Bedford - Stuyvesant Real Estate

Known by locals as Bed-Stuy, this northern Brooklyn neighborhood is near the popular areas of Williamsburg, Bushwick and Clinton Hill, stretching from Flushing Avenue to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the south, Broadway to the east, and Bedford Avenue to the west.

Though the area experienced economic turmoil throughout the 1980s, today it is considered by some to be a noteworthy up-and-coming neighborhood. The neighborhood has begun to attract artists and other young residents as an alternative to Williamsburg's skyrocketing rents as well as art students from Pratt University, located in its northwest corner.

The Stuyvesant Heights Historic District contains several blocks of landmarked brownstones, but elegant old homes are scattered throughout the neighborhood, some "fixer-uppers" and others beautifully restored. The Lofts on Dekalb Avenue join an I.M. Pei-designed Center for Art and Culture which offers a writers' workshop and a dance company among other arts programs. The popular dining and shopping destination of Fort Greene is a neighbor, and the vast green spaces and recreation opportunities of Prospect Park are a short distance away, as are cultural centers like the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Public Library. The main shopping street is Fulton Street, near the neighborhood's main subway line (the A and C trains). Bed-Stuy is convenient for commuters: The A, C, G, J, M, S, and Z subway lines and the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) all stop here.