Over the past few months Belle Harbor has been the neighborhood we continue to talk about. The prospect of an affordable oceanside property, commutable distance from Manhattan, almost seems too good to be true. We first toured Belle Harbor over Labor Day weekend. Eating empanadas in our bathing suits, toes in the sand while listening to the crashing waves, Lyle said "where we are is exactly where we want to be." At the time I thought the summer haze could be clouding our brains. What happens when the heat fades and it's the dead of winter??
Well this past weekend we went to the beach... in the dead of winter... and it was love at second sight.
We toured an open house of a new build on Beach 125th Street. Although officially duplex condos, these units felt more like townhomes than condominiums.
12419 Rockaway Blvd.; $579,000 lower unit (2-bedroom, 2.5-bath), $549,000 upper unit (3-bedroom, 2-bath)
Does it get any more amazing than an ocean view from your bedroom?
After the tour, we had brunch at Pico ($10 pitchers of mimosas) followed by coffee and a lobster tail at the cafe next door.
We couldn't leave without walking to down to the ocean. Even though the cold was biting, there were a handful of people walking their dogs by the water. Watching the winter beach fun, we were convinced that our initial vibe wasn't just July wishes and August dreams.
Maybe Belle Harbor is our future. Next stop? Rockaprop.
