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.
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Fresh Direct rocks! Thanks for coming to Clinton Hill. Okay, I dont use it all the time, but who really likes killing 1 or 2 hours of their weekend in a supermarket picking food that isnt even as good as Fresh Direct? How about dragging big packs of toilet paper, napkins, and paper towels to your house? No thanks. Fresh Direct is for anyone who would rather spend their free time doing things that they enjoy, and not have to worry about the quality of the food.
I dont buy the eggs though. Twice a few have arrived broken.
$1700 is a good chunk more than what i’m paying, and I have a 1 bedroom in the north slope. whoever pays that amount for that area is dumb.
the only good hipster is a dead hipster!
I hope these hipsters bath and know how to keep a bathroom and kitchen clean. Where is North Stuy, is that like South Jersey or are you trying to create a seperation from your f…ed up HOOD?
The Bedford Nostrand A is what you transfer to on Hoyt and Schemerhorn from the G, why not eliminate the middle man and live in a great brownstone for less than $1700.; and the A is express!
11:35–
Do you even live in Brooklyn? If you did, you would know that for many of us, the neighborhood grocery store is DISGUSTING–rank produce, bad meat, improperly stored milk, surly employees and a generally unclean environment.
Yes, I like farmers markets and schlep food from Manhattan and other neighborhoods all the time, but there’s only so much I can carry (and I don’t have a car).
I would prefer to have a great local supermarket, but until that happens, Fresh Direct is a godsend.
fresh direct is the best thing ever in the history of ever. we have a kid, so we go thru food, and do not have time to shop (2 working parents).
buy the delivery pass – you get so many other freebies, that it pays for itself immediately then you can order at will.
plus they constantly have sales and specials like spend $200 and get a free steak – was terrific!
the produce is excellent too – no need to pick my own.
also, it is NOT more expensive than a grocery store – what’s that comment about? check out their beer prices!
i live in williamsburg, and have no trouble getting delivery – so i feel for you.
back to the main topic. i can tell you that in short order williamsburg will totally price out the hipsters. the demographic is getting older except for rich or lucky 20 somethings. it’s gettting filled with 30 somethings buying condos and having kids. or, older artists who already had kids and stayed.
so, yes, east williamsburg, bed-stuy and bushwick will get all the hipsters.
and, it’s the hipster thing is not over yet from i can tell.
As someone who’s been going to the Bed-Stuy Y for 5 years (yay, renovation!) this year Bed-Stuy around Bedford, Nostrand, Lafayette (well, around the Y, basically) seems to have sprouted a bumper crop of young white people. It’s this year, this spring, actually, that it happened. I’ve been monitoring it closely, out of curiosity.
11:35, I agree. Schlepping is the NYC way of life and I, a farmer’s market devotee and third-floor walk-up resident, am holding true.
So when you see me schlepping home on the train you “truckies” can point and laugh – but at least I picked out that produce myself.
11:09 I beg to differ. Yuppies work either downtown or midtown and surprisingly the G works very well for both locations during rush hours. From Bedford/Nostrand G stop, I’m at 53rd & 7th Ave in about 30 mins.