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Hi folks! Let me first start off by saying that I intend to take/seek out FULL CREDIT for the coining of a new neighborhood-should it be met with the appropriate support (or indifference as the case may be). I went to look at a building today (possible purchase) and came away stymied as to what neighborhood I had actually just set foot in. To elucidate, the block is lined with pleasant brownstones, a few of which are currently under reno (so I’m no trailblazer here!), but in a decidedly “unexpected” place. Bet. Park (read BQE) to the east and Flushing to the West; Steiner Studios to the North; Ft. Greene Park to the South (and East of course); Pratt somewhere in between… The ‘hood is slightly reminiscent of the days (8 yrs. ago) when I was, in fact a trail blazer (sigh) and lived on 44th Drive just off 10th st. in L.I.C. At any rate, and please forgive my longwinded roundabout-I get there in the end-I have decided to name this lovely (and soon to be embraced, I assure you) stretch of asphalt …NAVY GREENE. Call me crazy but it’s got an ironically color blind ring to it, and, I think, justifiably demarcates” a neighborhood or swath of land that has heretofore been ENTIRELY ignored. My reasoning is as follows: It’s not Ft. Greene, that’s for sure (it so wants to be given it’s proximity to Myrtle but it just isn’t!). It ain’t Clinton Hill which is a good 12 minute walk west, and what, if anything does Navy Yard imply? (according the DOB this is where I was) other than Steiner Studios and some derelict buildings that Massey Knackal has already gotten their hands waiting for the day when the area does IN FACT have a suitable moniker. HENCE NAVY GREENE… And so all you Brownstoners out there-please (if you think its worth it of course LET THE DEBATE BEGIN! And FYI, I’m keepin’ tabs so always remember: regardless of the outcome- YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!!!