Neighborhood Information

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Bell Harbor Cypress Hills Homecrest Sheepshead Bay
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Bergen Beach Dyker Heights Madison Starrett City
Boro-Park East Flatbush Manhattan Beach Sunset Park
Brighton Beach Flatbush Marine Park Williamsburg
Brooklyn Heights Flatlands Midwood Windgate
Brownsville Fort Green Mill Basin Windsor Terrace
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Canarsie Georgetown Park Slope  


Madison

Madison spans from Kings Highway to Avenue U and from Ocean Avenue to Nostrand Avenue. This neighborhood offers a very strong public school system along with many private schools and easy access to public transportation.

The streets are tree lined, residential and very quiet! There are a wide variety of detached and attached one and two family homes on 20' to 50' wide lots. Some have community driveways while others have private driveways with garages. If you are on a budget, there are also several co-op apartment buildings in the area.

There is no alternate side of the street parking which means no early morning shuffling of cars! Home prices range from $475,000 for an attached one family home to over $1,000,000 for Spanish Style Terrace homes. There is plenty of shopping on Kings Highway and Avenue U and lots of great restaurants with a wide variety of cuisines catering to all culinary tastes!

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Marine Park

Marine Park spans from Flatlands Avenue to Avenue U and from Flatbush Avenue to Nostrand & Gerritsen Avenues. This neighborhood offers a very strong public school system along with easy access to the Belt Parkway and public transportation.

The streets are also tree lined, residential and there is a strong sense of community! There are a wide variety of detached and attached one and two family homes on 18' to 40' wide lots. Some have community driveways while others have private driveways with garages or carports. Also there is no alternate side of the street parking so you do not have to worry about the early morning shuffling of cars!

This neighborhood also boasts the 800 acre Marine Park which offers a beautiful playground, basketball, baseball and tennis and bocce courts. On the opposite side of Avenue U resides the Salt Marsh Nature Center which offers nature trails along Gerritsen Creek where you can observe a wealth of flora, fauna and wild life. This is a big hit with children!

Home prices range from $425,000 for a semi-detached one family home to over $750,000 for detached homes on 30' by 100' lots! There is plenty of shopping on Flatbush Avenue, Quentin Road and Avenue S, not to mention the Kings Plaza shopping mall. There are great restaurants furnishing food of all ethnic varieties!

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Midwood

Midwood spans from Avenue H to Kings Highway and from Flatbush Avenue to Coney Island Avenue. This neighborhood offers easy access to public transportation and a multitude of housing options. The streets are tree lined, residential and offer a vibrant community lifestyle. Most of the homes in the area were built in the 1920's and 1030's. There are a wide variety of detached and attached one and two family homes of all sizes. Some have shared driveways with garages while others have private driveways.

Midwood is also the home of Difara Pizza, which is always at the top of the list for pizza enthusiasts and the New York Times. This pizzeria has been around for over 40 years and is located on the corner of east 15th Street and Avenue J. NBC also has studios on Avenue M since 1935 and many sitcoms and soap operas are filmed there to this day.

Home prices range from $450,000 for one family homes to over $2,000,000 for detached English Tudors on 50" by 100" lots! There is plenty of shopping on Avenue J, Avenue M, Nostrand Avenue and Coney Island Avenue. There are also many great restaurants throughout the area!

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Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay spans from Knapp Street to Coney Island Avenue and from Avenue U to Emmons Avenue. This neighborhood offers easy access to public transportation and access to recreational fishing boats that depart daily! There are a lot of new development projects being built and the Emmons Avenue Waterfront is bustling. Most of the homes in the area were built in the 1950's and 1960's and many are of brick construction. There are a wide variety of detached and attached one and two family homes of al sizes. Some have shared or community driveways while other have private driveways and garages. There are also a multitude of co-ops and condominiums in the area.

Sheepshead Bay is also the home of the United Artist Multiplex Theater, Kingsboro Community College and Holocaust Memorial Mall Park, which is New York's first public memorial to the victims of the holocaust. There are many excellent seafood restaurants in the area including the famous Lundy Brothers. This is also the home of Pip's Comedy Club which is basically the first comedy club in America and still operates to this day!

Home prices are very diverse; you have 2 bedroom condos going for about $400,000 to one family attached brick homes selling for about $500,000 or more. There are also many 2 and three family homes selling in the $700,000 to $800,000 range! There is plenty of shopping on Avenue U, Nostrand Avenue, Emmons Avenue and Sheepshead Bay Road. There are many great restaurants catering to all tastes and budgets!

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