$IMMER IN THE CITY By LUKAS I. ALPERT The New York Post
January 4, 2008 -- Manhattan real estate may still be skyrocketing, but Brooklyn came back to earth a bit at the end of 2007 - although it still saw gains in the housing market.
Overall, the high-ticket areas stretching from Park Slope to Brooklyn Heights saw average prices shoot up 8 percent in the final quarter of last year - from $613,000 to $661,000 - compared to the same stretch in 2006, according to stats put out by one of the city's largest brokerage firms. But that paled in comparison to Manhattan's superheated fourth-quarter gains of as high as 34 percent in average price.
"This was the year that Brooklyn showed its maturity," said Pamela Liebman, CEO of the Corcoran Group. "These areas had been seen as emerging markets and it was almost like a boom mentality. But this year they have already emerged and it cooled off."
Traditionally seen as a pressure valve for the red-hot market across the river in Manhattan, Brooklyn has come into its own in recent years and has become very much its own market, Liebman said. "It's really become a first choice. People used to go there when they couldn't afford Manhattan, but now people look there first. Some young people wouldn't dream of living on the Upper East Side but would kill to live in Williamsburg," she said.
Comparisons to the sky-high increases seen in Manhattan hold little water, Liebman said.
"In Manhattan there is still a huge amount of foreign buyers that you don't have in Brooklyn, and you have a great wealth concentration there that you just don't have anywhere else," she said.
Still, there has been steady growth in Brooklyn despite the steep downturn in a national housing market shaken by the subprime loan crisis. But not all the statistics were trending upwards, according to Corcoran's report.
While cooperative apartments saw a median price gain of 6 percent, condos gained only 3 percent overall.
For example, Brooklyn Heights saw an 11 percent boost in the median sales price of co-ops to $495,000, while at the same time experiencing a 13 percent dip in the condominium market to $695,0000. At the same time, one-family townhouse prices raced up 35 percent to a median of $5 million.
In nearby Boerum Hill, the median sale price for co-ops went up an impressive 29 percent to $612,000, while condos dipped 5 percent to $639,000.
Other areas saw much more modest growth.
The median sales price of co-ops in Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens gained just 3 percent in the final three months of last year. But the condo market saw a healthy 10 percent jump and prices for a one-family townhouse shot up 30 percent. Fort Greene/Clinton Hill co-ops made a modest 5 percent gain in median price and condominiums experienced a 4 percent bump. Single-family townhouses, however, shot up an eye-popping 48 percent.
【本報記者宋怡幀紐約報導】紐約市議會少數族裔小組(Black, Latino, and Asian caucus)3日在佩斯大學（Pace University）召開第二屆少數族裔小組午餐會，以「房價居高不下：住在紐約市的壓力」（Priced Out of NYC: Addressing the Pressures of Living in NYC）為題，討論如何從立法的角度保障低收入居民利益，同時探討促進平價屋建設和提高社區服務等問題。
【本報記者劉爽紐約報導】全美公共交通協會（American Public Transportation Association）公布2007年上半年的統計報告。報告指出，與去年同期相比，全美搭乘包括地鐵，電車，公車等多種公共交通的人次增加了7800萬。
上半年，全美地鐵搭乘人次增加了2.8%。增加人次最快的四個城市是喬治亞州亞特蘭大市，增加了10.7%；新澤西州的PATH居第二位，增加了7.2%；第三名是紐約市的史泰登島，大都會運輸署（MTA）的史島鐵路（Staten Island Railway）增加6.4%；第四是加州舊金山市，增幅為5.9%。第五位的就是紐約市地鐵，搭乘人數增漲3.9%，總人次超過一億。
過去，華爾街的金融區，從下班後街頭一片死寂轉變為24小時都活力十足的社區的過程，在世貿中心2001年被毀時已展開。下城一從恐怖攻擊開始恢復元氣，商業大樓改建為豪華公寓的步調也再度起飛。根據紐約下城聯盟（Alliance for Downtown New York）本月發表的調查，錢伯斯街（Chambers）以南地區從九一一事件以來增加了1萬7800居民，而且中位家庭年收入高達24萬1967元。該聯盟主管行銷的副主席瓦蕾莉•路易斯說：「這是高級零售商做生意的好地方。」
總部設在巴黎的高級商店愛馬仕21日在紐約證券交易所對面的Broad街開分店，這是該公司在紐約的第二家分店，與第凡內一樣。寶馬2005年在華爾街推出展示中心，高級男裝店Hickey Freeman和 Thomas Pink最近也在下城開店。高級健康食品超市 Whole Foods 明年初也將在華爾街設立據點。
亞洲人平等會12日在皇后區法拉盛辦公室公布「法拉盛的財富：這門戶之地是否將被豪華住宅取代？」(Flushing's Fortune：Will Gateway Give Way to Luxury Development？)最新報告。報告指出，法拉盛像「經濟引擎」一般不斷蓬勃發展，但隨著地產價值、商業及住宅租金的攀升，也讓首次購屋者、領固定薪水者無法負擔。
長期爭取可負擔房屋的亞洲人平等會副行政總監陳倩雯昨(4日)直言「交易坊」的售價「好貴」，但強調住宅貴族化的現象不止在華埠才有發生。她引述曼哈頓下城砲台公園(Battery Park City)的租金報道，指出40年前該處的房屋有三分之一單位原為低至中收入人士而設，但近年不少住客也要承受昂貴租金之苦，其中有兩房兩廁的住客，租金由2003年月租3250元，連升三級至今年5200元，升幅令人震驚。
Harlem Tea Room提供三文治和麵食。當地的Camarades餐廳則提供瑜珈飲食。Orbit East Harlem餐廳的菜單相對折衷衷。除此之外，東哈林區還有Ricardo牛扒屋，另有Piatto d'Oro餐館提供獨家義大利美食。MoBay餐廳則供應加勒比海菜式。
此地購物者不久就可以光顧建築面積達47萬5000平方呎的東河購物廣場，這裡的Target連鎖店將在2008年開張，該店址先前也曾被是Costco看中。Home Depot也將在該購物中心開設分店。這家購物中心是Blumenfeld Development Group和Forest City Ratner的合資開發物業。該公司發言人還透露，在125街和公園大道興建一家220個客房的Marriott Courtyard酒店計畫已經被放棄。
這裡一些新建學校中有些相當專業，諸如位於東109街的TAG Young Scholars School就提供幼兒園至八年級的課程。該校擁有430名學生，其中四年級學生在英文和數學方面百分之百達到或超過年級平均水平。八年級學生在數學方面91%達到或超過年級水平，英文方面73.5%達到或超過年級水平，科學課程則有98.5%達到或超過年級水平。
另外一家專門學校是Pleasant大道上的Manhattan Center for Science and Math學校。該校提供七年級至十二年級課程。2005年SAT平均英文成績為455分，低於紐約州的平均497分；數學部分平均成績為508分，亦低於511分的州平均水平。
在物價上漲的同時﹐前(15日)公布的一份報告發現紐約客的賦稅負擔也是全國最高的。該報告指出紐約客人均賦稅為$5770﹐比全國平均高出36%。做出這份報告的紐約公共政策研究會經濟部(Business Council of New York State’s Public Policy Institute) 發言人馬格(Matthew Maguire) 表示﹐近年來研究人員已經發現﹐很多紐約客不堪重負而紛紛遷離紐約﹐使紐約州成為全國僅有的四個人口不斷減少的州之一。
布碌崙的房市對於賣家來說一直是好消息。有的樓價的升幅與曼哈頓的相比不相上下。Prudential Douglas Elliman地產經紀奈米說﹐他剛做成一筆交易﹐在Carroll Garden的一個面積1,100平方呎的共有公寓(condo)住所以87萬5,000元售出。而這樣單元去年的售價才為75萬元。
「克萊恩紐約商業周刊」（Crain's New York Business）報導指出，根據紐約房地產業者普天壽集團地產公司（Prudential Douglas Elliman）針對長島及皇后區房地產市場的市場調查，皇后區住房的售價中間價格，在去年第四季度上升至46萬5000元，比2005年同季度上升了4.3%。
It's so true. New York City has not seen any slowdown in real estate market. More people are moving in, so are the tourists during major holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
During the Christmas holiday last month, the tourists invaded every available space in Manhattan. Everywhere I went, there were tourists, tourists, more tourists blocking the streets, occupying restaurants, Broadway shows, museums, etc.
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