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BushwickBK.com » Blog Archive » 311 Overload — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:32:26 +0000

[...] not that I don’t think 311 can be useful — god knows I have used it — but I think bombarding the system with information about illegal advertising (who [...]

By: rt

rt — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:21:07 +0000

go to nyc.gov, look up the property owner and post the name!

By: Cindy L

Cindy L — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:10:24 +0000

I was sad to hear you may not be in Bushwick for another 2 years. You started a good blog for a neglected area.

Too bad your time here might be short lived.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:40:11 +0000

For life? Hell no. I’m not sure I’ll be here for another two years. But I will own this house for a long time.

By: Louie

Louie — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:07:22 +0000

good that Jeremy will be around FOR LIFE here. Or will he cash out when the neighborhood takes flight.

Hope not.

Cleanliness and charm is the way to go but such neighborhoods are in Park Slope and Bay Ridge. What a shame.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:52:16 +0000

Cosmo, money didn’t influence the decision to move to Bushwick, it dictated it. And yes, we do spend extra money on things like paint and plants, but that stuff is just an extra luxury. Sure, stuff needs to be repaired, but overall, we’re still paying less money to live in more space. And in 20 years (I never sell anything), the Bushwick of arson and trash will be a footnote in its very long history.

Wickster, the grit and grime do not appeal to me at all, I love cleanliness and charm, and so Brooklyn can be goddamn depressing sometimes. As far as access, uh, yeah, it’s the City people talk about when they say Bushwick is “close.”

By: david

david — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:52:10 +0000

I will say for me Bushwick at the time equaled hassle free, cheap, large space at a time when I couldn’t afford better and didn’t have the income or credit for a broker.

By: Wickster

Wickster — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:26:58 +0000

Maybe you are closer to Maria Hernandez park, but either way closer to Williamsburg and the gentrification will hit your area first.

Living in a suburb buys you a nice new 3 bedroom home beautifully landscaped, but I agree the grit and grime of the city is an experience, but can get you down at times.

True, people don’t come to Bushwick because they love the charm or anything else. Quick access to?
Let me guess:

city, williamsburg, and err Queens?

Some have knocked the fact that some of Bushwick, namely SoBu is on the less popular J line and doesn’t hit cool parts of Williamsburg, Chelsea, and East Village with the L.

By: CosmoBkln

CosmoBkln — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:21:07 +0000

Jimmy: I hope this doesn’t mean that you are giving up on Bushwick when you say “for now”. For the time being people don’t have enough civic pride to bicker over things.

Are you guys sure money somewhat influenced your decision to move to Bushwick? I realize Manhattan rents are expensive, but so is home ownership, between the downpayment, closing costs, and maintenance repairs it can be a lot more than people expected, especially if you are the only one paying the bills and mortgage.

instead you’re in a neighborhood where neighbors don’t care much about loving their neighborhood nor do the slumlords.

hope you don’t miss the amazing architecture in clinton hill too much for the frame houses here in bushwick.

wonder if you will move out if more people start to care about and fight over how proper the neighborhood should be. do you see that happening anytime soon?

I admire both Jeremy and yours spirit.

By: Jimmy Legs

Jimmy Legs — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:43:41 +0000

it’s a good question, i suppose if money was no object i probably would still be clinton hill/bed stuy. but i had been investigating bushwick for a while before we bought our place, and i gotta say, i liked it for what it DIDN’T have. namely, a glut of affluent newcomers who professed to love every bit of their adopted neighborhood, then turned around and started phasing out any aspects that didn’t meet their personal tastes. anyway that’s what i wanted to get away from in clinton hill.

it’s nice (for now) living in a neighborhood not constantly bickered over by the brownstoners like pirates divvying up the booty :)