NY Mag Annoints Bed Stuy as the Next Hipster Destination
New York Magazine has crowned Bed-Stuy the city’s next hipster enclave, citing competitively priced (say what?) new construction like the Mynt, where one-bedrooms will start at $1,700 a month. (Interestingly, though the Apartments & Lofts agent quoted by New York is a big Bed-Stuy booster, the brokerage’s listings for the Mynt peg it as Clinton…
New York Magazine has crowned Bed-Stuy the city’s next hipster enclave, citing competitively priced (say what?) new construction like the Mynt, where one-bedrooms will start at $1,700 a month. (Interestingly, though the Apartments & Lofts agent quoted by New York is a big Bed-Stuy booster, the brokerage’s listings for the Mynt peg it as Clinton Hill, not Bed-Stuy.) The mag contends the neighborhood is primed to shelter all manner of hipsterdom priced out of Clinton Hill. Bed-Stuy Blog weighs in on the ‘hood’s new designation:
Clearly this is mostly a North Stuy phenomenon. I’ve noticed that the part of Bed-Stuy serviced by the G train line looks like it’s getting more and more Clinton Hill and Williamsburg spillover as each month passes. I have no problems with this trend, especially if it means that maybe one day those elitists at Fresh Direct will finally decide to deliver to the Bed-Stuy sections of 11206 (they seem to think only the Bushwick section of 11206 is worthy of their fine goods and services). Maybe by spring the North Stuy will be The Next…place to get a decent grocery store.
So much for starving artists.
The Next… [New York]
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Photo by Brandon King
@10:47 PM …Very cute…..I actually do not live in a death trap and to be honest not all of Bed-stuy is bad walk around and take a look for your self, but you can’t tell me anything you rent and as far as getting robbed or shot that can happen any where you live this is New York….but you know what you keep renting a your tiny 300 square foot apartment while the rest of us who bought in Stuy will reap the benefits…Oh but you have Trader Joes so you lucked out!!!
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I spend 1300 bucks to live in a 300 square foot 1-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn Heights. I grew up in Sunset Park, where the likelihood of being robbed or shot is, despite the price of homes here might imply, still ridiculously high, so anyplace where that chance is diminished is appreciated. I’m 5 minutes from my job on Wall Street, a short block from amazing amenities (including the soon-to-be probably cheaper-than-Fresh Direct Trader Joe’s), and, for the record, not an idiot. You do realize there’s more to what you pay for in rent than simply square feet right? Either way, you’re welcome to take chances with your life just by livin in that deathtrap…I’ll happily pay a little more not to.
Le Toukouleur is also on Bedford and Quincy, and you are correct 9:30 Tiny Cup does get the support of the white community in Bed Stuy, it’s a shame they can’t see past the color of an owners face.
we’ve lived around the bedford/nostrand g train stop for about a year now-bought a brownstone (!!) and it is changing quickly. there’s a new amazing spot to eat-tiny cup- around the corner and it is bringing out the many beautiful, diverse faces of this neighborhood. clinton hill is spilling over-williamsburg is spilling over, etc. etc. the city is growing and it’s all part of the ever widening circle. we love it!! by the way-fresh direct delivers here, but there is also the bed stuy community supported agriculture program (csa) which is better than fd any day…it’s like a farmers market that delivers, for those of you who don’t know…
Right on Alexa. Im in Crown Heights in 11216. Cant find a decent steak fit to eat in our area. Even the Park Slope steaks dont live up to Whole Foods. I go to Whole Foods at least once a week in Manhattan on my work lunch break to get some provisions for myself and family and bring it home to Brooklyn. I cannot wait to try Fresh Direct. I own a home but we dont have a car. With a baby all of this running around is really tiring….When we lived in Manhattan it was easy – a grocery store on every fourth corner (and generally of good quality). Out in Crown Heights, we are fine food deprived !
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yeah, you can schlep to Brooklyn Heights or drive to Fairway but in the end it comes down to a question of convenience and time. Even when I lived in Windsor Terrace (at that time the back of beyond) I could run across the street to buy a yogurt or garlic or skim milk. Here there’s a bodega on every corner but I’m limited to Bud, disinfectant, ciggies, and soda. I have a kid, a business, a full-time job and no car. I don’t want to have to do all my shopping at Costco. I’m exhausted by having to trek all the way to Perelandra for organic muesli and decent olive oil! And toting wine back from wherever I can find it. I am tired of feeling I have to import all my conveniences. I wanna indulge myself in my hood–Alexa from the BedStuy Blog
hassids have connected south williamsburg up with clinton hill. they’re smashing down the back door. also, THE G TRAIN RULES!!!
Bed Stuy is beautiful but the hipster- hassidic race is on again.