Brooklyn Becomes a College Town
With a crush of students already flocking to Downtown colleges like Brooklyn Law, a new dorm on tap from Brooklyn College in Flatbush, and a surge in International applications to attend Pratt, our borough is more popular than ever with the university set, says the Daily News. Around 55,000 students now attend institutions of higher…
With a crush of students already flocking to Downtown colleges like Brooklyn Law, a new dorm on tap from Brooklyn College in Flatbush, and a surge in International applications to attend Pratt, our borough is more popular than ever with the university set, says the Daily News. Around 55,000 students now attend institutions of higher learning in Kings, and that number is primed to rise. Applications to attend colleges in Brooklyn have risen almost across the board over the past five years, and a Pratt official says there was a 60 percent increase in international student applications to attend the school this year. Students interviewed for the article say Brooklyn is an appealing option. “I came here because I like New York, but don’t like Manhattan,” says a Pratt sophomore from Columbus, Ohio. “Manhattan is really crazy. There are so many insane people there. It’s a lot cheaper here, too, and I really wanted a school with a campus.” Pratt VP for enrollment Judith Aaron says the borough’s escalating real estate values and overall better rep have lured more students, or at least stopped them from worrying about personal safety. “I never get a question any more about safety – one in the last two or three years,” says Aaron. “Just as real estate has skyrocketed in Brooklyn, so has the borough’s reputation for prospective college students.” Next up: An increase in Brooklyn’s head shop-per-capita ratio?
Brooklyn Becoming a Thriving Center of Higher Education [NY Daily News]
Violet Tide Coming to Downtown? [Brownstoner]
Closing Bell: Brooklyn College’s New Dorm [Brownstoner]
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Meh-hattan.
Don’t be haters because you missed the boat to buy. Stay off a blog about Brooklyn and find something else to do!
You know you are only going to be in Brooklyn for a short couple of years before you realize you really aren’t the artist you say you are but merely a hundred dollar a day meth addict.
Then you’ll move back in to your mom’s old RV that she parks on the side of the house and that she painted day glow in 1971 in a fit of trying to form the only Cincinnati chapter of the Merry Pranksters.
Beckham and Posh named their child Brooklyn… need I say more?
Brooklyn is like one of those girls you fuck every now but would never be seen in public with.
Brooklyn is like Manhattan’s mildly retarded sister who gives everyone handjobs.
Brooklyn-ites are so fucking in love with themselves. You’re all a bunch of smug assholes. fuck you and fuck Brooklyn.
I love how Brooklynites are always try to comfort themselves about not being able to live in Manhattan. Let’s face it, Brooklyn sucks. It doesn’t have nearly the same excitement as Manhattan. But at least Brooklyn has gaggles of bitter hipsters.
When I moved from the West Village to Classon and Clifton Place (Clinton Hill) I definitely picked up on a collegiate vibe in the neighborhood. It was one of the reasons I chose my place. That was almost four years ago. I don’t think that vibe is particularly new, but I do think it’s easier to see with the changes happening in and around the neighborhood. I just hope the kids don’t get priced out.