St. Pauls Pl & Crooke Ave
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006Yesterday I mentioned the two construction sites in this area, one on Caton Avenue the other on Crooke Avenue. This area has many large apartment buildings, but I did want to mention a very nice section of buildings on the east side of St. Paul Pl., extending from Crooke to Woodruff, and then around the corner on Woodruff itself.
The image below (taken about six weeks ago) is a view from the corner of Crooke and St. Paul Pl., looking toward Woodruff. These happen to be similar to the group of houses (all with terraces) Brownstoner mentioned a couple of months ago. Eight houses comprise this group on St. Paul Pl; around the corner on Woodruff, the style changes and while there are no more terraces, they are still very nice. Of course in this image you can see the car park in the front yard, a pet peeve of mine, but I haven’t seen the others in this group following suit.

The following image is the group of houses located on Woodruff, photo taken from the corner of Woodruff and St. Pauls Pl, looking east:

I can’t say much about the neighborhood in general as I don’t know it well, other than walking around the area a few times a month. It is close to Prospect Park, the Parade Grounds and the Q train. By virtue of the fact there are stop signs and no traffic signals, suggests it could be a relatively quiet street, at least in terms of traffic. The people factor could be another issue given the amount of apartment buildings.
High-res images available here and here for a closer look at the terraced buildings. Photographed yesterday.











