{"id":159905,"date":"2021-01-21T21:56:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T18:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/luxury-developments-landing-in-brooklyns-hipster-paradise\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T21:56:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T18:56:41","slug":"luxury-developments-landing-in-brooklyns-hipster-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/luxury-developments-landing-in-brooklyns-hipster-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"#Luxury developments landing in Brooklyn’s hipster paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Luxury developments landing in Brooklyn’s hipster paradise<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Maria Rivera-Diaz is living on the edge.<\/p>\n

After a year occupying a co-sharing space in a centrally located Williamsburg apartment building, the 31-year-old lawyer and student recently decided to set out for the very frontier of her adopted neighborhood.<\/p>\n

When she moved from Atlanta to Williamsburg in 2019, she was looking for somewhere \u201ccool and artsy,\u201d Rivera-Diaz told the Post.<\/p>\n

The hipster mecca of Williamsburg, a neighborhood that was for decades synonymous with creative class culture, seemed an obvious choice.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I wanted] a less densely populated area with a younger crowd, a more hipster vibe and more divey bars,\u201d Rivera-Diaz said.<\/p>\n

But large-scale development has now displaced many of those bohemian perks from the heart of the neighborhood. Williamsburg\u2019s once-edgy waterfront is now home to billion-dollar developments and luxury apartment towers with cruise ship-like amenities. <\/p>\n

Bedford Avenue, the neighborhood\u2019s main thoroughfare, now boasts retail banks and a Dunkin\u2019 Donuts rather than dive bars and thrift shops. Worst of all, the prime areas of Williamsburg are now overrun with tourists and Manhattan-types.<\/p>\n

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Metropolitan Avenue in East Williamsburg attracts creatives and fancy new developments.<\/figcaption>
Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For a taste of 2007\u2019s Bedford Avenue, many young transplants like Rivera-Diaz are house hunting far from the East River on the very fringe of the neighborhood and in nearby East Williamsburg.<\/p>\n

Rivera-Diaz, for instance, found a new home on the western edge of Metropolitan Avenue near the Grand Avenue L train stop, a slice of Williamsburg that still oozes cool.<\/p>\n

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651 Metropolitan Ave.<\/span>Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe mall-ification of Williamsburg with massive towers and huge buildings, a lot of people didn\u2019t come to Brooklyn for that,\u201d said Molly Franklin, a realtor with Corcoran who specializes in the neighborhood. \u201cThe creative class started moving south and east.\u201d<\/p>\n

But even the borderland between Williamsburg and East Williamsburg \u2014 which is general<\/a>ly said to run along Bushwick and Woodpoint Avenues \u2014 is no longer safe from the commodification of cool.<\/p>\n

The industrial-chic area is currently experiencing a fresh surge of residential development, as large numbers of young buyers and renters flee over-developed parts of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

More than a dozen new and pre-development boutique condo buildings \u2014 including 175 Jackson, 52 Maspeth and 83 Humboldt \u2014 with asking prices from $650,000 to $1.9 million, are beginning to arrive in the area.<\/p>\n

The migration of young creatives is even supporting the construction of larger-scale new development condos, including the 34-unit Milk Factory at 850 Metropolitan Ave. in East Williamsburg and the 69-unit Umbrella Factory at 710 Metropolitan Ave. in Williamsburg.<\/p>\n

New rentals, like the 35-unit Milo at 885 Grand in East Williamsburg and 116-unit building 222 Johnson (which sits on the Williamsburg side of Bushwick Avenue) landed in the area in 2019 and 2020, respectively.<\/p>\n

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The 69-unit Umbrella Factory at 710 Metropolitan Ave.<\/figcaption>
MILLARC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Further evidence of change can be seen in housing costs.<\/p>\n

The media<\/a>n asking rent between East Williamsburg and Williamsburg has narrowed to a margin of only $200, from $2,800 to $3,000 in 2020, according to data from StreetEasy. <\/p>\n

The margin between median asking sales is similarly thin. The median ask in East Williamsburg is now $1.12 million while it\u2019s $1.3 in Williamsburg.<\/p>\n

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The 10-unit Devoe condo<\/span>Rich Caplan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWith social distancing, people are increasingly migrating out of Manhattan and the Williamsburg waterfront,\u201d said Steve Ferguson, founder of Saddle Rock Equities and the developer of The Devoe, a brand new 10-unit boutique condominium on a quiet tree-lined street on the easternmost border of Williamsburg. \u201cPeople are on the hunt for a low-density living experience without having to forego amenities or neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vincent Leung, 39, and his wife Candice Sham, 37, are prime examples. They bought their first NYC apartment at The Devoe last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re first-time buyers, so we liked the idea of a fresh start.\u201d said Leung, a financial tech consultant, of his new studio apartment near the Graham Avenue L train stop, where studios are priced from $600,000 and two- and three-bedrooms top out at $1.75 million. \u201cEast Williamsburg has the same vibrancy as Williamsburg. It\u2019s secluded, but close to the cultural center. It\u2019s the best of both worlds.\u201d<\/p>\n

And with shiny new buildings comes corporate retail and dining.<\/p>\n

The beloved pizzeria Roberta\u2019s \u2014 oft-claimed as Bushwick territory, but technically located in East Williamsburg \u2014 is arguably the neighborhood\u2019s first destination restaurant, hitting the scene in 2008.<\/p>\n

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A home inside boutique condo building 175 Jackson. <\/figcaption>
The Forray Team\/The Corcoran Group<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But in recent years, the Robert\u2019s pizza empire has ballooned into a chain, with locations near Domino Park on the Williamsburg waterfront and in Los Angeles \u2014 the brand even has a line of grocery store frozen pizzas.<\/p>\n

Right before the New Year, Roberta\u2019s owners opened a new burger-and-fries concept, Burgie\u2019s, in East Williamsburg, further adding to the neighborhood\u2019s dining cred.<\/p>\n

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A unit at at 850 Metropolitan Ave. in East Williamsburg.<\/figcaption>
Udi Almog;H5<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Others have joined its ranks as trendy destination for moneyed Manhattanites and tourists, including Win Son for contemporary Taiwanese with a new bakery offshoot catty-cornered on Graham; high-end butcher shop Meat Hook and its new sister restaurant Cozy Royale; and Carthage Must Be Destroyed, a funky Australian concept whose dining room inside a massive warehouse is awash in app<\/a>ropriately trendy millennial pink.<\/p>\n

Even \u00fcber-cool Brooklynites are being forced to acknowledge the appeal.<\/p>\n

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Michael Guillen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In September, Kayla Rakower, a 26-year-old user experience designer rented a two-bedroom, 800-square-foot apartment in a building that\u2019s about 10 years old on Meserole Street \u2014 a stone\u2019s throw from East Williamsburg \u2014 for $2,900.<\/p>\n

It ticked all the boxes for her \u201cnew normal of being comfortable living alone and working from home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBushwick is way funkier with graffiti and a more interesting bar and restaurant scene,\u201d she said. \u201c[But] East Williamsburg has charm. There\u2019s lots of hole-in-the-wall places, it feels safe and it\u2019s easy to get to other neighborhoods.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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