Park Slope Apartments, Condos and Real Estate

The area experienced a decline in the 1950s and 1960s, with wealthier families heading to more suburban areas. Gentrification in the area began around the late 1960s, after Evelyn and Everett Ortner renovated their brownstone at 272 Berkeley Place, leading to a larger neighborhood clean-up effort, and earning them the title of "the couple that saved Park Slope."