Comments on: Bushwick Apartment Roundup 9/13/07

By: Army

Army — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:39:40 +0000

Pedro, just keep looking; Hasidic landlords will rent out apts. to anybody; providing you could pay the rent w/out any special programs! my friend…J & his girlfriend are both PR’s & the hasidic landlord rented them the apt. w/out any Questions or problems!!! and he knows they are PR’s.

By: Jaybushwick

Jaybushwick — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:56:54 +0000

Matt there are LOTS of options for under $2,000 especially if you are talking only studios and 1 bedrooms.

Don’t forget about Irving Square park also, not as big as Maria but decent.

What type of work are each of you looking for and what’s each of your experience? I know you used to be a PA, but your other half.

Keep us up to date if you can on your job search. Perhaps start a new blog entry about it so we can give you comments about each apt. and the area. Also with your job search, as you both seem like nice fellows and we want everyone in nice places, employed, and bushwick bloggers, okay??

Jeremy so true about houses needing $150K of renovations. Is that insane or what. Still the contrast between buying a place in the suburbs that doesnt need that and living in the city and having to shell out the 150 just to get the place in decent order.

Well the new construction homes are rotten that is for sure, but I’m guessing you like the charm of an older house?

You’re in a good area that is for sure. You are close to Maria park, and to Brooklyn Natural, life cafe, around Johnston St. and Flushing Ave, and that area continues to be remote yet cool.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:03:37 +0000

Jay, last year, the houses were pretty much the same price per sqft in North and South Bushwick. But we took this one because it wasn’t completely rotten on the inside and could be moved right into. We had a low price range and couldn’t afford the 150K in renovations most places needed after having been treated like dirt by the inhabitants for 40 years.

By: Matt L

Matt L — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:10:26 +0000

Thanks everyone for the support!

Jay – We don’t have a whole lot of criteria (seeing as we’re both searching for jobs right now), just hoping for a one bedroom but willing to look at a studio (we’re in a studio now) and looking for something less than $2000. Ideally we’d like to stay within walking distance of Maria Hernandez Park for the pooch.

By: jay

jay — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:03:20 +0000

Jeremy kinda figure you were a north bushwick kinda guy, place where the homes are the same prices but half the size. so SoBu is second in line for gentrification okay? You fell in love with Irving Square park, but what sold you on your area, or was it the house.

Are you sure the tagging is recently. Lots going on there – new windows, kitchens, dogs, clean up.

Wait so they don’t like renting to PR, and guys in bushwick? With PR – come on there are PR flags all over the place as discussed on this blog just weeks ago. Unless it’s the guy and PR thing that’s being held against people.

Matt L are you having any luck finding an apt.? What is your criteria?

By: PKW

PKW — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:05:59 +0000

Matt L

Don’t give up on Bushwick. My boyfriend and I have great Landlords and we live on Central a little farther out. You just have to find the right people to rent from. We actually live in a building where all of the neighbors know each other. Crazy but true!!

Good luck ;)

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:53:35 +0000

Pedro, fuck them — and turn it back on em. When you call them, go “oh you’re Hasidic? Forget it.” *click* In the meantime, seek out apartments not owned by those dirtbags.

Did you eventually get a place?

By: pedro

pedro — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:45:14 +0000

Matt, I wouldn’t doubt it I tried getting an apt. through a Hassidic realator for a while, and they can be very racist! After several time of hearing that someone already rented the apt, I knew what was up? Then he asked me what languages I speak after I told him I speak Spanish and English, he said “you’re PR right?” then I knew what was up.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:40:36 +0000

That’s weird, I thought someone had moved in, because we saw dogs in the yard and lights on inside, and new windows installed.

By: Jimmy Legs

Jimmy Legs — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:05:12 +0000

FNY has a decent piece about the Cook Mansion. i’m annoyed, somebody tagged the whole building up recently, no class at all.

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/bushwick/bushwick.html