The Borough’s Best: 20 Brooklyn Neighborhood Superlatives
Bed-Stuy
We don’t always believe the kind of real estate hype (and price inflation) Bed-Stuy’s been getting lately, but in this case, it makes a whole lot of sense. Unlike, say, Bushwick, the neighborhood’s held onto most of its beautiful old townhouses and brownstones, most of which sit on peaceful, spacious, tree-lined streets. Sale prices in the neighborhood are going up by the day (and unfortunately, so are the incidences of realtors trying to strong-arm longtime residents out of their homes), but man, if we had a down payment’s worth of money sitting in our bank accounts, we’d be first in line.
