Luxury Condos Rising on Former Site of Prospect Heights Garage Launches Sales
A luxury condo conversion at 280 Saint Marks Avenue launches sales tomorrow
Prospect Heights
Lefferts Gardens Still Has Grand Townhouses, Neighborly Vibes–Discounts Not So Much
For a decade, press accounts have dubbed Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Brooklyn’s “best-kept secret,” a ripe destination for Manhattan’s savviest exiles with a taste for fine townhome architecture. By all accounts, though, the neighborhood has been slower to catch on than other late-blooming brownstone competitors, like Fort Greene or Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Total Sell-Out: Punk Rock Frontman Nabs Prospect Heights Townhouse for $3.33 M.
Aren't punk rockers supposed to move into rundown neighborhoods, claiming them for their own so that they complain later about the whitewashing influence of gentrification before young urban professionals invade, renovate and drive prices skyward?
