School Zone Drama Makes Real Estate Buyers Wary In Upper West Side
(DNAINFO) Amy Zimmer and Emily Frost | November 24, 2015 — Two hours before real estate broker Christine McAndrews was scheduled to show a rental at Lincoln Square’s Tower 67, the client canceled.
He nixed seeing the unit because the building’s school zone was in limbo, said McAndrews, of Mirador Real Estate.
Even though fair housing laws prevent brokers from discussing schools with clients, it’s no secret that many families decide where to move based on schools. The interconnection of real estate and education — and its impact on racial and economic segregation in the city’s school system — has come to the forefront recently with controversial school rezoning debates underway in pricey neighborhoods like Brooklyn Heights and the Upper West Side.