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5 Hot Brooklyn Neighborhoods You’ll Want to Call Home

…my friend Shallon sneered, “I didn’t move 3,000 miles across the country to tell people I live in Brooklyn.”

Looking down your nose at Brooklyn went out of style 15 years ago, Shallon. So did the Manhattanite’s guide to “hot” Brooklyn neighborhoods school of journalism.

More important question – who is the branding genius at the Greenpoint Hotel who didn’t research the history of … the Greenpoint Hotel? (As best I can tell, the new Greenpoint Hotel will be on West Street, in some part of the Greenpoint Terminal Market property. GTM was formerly the home of the American Manufacturing Co., which made rope and other nautical supplies.)

As Brooklyn Gentrifies, Some Neighborhoods are Left Behind

07/09/2012 | Comment

In its continues discovery of this place called Brooklyn, the Times learns that this is a big, diverse borough that (contra Brian Williams) does not have artisinal cheese on every street.

“Here, everything remains the same,” [said Theresa Scavo, chairwoman of CB15 in southern Brooklyn]. “They don’t want Trader Joe’s. They don’t want sidewalks crowded with cafes. They want a residential, suburban lifestyle. We’re not looking for innovative ways to do things. I have a hard time setting up a DVR.”

Here’s another story angle for the Times – even among the “gentrified” neighborhoods of Brooklyn, there is tremendous diversity. Just as Brownsville and Sheepshead Bay are very different from Park Slope and DUMBO, so too are these neighborhoods of northern and western Brooklyn different from one another. And did you know that there are neighborhoods in Manhattan that are still – in the 21st century – not Business Class? Strange, but true.

Why Brooklyn Lives Up To The Hype

06/28/2011 | Comment

Gothamist has a sure-to-linked-to (and debated) list of 100 reasons why Brooklyn lives up to the hype.

We do seem to be living in a moment of Brooklyn triumphalism, so it’s to be expected there’s a backlash against Brooklyn’s hyped hip cachet. But what’s remarkable is that as overhyped and overmarketed as Brooklyn gets, it still manages to live up to its reputation—and often exceed it. Over the past twenty years, we’ve watched as Manhattan’s character has been steadily stripped away and strangled into a strip mall of American homogeneity. Meanwhile, Brooklyn keeps getting better.

Some local highlights:

  • 100. Street art
  • 95. Peter Pan Donuts
  • 88. Singing Subaru Guy
  • 87. The Prettiest Little Sewage Treatment Plant in Town
  • 83. Saltie
  • 81. Giglio Lift
  • 79. Graham Avenue Meats & Deli
  • 77. Brooklyn Kitchen & Meat Hook
  • 74. Kent Avenue Bike Lane
  • 69. The McKibben Dorms
  • 68. Dressler
  • 66. RUBULAD
  • 61. Brooklyn Flea [1/2 point to Fort Greene]
  • 60. Bowling
  • 53. Smorgasburg
  • 51. Pizza [Roberta’s and Motorino among others]
  • 50. McCarren Park
  • 49. Coffee Dominance
  • 47. Agrarianism
  • 46. City Reliquary
  • 43. Franklin Street
  • 42. Open Space Alliance
  • 39. DIY Music Venues [Todd P and Glasslands, among others]
  • 33. Third Ward
  • 29. Old School Italian [no mention of Williamsburg/Greenpoint, tho]
  • 28. Ferries
  • 25. NAG [Hell yeah!]
  • 23. Art
  • 22. Spectacular views
  • 17. Low-Budget Films, Homegrown Filmmakers, and the Festivals That Love Them
  • 9. Brooklyn Beers
  • 5. Small Presses, Literary Journals, & Art Mags
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