Set on a six-acre section of waterfront property that was previously off-limits to the public, the award-winning space is dotted with artifacts from ships, docks, and cranes in a nod to the area’s maritime past. Park and Pier, which offers fantastic views of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline.Īnother is the Erie Basin Park, located behind IKEA. Red Hook doesn’t have green spaces so much as “blue spaces” - waterfront parks that allow you to gaze out at the waves of New York Bay. IKEA, which operates a superstore in the area, runs a free ferry to and from Manhattan on the weekends. The ride costs $2.75 one way and takes about 20 minutes to the Wall Street stop at Pier 11, and 30 minutes to the Corlears Hook stop on the Lower East Side. The South Brooklyn ferry line is your best bet if you work in downtown Manhattan. Two bus lines run through the neighborhood, stopping at the subway: the B57 and B61, which connect to Downtown Brooklyn and Park Slope. Another option is to pick up the F/G at Carroll Street in Carroll Gardens at a stop a little more than a mile away. Red Hook’s main drag of Van Brunt Street is a mile from the F/G subway stop at Smith-9th Street from there, it’s another 25 minutes into downtown Manhattan. There aren’t a lot of larger units, like three bedrooms.” What’s the Commute Like? Alexander notes that among the rentals, “There are mostly one and two-bedrooms. Sales of apartments are few and far between, though developers are starting to build new housing and convert warehouses. The housing market is primarily rentals, with apartments located in two-to-four-story buildings, many with retail on the ground floor. Life is just slower here, and you get to enjoy a high-quality lifestyle.” “It’s not like the crazy hustle and bustle of other parts of the city. “The low buildings allow for a wide-open sky,” says Alexander, and this contributes to the feeling of a human-scale town in the midst of a skyscraper capital. Red Hook’s remaining cobblestone streets add to the quaint village vibe. You’ll find a lot of rugged charm among the converted Civil War-era warehouses, Italianate row houses, and mixed-use buildings, the last of which house retail on the ground floor and apartments above.
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