Anyway, there used to be some older frame houses at the corner where the new building stands (the left side of the new building became a parking lot-I think it had been a garden years ago).

They sold the old house within the last year. I saw it on an aerial view on the real estate agents website, I believe late winter or early spring.

It does look a wee bit stark, but all things told, I’d actually love to live there again. Two things are negatives. There is still, all these years later, no good major supermarket nearby, and the parking situation is very difficult, particularly at night where some of the nearby blocks can really be rough.

The Flatbush library is a half block away. It can get noisy and rowdy thereabouts, but the larger elevator buildings around it are more nicely maintained then others, and there are some really nice tree-lined residential blocks off Bedford going up toward Clarkson and Winthrop. It’s smack dab between the Church Avenue “Q” and “2″ subway stops (we used the “Q”).

Lastly, for old-timers, the Caton Avenue side of this house is on the same side and down the block from the old Sutter’s bakery!

Thanks for the memories!