I would say probably down the same path with

nothing really new coming on the market or the de-

mand thats out there.

But Mr. Percesepe has had varied experiences. The

nancing can be a complicated nut to crack. Prices are

stable, but only properties that are priced appropriate-

ly are selling. Deals continue to take a longer time toget rom accepted ofer to signed contract. Buyers are

working with their attorneys to careully complete due

diligence on the properties beore committing to pur-

chase. Financing is taking longer to acquire as well.

Nevertheless, all agreed the next quarter is looking

bright. Mr. Percesepe explains, The Town house mar-

ket has been picking up steam. Good properties are

selling quickly and at better prices than they have in a

ew years. There is a nite number o period propertieswhich makes them a great investment. I see this trend

strengthening as we move into 2012.

Currently, one o Brooklyns most competitive mar-

kets is that o brownstonesthose historic homes

or which the borough is amous. Indeed, rom the

Huxtables single-amily residence on Stigwood Ave-

nue to MirandasSex and the City pre-war townhouse

in Clinton Hill, brownstones have meant Brooklyn or

as long as theyve been around.Dened by their simple elegance and popular ap-

peal, these eponymous abodes have embodied Brook-

lyn aesthetics even when the very rst brownstonesDetailed carvingson a door in

Brooklyn.

What makes these

homes so fascinating

is When Walking by,you think theyre all

the same inside; but

theyre absolutely

not. theyre all

slightly different,

and lived in slightlydifferently.

Trish Martin, Director of Sales

at Halstead Brooklyn


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were being built in the 1840s. By the end o the

19th century, thousands o single-amily homes

were constructed on 20-oot wide lots, all with

the same six-inch slab o triassic stone aade.Cheaper, more malleable, and more available

than most other building materials used at the

time, these brownstones quickly came to dene

the quintessence o Brooklyn, where even the

slightest association might conjure the mental

image o rows o clay-colored houses.

Theres this real uniorm eeling, you have one

brownstone ater another and theyre just beau-

tiul in their own right, Ms. Martin, explained.And though these gorgeous bedrock buildings

continue to charm with their iconic architectur-

al signiersdetailed window lintels and deep,

rectangular sills; bold riezes; ornamented cor-

nices and door hoods; tall, wooden double-doors;

and o course, the grand stoop (once used or less

glamourous purposes)each retains its own

unique touch. What makes these homes so as-

cinating is when walking by, you think theyreall the same inside; but theyre absolutely not.

Whether theye original or theyve been renovat-

ed or restored, theyre all slightly dierent, and

lived in slightly dierently, Ms. Martin said. Ando course, this not-so-small act only makes these

homes even more desirable.

The uniqueness o a brownstone is what I

think is most appealing They oer a totally di-

erent style o living than anything else. I mean

its older, more charming, and it gives you all the

character you could ask or, Mr. DelleCave said

proudly, a Carroll Gardens born and bred brown-

stoner himsel. The main thing about brown-stones is not really just the house itselits the

style o living. Brownstone living comes with

the whole neighborhood beautiul tree lined

streets, beautiul back gardens, and in some cas-

es, ront gardens Its a lot cozier, and its a lot

more o that neighborhood eel.

Michael Guerra, Executive Vice President andMarketing Director or Prudential Douglas Elli-

mans Brooklyn ofces oers another reason or

their recent popularity. Theyve been one o the

hottest segments o the market, but thats been

because theres a dearth o available inventory.

Because people are choosing to wait until the

market gets better, they arent selling their prop-

ertiesa symptom o the market that Mr. Guerra

calls the discretionary seller is not selling.Its no surprise then that when one comes on

the market, those who covet these historic homes

are willing to shell out big bucks. To illustrate this

phenomenon, Ms. Ryan shared a recent story. I

had a house on Warren Street between Clinton

and Henryreal desirable blockand the house

was really in a state condition, meaning every-

thingprobably $750 to a million dollars worth

o investmentI put it on the market at $2.1 mil-lion, and I had 53 separate buying units come to

the open house the rst day. So, that gives you a

sense o what the demand is, right?! This partic-

Many families

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ultimate choice

for their future.

Theres This real

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ular building sold or the asking price; paidwe

might addin cold, hard cash.

Some o the buildings in downtown Brooklyn

are 100 to 150 years old, and you cant replicate

those details, mused Mr. DelleCave. And, even

though there are those who are building repli-

cas, theyre rarely ronted with brownstones. Ms.

Aguayo would appear agree: You cant replicate

these; you can build things similar. I suppose.

Even with the high demand or brownstones,

Brooklyn brokers are recognizing a trend toward

more modern spaces. Folks are buying and re-

storing historic brownstones just about as oten

as they are buying beautiul old brownstones,

gutting them, and interpreting the vertical lie-

style o a brownstone into streamlined modern

living spaces, Ms. Martin said. Ms. Ryan added,

The brownstones that have heavy Victorian de-

tail and really are preserved in their original ash-

ionthose places are being gutted. Everything is

painted white, the ussy stu is being ripped out.

In eect, buyers seem to want to transorm the

neighborhood inside outmaintaining the iconic

brownstone aade, tree-lined streets, and stoop

lie while renovating the interior to suit a more

contemporary liestyle. They want that modern

look, but theyre not willing to give up the neigh-

borhoodor the idea o having their own house.

But, as a trip around the borough will reveal,

owners have realized renovation in very dier-

ent waysboth inside and out. Take the modern

rendition that is 202 Warren Street in Cobble Hill

and the classic Italianate exterior o Park Slopes

231 Berkeley Place. Though the ormer is certain-

ly not o the brownstone era, its rectangular win-

dows, wooden door, and at roo echo the archi-

tectural history o its more traditional neighbors.

And though it sacrices the typical mix o Victori-

an, Gothic, Neoroman, and Classical exterior de-

tails or an unadorned aade, this no-uss build-

ing may resemble its predecessors even more

than the 1800s era brownstone painted Pepto-

Bismol pink on Gareld Place. As one unhappy

neighbor sighed, Thats an example o what not

to do. Luckily, there are other ways owners have

chosen to stand out in a borough dened by its

real estate repetitionand it doesnt have to in-

volve garish paint jobs.

With hundreds o brownstones to choose rom,

its actually quite difcult to pick the most beau-

tiul, grand, or historical. And whether theyve

been restored to every last original detail or ren-

ovated to ultra-modern tastes, the brownstone

will remain a Brooklyn hallmark and at the top o

any aspiring residents real estate wish list. Ater

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f the Williamsburg most people know were

not as sceney, homogenous, and gentrified

as most think it is, it would be South Side

Williamsburg the lesser-frequented,

but arguably more dynamic section of the

neighborhood. Taking the cool kid factor

found on Bedford down a notch and amplifying the

electricity of diverse community interaction, theSouth Side trades trendy, bohemian congestion

for a more charming, less coied grit.

While its geographical area is fairly small

circumscribed by Grand Street to the north, Di-

vision Avenue to the south, Union to the east and

the East River to the westits residential popu-

lation is largely eclectic, making it one amazing

locale to live in, play in, and explore. In roughly

72 city blockseight high and nine widetheSouth Side manages to squeeze in more than you

can imagine. Its as if pieces of New York Citys

rich cultural history all showed up here, giving

the community the feel of a more microcosmicManhattan.

South Side Williamsburg is an excellent por-

trait of New York, explains former resident Jen-

na Levine. It has the old guard Hasidic neigh-

borhood, a population of Puerto Ricans possibly

greater than in Puerto Rico itself, young artists

living in tiny little hovels, as well as some very

chic, hip families. Its not specifically one thing

its this energy and this crossroads, and its reallystimulating because of that.

During the day, South Side Williamsburg is rel-

atively quiet of visitors compared to its humming

northern counterpart. Instead, each section has its

own local beat. Under the train tracks, the only vis-

ible spectrum is darkness and neon, where glowing

signs for dollar stores and chicken shops attempt

to ameliorate the eclipse brought on by speeding

subways. The energy is electric with smells, nois-es, and people lingering by storefronts. Further

south, children in yarmulkes and long black skirts

play in parks. Their mothers and older sisters chat

patiently o to the side, all uniform in their por-celain prescribed likeness. Northeast of the main

drag, music blares from barbershops while men

play dominos and women sit in lawn chairs gossip-

ing in a not so foreign language on the sidewalk

over here, its a perpetual block party. Puerto Rican

flags wave above suspended electric lines across

the street from a hole in the wall Vietnamese sand-

wich shop.

Though each of these groups may have stakedout their own territory, its hard not to interact

when youre in such a small physical space. As a re-

sult, Youre engaging with all sorts of people all

the time, says Ms. Levine. In South Williamsburg,

you have an expensive restaurant across the street

from a 99 cent shop, which is around the corner

from a Kosher market. You have so many dierent

types of people living on top of each other, and its

this total interaction between dierent strata ofculture, class, race, and religionand because of

that its a totally exciting place to live. Indeed, this

cultural cocktail makes turning each corner a ven-

THE SOUTHSIDE SCENEThe crossroads of culture finds

its roots in Williamsburg

SEE AND BE SEEN: WILLIAMSBURG

By Sasha Levine

Many flavors all

together: a string

of restaurants

reveal the cultural

cacophony on a

typical Williamsburg

block.

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ture into something new; the event that once let

Manhattan put the new in ront o New York.

And while theres no shortage o xes and rench

bulldogs lining the streets, it appears that ewer

non-locals make it down south while the suns still

out. But dont be ooled, advised a barista at Oslo

Coee Company3:30 in the morning can be ar

more rambunctious or incomers than 3:30 in the

aternoon.

In addition to serving as the unofcial divide be-

tween the hipsters and Hasids, Broadway also holds

some o the most interesting restaurants. Within a

block or two, patrons have their choice between

Peter Luger or a slab o prime meat, Dressler or

swankier digs, and neighboring restaurants Mar-

low & Sons and Diner or a hipper crowd. There is

certainly no shortage o delicious places to eat, in-

cluding a Brooklyn outpost o Caracas Arepas on

Grand, Nha Toi on Havemeyer, or Trai or a restau-

rant that eatures all the chaza prohibited under

Jewish lawnamely bacon and shellsh.

Ater dinner avorites include Clems, Luckydog,

and Miss Flavela or some rowdy bar scene action.

For a dirty dancing and taco ood truck combina-

tion that issurprisingly enoughnot one o a

kind, both The Woods to the west and Union Pool

to the east draw in revelers rom all ve boroughs

to their big in-and-outdoor spaces. And although

these locales receive plenty o local love, their

weekend popularity gives bridge and tunnel a

whole new meaningand this time, Manhattan-

ites are the interlopers.

There are plenty o small galleries and bou-

tiques to visit throughout the South Sidein-

cluding Momenta, Black & White Project Space,

Lacazzon, and K&K. Just walk around on a Satur-

day evening and your bound to nd at least one

opening here or there. The area also boasts some

o the best second-hand and new urniture stores

around, with Golden Cal, Cosmo Modern, Moon

River Chattel, and a slew o others that sell beauti-

ul, reasonably priced wares.

For cost-ree entertainment, the waterront

oers great places to sit and view Manhattan.

In addition to a coied park constructed dur-

ing the real estate boom, sitting on the undevel-

oped rocks a little arther south is another way

to pass the time.

With all that the area has to oer, South Side

Williamsburg is having to ght hard to save itsel

rom over gentrication. Theres already a move-

ment in place to help Latino residents take back

their community rom the onslaught o yuppies

and their chic, but devastating collateral, includ-

ing overpriced coee shops, expensive clothing

stores, and crat cocktail bars. Though some crit-

icize the initiative as too little too late, it may be

enough to help slow things down.

For now, the South Side will continue to be a

ocal point in the cross roads o New York culture

and community. Get it while its hot.

It has the old guard

hasIdIc neIghborhood,

a populatIon of puerto

rIcans possIbly greater

than In puerto rIco Itself,

young artIsts lIvIng In

tIny lIttle hovels, as

well as some very chIc,

hIp famIlIes.Jenna Levine

Puerto Rico

lives on inBrooklyn.

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In 1979, Native New Yorker Susan Feldman

ounded Arts at St. Anns at the National HistoricLandmark Church o St. Ann and the Holy Trinity in

Brooklyn Heights. She was hired by the New York

Landmarks Conservancy, a non-or-prot preser-

vation group that was dedicated to saving historic

buildings through adaptive reuse. Since then, Ms.

Feldman has served as the artistic directorand

the driving orcebehind the magnetic perorm-

ing arts organization.

They hired me because they wanted to save this

old church that happened to have the rst stained

glass windows that were made in America, Ms.

Feldman said. My job was to help them gureout an alternative use that would complement the

building as a house o worship that would have a

broader appeal than just a religious purpose.

At the time, there were ew proessional cultur-

al institutions in Brooklyn. There was BAM, there

was The Brooklyn Arts Council, and then there

were some small voluntary organizations, Ms.

Feldman explains. I was kind o amazed by that.

Though many in her circle expressed their reserva-tions about trying to establish an arts organization

in the borough, it did not stop Ms. Feldman rom

pursuing the project. In very little time, it became

very clear that St. Anns had ound a place among

the very best institutionsnot just in Brooklyn,

but all over New York.

The organization started its cultural career with

classical music, but quickly incorporated contem-

porary styles, bringing in musicians who meld-

ed disparate techniques into cutting-edge hybrid

orms. Later, inspired by the spaces high ceilings

and stained glass, the organization started work-ing with spectacle and theatrics, integrating lm

and puppetry into their operas and symphonies.

The setting o the church really became a wonder-

ul home and backdrop or loty work, Ms. Feld-

man explains. It was a more ormal setting that re-

ally showcased the beautiul talents o these artists

and enabled them to actually transition and cata-

lyze into a higher level o presentation.

A ew prayers and 22 years later, the organi-zation moved into an old spice milling actory in

Dumbo, just steps away rom the East River and the

Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. When I walked

going with it: st. anns

Always moving forward, the Brooklyn theater hotspot,St. Anns Warhouse, never stays in one place

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in there, I knew. I had that eeling with the church

too. Both times its like alling in love, you just walk

in and you know this is rightthis is right, this is

the place, said Ms. Feldman.

David, Jane, and Jed Walentas o Two Trees

Management donated their 14,000 square-oot a-

cility to the institution, and St. Anns Warehouse

opened its doors in October 2001just one month

ater 9/11. They told me, Help develop the neigh-

borhood and you can have the space or ree. As

you long as youre giving back you can stay here,Ms. Feldman recounts. St. Anns has since demon-

strated its centrality in establishing Dumbo as a

destination. Indeed, with the agreement originally

designed to last only nine months, St. Anns is en-

joying their eleventh year as a cultural keystone in

the space.

But leaving the church or the warehouse meant

trading height and verticality or width and depth

lots and lots o it. And with it came a new chapter inSt. Anns artistic curation, where ground-breaking

theater and spoken-word productions were per-

ormed with a vengeance. Whereas in the church

we would take music and theatricalize it with lm

or with puppetry, with this space, weve been able

to do a lot more theater, but also mix it with music,

Ms. Feldman explains.

Like the space beore it, the warehouse is a total

non-theatera site with its own design, purpose,

and history. In no way is this surprising, however,

since St. Anns is continually engaged with its own

malleability. The spaces I was in were always these

alternative spaces. Ive never really been work-

ing in a traditional space, said Ms. Feldman. Just

as the setting o the church inspired experimental

projects, so does the warehouse oer its artists a

blank canvas with which to experiment and trans-

orm new and old works in novel ways.

With this move, St. Anns once again demon-

strated its concern or creativity and its disregard

or cultural convention by redening theater and

perormance in undamental ways. Simply put,

where traditional theaters draw our walls around

the stage, St. Anns throws it all wide open, said

Ms. Feldman, celebrating the potential or incred-

ible reedom.

Its no question that inherent to the organization

is the proound reciprocal relationship between

space and work. Flexibility is very important to

our programing. I would say its a keystone o it,

explained Ms. Feldman. We eel that were an art-

ists space, and we like to make it like a place where

work happens. Artist ater artist that come here orthe rst timeespecially musicians who want to

do something theatrical, like Karen Owe watch

them bloom and blossom and relax in our space and

eel comortable to give what they have. In act,this kind o multi-disciplinary crossover is exactly

what Ms. Feldmanand as a unction, St. Anns

is known or: the mobilization o artists rom one

genre into another in unprecedented ways.

Yet, with all its square-ootage o exposed space,St. Anns Warehouse has not lost one bit o the in-

timacy, intensity, and immediacy it started out

with. The way things t in our space is very dra-

matictheres really no separation between the

audience and the show, Ms. Feldman said. Youre

very aware that were all sharing this one space.

As any audience member can attest, the proximity

created between the audience and stage enhances

and magnies the communicability o the message,

movement, and music o any piecerequently to

a startlingly powerul degree.

It is their unique use and connection to space that

brings us to the current moment in St. Anns histo-

ry, as they ace an uncertainand potentially no-

madicuture. With their 11-year residency nally

reaching its end in May, St. Anns was preparing to

move into the old Tobacco warehouse

across Water Street. But when three

Brooklyn civic groups rallied against

the citys approval, they were able to re-

verse the decision, keeping the site out

o St. Anns handsat least or now.

To make matters worse, the Land-

marks Conservancy that has spear-

headed the eort to keep St. Anns

out is the very same organization that

originally helped ound the arts orga-

nization, 32 years ago. Its really very

ironic to me to come ull circle in a career and to

have had that happen, Ms. Feldman lamented. It

doesnt make sense to me.

Yet, this disappointment hasnt slowed St.

Anns or a second, with their last season in the

warehouse boasting a venerable list o veter-

an and virgin perormers, includingKaren Ospsycho-opera Stop the Virgens, The Wooster

Group and New York City Playerss Early Plays,

and Daniel Kitsons Its Always Right Now, Un-

til Its Later, among others. But or actor Jeanne

Phillips, the pleasure is all hers: Its an honor, its

a dream to be perorming thereits literally liv-

ing the dream. This is so silly, but, my dad sent

me fowers and on the envelope it says Jeanna

Philips, St. Anns Warehouse, 38 Water Street,

stage entrance, and it was like, Woah. Im ram-ing this and saving this orever.

However upsetting losing the warehouse has

been or Ms. Feldman and her team, it has yet to

aect their spirits or their mission.Weve alwaysseen ourselves as mobile in terms o how the arts

come and go. And you invest and you create and

you do as much as you can, and its very transito-

rythe show leaves and then the next one comes,

Ms. Feldman said. Im just looking orward to theorganization settling in somewhere in the near u-

ture. Im going to be very happy when were not so

vulnerable and we have a new home.

When I Walked In there, I kneW.I had that feelIng WIth the church

too. Both tImes Its lIke fallIng In

love, you just Walk In and you

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2011Q3 1,736 471,510 558,1402011Q3 v. 2010Q3 -6.4% 7.3% 10.7%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 2.5% 12.3% 17.3%

WILLIAMSBURG/ Closed On Closing Count Median Price Aerage PriceGREENPOINT 2009Q3 151 545,000 548,927

2010Q3 264 535,661 567,8732011Q3 286 583,719 671,2522011Q3 v. 2010Q3 8.3% 9.0% 18.2%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 89.4% 7.1% 22.3%

DUMBO Closed On Closing Count Median Price Aerage Price2009Q3 11 955,000 910,3642010Q3 22 820,000 855,732

2011Q3 12 1,552,500 1,609,8332011Q3 v. 2010Q3 -45.5% 89.3% 88.1%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 9.1% 62.6% 76.8%

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Closed On Closing Count Median Price Aerage Price2009Q3 59 582,500 814,8392010Q3 78 741,706 1,030,4232011Q3 101 652,000 787,7992011Q3 v. 2010Q3 29.5% -12.1% -23.5%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 71.2% 11.9% -3.3%

BOCOCA Closed On Closing Count Median Price Aerage Price(BOERUM HILL, 2009Q3 106 572,600 674,852

2010Q3 39 741,531 812,5402011Q3 60 812,500 940,961

2011Q3 v. 2010Q3 53.8% 9.6% 15.8%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 -43.4% 41.9% 39.4%

PARK SLOPE Closed On Closing Count Median Price Aerage Price2009Q3 140 595,000 677,6372010Q3 147 731,615 808,8362011Q3 127 661,862 755,4882011Q3 v. 2010Q3 -13.6% -9.5% -6.6%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 -9.3% 11.2% 11.5%

DOWNTOWN Closed On Closing Count Median Price Aerage PriceBROOKLYN 2009Q3 28 393,230 435,472

2010Q3 68 515,965 543,7902011Q3 69 545,936 605,466

2011Q3 v. 2010Q3 1.5% 5.8% 11.3%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 146.4% 38.8% 39.0%WINDSOR TERRACE Closed On Closing Count Median Price Aerage Price

2009Q3 28 466,954 480,1412010Q3 29 457,000 533,1152011Q3 39 405,000 467,7242011Q3 v. 2010Q3 34.5% -11.4% -12.3%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 39.3% -13.3% -2.6%

WINDSOR TERRACE Closed On Closing Count Median Price Aerage Price2009Q1 15 409,000 437,8522010Q1 30 460,000 546,4012011Q1 22 531,000 603,2522011Q1 v. 2010Q1 -26.7% 15.4% 10.4%

2011Q1 v. 2009Q1 46.7% 29.8% 37.8%KENSINGTON Closed On Closing Count Median Price Aerage Price

2009Q3 51 269,000 323,1602010Q3 28 250,000 289,3522011Q3 28 242,187 283,6362011Q3 v. 2010Q3 0.0% -3.1% -2.0%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 -45.1% -10.0% -12.2%

The table below presents recorded sales data of condos, co-

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Greenpoint, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights, BoCoCa (Boerum Hill,Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens), Park Slope, Downtown Brooklyn,

Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Fort Greene and Propsect Heights

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6.4% lower than last year but slightly higher than 2009 levels.

Median median and average prices had price gains in areas likeWilliamsburg/Greenpoint, DUMBO, BoCoCa and Downtown

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PRicE PRicEStudio $308,000 $2,000

1 BR $349,000 $2,150

2 BR $499,000 $2,500

3 BR $569,000 $2,500

4+ BR $680,000 $4,450

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1 BR $507,000 $2,750

2 BR $745,000 $3,250

3 BR $1,042,500 $4,600

4+ BR $1,282,000 $5,200

DumBOTYPE SALES RENTALS


1 BR $699,000 $3,300

2 BR $1,019,990 $4,3003 BR $1,750,000 $9,500

4+ BR $1,995,000 $12,750

BROOKLYN HEigHTSTYPE SALES RENTALS


1 BR $459,000 $2,932

2 BR $1,035,000 $4,622

3 BR $1,747,500 $8,500

4+ BR $3,600,000 $9,500

BOcOcA (BOERum HiLL, cOBBLE HiLL, cARROLL gARDENS)TYPE SALES RENTALS


1 BR $449,000 $2,400

2 BR $699,000 $3,050

3 BR $1,220,000 $3,800

4+ BR $1,950,000 $6,500

PARK SLOPE

TYPE SALES RENTALSPRicE PRicE

Studio $325,000 $1,650

1 BR $467,000 $2,600

2 BR $697,000 $3,500

3 BR $1,063,500 $4,250

4+ BR $1,797,000 $4,500

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PROSPEcT HEigHTS closed On closn cont medan Pre Averae Pre2009Q3 55 561,000 734,9882010Q3 44 605,520 624,8992011Q3 41 575,000 654,5062011Q3 v. 2010Q3 -6.8% -5.0% 4.7%2011Q3 v. 2009Q3 -25.5% 2.5% -11.0%

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2 BR $711,125 $3,635

3 BR $1,142,500 $6,100

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WiNDSOR TERRAcETYPE SALES RENTALS

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3 BR $749,000 $2,500

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PRicE PRicEStudio $147,000 n/a

1 BR $217,000 $1,575

2 BR $345,000 $1,9953 BR $350,000 $1,675

4+ BR $809,500 n/a

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1 BR $452,000 $2,722

2 BR $649,000 $2,850

3 BR $527,000 $4,900

4+ BR $1,499,500 $5,250

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1 BR $419,000 $2,200

2 BR $675,000 $3,100

3 BR $1,162,500 $3,000

4+ BR $1,674,499 $3,800

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Ra Ra Rally!The ood trucks eeding Prospect Park take their fnal drive

food report: the brooklyn bite

By Sasha Levine

On Sunday, October 16, Prospect

Park saw its last ood truck

rally o the year. Against the

backdrop o the towering

Beaux Arts style archway

which, according to Prospect

Park Alliance, is New York Citys answer to the

Arc de Triomphe in Paris15 vendors, thousands

o people, and a three-part jazz band, all conspired

to descend upon an unseasonably beautiul day at

Grand Army Plaza. The result was an extravaganza

o culinary curiosities, inventive entrepreneurship,

and a record numb o hungry olks.

Those who enjoyed this event, or one o the ve

previous rallies held once a month since May, have

the NYC Food Truck Association and ProspectPark Alliance to thank.

The Association came into being in January o

2011, growing organically rom inormal meet-

ings held by ood truck owners. Like any group

o business owners theres a lot o stuf we have

in common with other ood truck vendors, and

so we would meet inormally and just talk about

some o the challenges, share best practices, and

some o the challenges we were acing on the

street, explained David Weber, co-Founder and

owner o Rickshaw Dumpling Truck and Presi-

dent o NYC Food Truck Association. We real-

ized that it would probably be to our benet and

the citys benet to have one person or one orga-

nization to speak on behal o the ood trucks in a

unied voice.

The Association started with 15 members, and in

just over six months has doubled in size. In order to

be part o the group, members have to sign a com-

mitment agreeing to the guidelines set out by theAssociation. Basically these guide lines come to a

code o conduct or responsible vending behavior,

Mr. Weber says. These rules include paying sales

tax, picking up ater yoursel, cleaning the block

beore vending, and cleaning around the truck a-

ter vending. Just being mindul o the community

that youre vending in, Mr. Weber explained.

While the Association provided the trucks or

the rallies, Prospect Park Alliance hostedand

requestedthe event. We went into it with the

hopes that it would be a un experience or peo-

ple, said Robyn Bellamy, Senior VP or Institu-

tional Advancement o Prospect Park Alliance.

Food trucks are hot right now we thought it

would be un to bring something kind o popular

to the park. By the look o it, people were certain-

ly enjoying themselves.

One Fort Greene resident had been waiting or

the October rally since the last onean entire

month ago. He said he came specically or theCoolhaus truck and their gourmet ice cream sand-

wiches. When asked what he was doing waiting

in line or dumplings he replied, You need suste-

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nance to stand in line or 20 minutes.

At the back o the Kimchi Taco line, north Crown

Heights resident Michelle Lee stood patiently. To-

day is the day I will stay in line and grab a kimchi

taco, she said. Shed seen them parked in ront o

NYUs Steinhardt School or Fine Arts many times

beore, but never had the time to wait.

Jessica Dessner was excited about Taim, where

she ound her only gluten-ree option. There

needs to be more o them! Write that in your ar-

ticle, she exclaimed. Naturally, we complied.

Lower East Side resident Rachel Clark hap-

pened upon the rally with her riend in town rom

Vermont, but she was extremely happy that she

had. I dont get to do ood trucks oten enough,

she said. I think that they bring a lot o here,

her riend jumped in, spontaneity, creativity, ca-

maraderie, community, exploration, diversity, you

knowtheyre pretty great. Ms. Clark continued,

saying Its an opportunity or creativity, and at a

very base level, to live the American dream. I you

have an idea, you can do it.

Unortunately, not all has been so ne and

dandy with ood trucks these days. Over the past

couple o months, many small business owners

in Park Slope have expressed their dismay over

the presence o these vendors in ront o their

stores. Janice Pullicio, owner o Naidres catold BrooklynPaper.com in June, This neigh-

borhood is being exploited by a ad Consider-

ing the economic hardship o the past ew years,

Prospect Park should be supporting, not hinder-

ing, local businesses.

Yet, those in avor o the trucks might nd her

complaint airly myopic. Indeed, ood truck ven-

dors have their air share o economic issues and

red tape to work around, including the costs o

uel and running a generator, paying or parking,

and the costs o an improved department o health

commissary during the evening. We share a lot o

commonality with the way business is done with

restaurants, Mr. Weber explained, but the busi-

ness model is a little bit dierent, and theres some

pros and cons to that business model in dierent

contexts. And, with roughly one third o the Asso-

ciations members owning and operating brick and

mortar restaurants, many o the trucks are keenly

aware o the challenges restaurants, not just

in Park Slope, but all over New York City,

experience on a daily basis.

And, while a handul o trucks sta-

tioned in a non-commercial area once

a month certainly diers rom hav-

ing one parked in ront o your

specialty store all day every day,

many heartily believe the

rally is a great opportunity

or the community as a

whole.The number o peo-

ple that come out or

the rally is just stag-

gering, and the use o the park is great, so I think its

a really positive community oriented event. It gets

all sorts o dierent people out in Grand Army Pla-

za and talking to each other, said Mr. Weber. New

York City can so easily become just this big anony-

mous place, and when you get people together talk-

ing about ood, it breaks down some o those walls

between people. With those lines as long as they

are, better that they generate community than all

the other possible permutations.

On that ront, Ms. Bellamy seemed to agree.

Grand Army Plaza is such a nexus or so many

dierent neighborhoods. With the space usu-

ally lying dormant on Sundays, It brings people

to an area where there is nothing is happening in

that area anyway, she said. We eel its kind o a

win-win situation. In addition to activating pub-

lic space and adding revenue to the city in the orm

o sales tax and licensing ees, ood trucks also in-

spire culinary innovation, entrepreneurship, and

the creation o small businesses.

And as or the benets to local stores, Mr. We-

ber has an answer. Its a really popular event that

draws a lot o people inand its not just people

rom the local community. There really is a spill

over eect. A lot o people come or this event, but

not everyone wants to wait in the lines. And when

people dont want to wait in line they

move out to the local community.

When its 60 degrees and sunny,

it could be worse than waiting in

line or a bougie Gorilla Cheese

sandwich or a Kelvin Natural

Slush.

Though the rally season is ofcial-

ly over, the NYC Food Truck Associa-

tion is working hard to bring big-

ger and better ood truck events

to New York. With the number and

variety o delicious oods these res-

taurants on wheels continue to bring

to Brooklyn, we say Ra Ra Ra!

New York CitY CaN so

easilY beCome just this big

aNoNYmous plaCe, aNd wheN

You get people together

talkiNg about food, it breaksdowN some of those walls

betweeN people. David Weber

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sure that your cake is resh and delicious every

time. Each cake is individually designed to match

you, your personality, and the theme o the occasion you arecelebrating. Icing On The Cake can create anything rom a traditional

wedding cake to a 3D sculpted cake. We also make cupcakes!

(347) 604-3309, [email protected],

www.icingonthecakenyc.com


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