sro buildings

Are you for real? It not like SRO is a homeless shelter. What matters is how the blocks feels and if there are multiple bars, other noisy establishments like a commercial loading area, drugs or other type of undesirable activities.

I lived next door to a brownstone in pre-gentrified Park Slope that was an SRO (8 units). Never any problem other than the owner's noisy dog.

300_Mercer, I'm not judging, I'm simply asking opinions. Of course taking all other types of undesirable activities into consideration. Thank you for your experiences and thoughts.

SRO would be very-very low on the list of negatives if the SRO property is reasonably maintained. I would ignore it for most practical purposes. Chances are high that it will be converted to a single family home at some point of time.