Brooklyn rentals

We moved to Cobble Hill after 6 years in Manhattan and are very happy with the neighborhood. All of the major brokers for the neighborhood are on Court St. or on Montague St. so it is easy to walk in and check them all in an afternoon or two. The big names are all here (Corcoran, Halstead, etc.), but there are some smaller shops as well. All were pleasant to work with, except for Elliman (Alan Gerowitz). Most will charge a fee but you can probably negotiate to a month or half-month. Most all of them deal with rentals and sales.

You may want to delineate the blocks on a map that you are interested, as some will take you out to Columbia St. if you tell them Cobble Hill, or they will take you to Red Hook if you tell them Carroll Gardens.

We feel the same way about rent/buy decision. The ratio is still very out of whack in these areas and we are renting for a fraction (about 40%) of what our mortgage payment would be on a similar place.

> All of the major brokers for the neighborhood are on Court St. or on Montague St.

Since when is Montague in Cobble Hill?

There are tons of brokers IN cobble hill, you don't need to walk to Brooklyn Heights.

Take a pill nyc10022, OP asked about the Brooklyn Heights, Carrol Gardens, Cobble Hill area. Since OP is interested in Brooklyn Heights, a trip to Montague St would be likely be worthwhile, don't you think?

Brooklyn Heights rocks. We just purchased here after living on UES at 72nd and at Harlem 120th st.

I cant understand why more New Yorkers dont want to live in Brookln Heights.

Not sure whats available as rentals but prices are cheap in comparison to manhattan to buy.

Cheers,
Dean

> I cant understand why more New Yorkers dont want to live in Brookln Heights.

Simple.... tons of folks are drawn to the city, and willing to put up with its high cost because of the things it offers. Only a small portion of those things are in Brooklyn. Its a nice neighborhood, but so is Apline, NJ, or Forest Hills.

There just isn't much IN or AROUND Brooklyn Heights. Downtown Brooklyn is inferior to downtown Cleveland. The best BH feature is the ability to look at... Manhattan. And BH doesn't even have a "cultural" claim, like WB. Its basically a suburb. Some people like suburbs, but there are better values out there.

With all we go through to live in NYC, why stop at the river?

Oh yeah... and the food options are *horrible* in BH.

Great mussels at "Noodle Pudding' in BH.

I actually tried that place twice... very disappointed. But say thats even the "good one". Is there another?

Though I'm thinking more middle of Brooklyn Heights, not the end by the BQE (NP is next to a place called "Henry's End"). Montague is just horrible after horrible. And much of it is dirty with all the stuff coming from the courts.

Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens get better for food... but you don't have the same transportation.

rpl - what type of apartment do you want?

There are a few no-fee places in the area, and some you can access without a broker (check the Two Trees website). There's the Standish - not sure what they have left, but it's no fee as well: http://www.halsteadpdm.com/detail/?id=67603&lprice=&hprice=.

If you want a broker for Brooklyn Heights proper, tree-lined and lovely, I always recommend Brian Lehner at BHS (not my company): http://www.bhsbrooklyn.com/agent_detail.asp?id=BZL. He has been a broker there forever - a bit dry personally, but you don't need a BFF - and he has some awesome listings. You'll have to pay a fee, of course.

If you want the fringier neighborhoods with the bad transportation and the good restaurants, I can help you out. My company specializes in the places ca12ny cites as undesirable! But I wouldn't recommend Red Hook as your first Brooklyn home.

That link for The Standish didn't come through - try this one:
http://TheStandish.com/