tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post1201503442203734072..comments2023-07-26T08:12:40.144-04:00Comments on Flatbush Gardener: Another reason to loathe real estate brokers ...Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-4508414767156918002007-04-10T12:18:00.000-04:002007-04-10T12:18:00.000-04:00Jonathan: Thanks for coming by, and for your comme...Jonathan: Thanks for coming by, and for your comment.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who knows me would agree that I'm picky! But note that Corcoran's "Ditmas Park" doesn't even include Fiske Terrace; according to their description, "Ditmas Park" ends at Ditmas Avenue. Part of my complaint is that Corcoran are also outsiders; they don't understand the neighborhood.<BR/><BR/>If only it was just the boundaries that they got wrong.<BR/><BR/>The South Midwood being north of Midwood has always bothered me, too. I wonder how that originated?<BR/><BR/>From my research I find that all the names of these neighborhoods originated as real estate names. Each developer needed to distinguish their product from the others. I defer to the names the neighborhood associations use to describe themselves.Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-24357669332941651002007-04-10T11:57:00.000-04:002007-04-10T11:57:00.000-04:00I feel your pain, but also feel you're being a lit...I feel your pain, but also feel you're being a little too picky. I live in Fiske Terrace, and have a number of acquaintences in the Heights, the Slope, and Tribeca. Describing where I live, I usually call it Victorian Flatbush. When the acquaintence looks confused, my wife invariably chimes in "you know, Ditmas Park." She knows perfectly well where Ditmas Park proper is and where it isn't. However, to an outsider (which, ultimately, is who Corcoran is talking to), Ditmas Park has come to indicate the area you and I call Victorian Flatbush. If you say "Flatbush," they think you live on Flatbush Avenue. Next to Juniors, I guess.<BR/><BR/>Now here's what I find confusing. If Midwood generally means the area below the LIRR tracks (between Aves H and I), why is South Midwood north of that?brooklynjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017165966705627857noreply@blogger.com