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.
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hipster is the new jock.
huh?
can someone please explain to me the allure of grocery delivery?
when I was a kid, only the elderly requested this service
now I know why these kids nowadays stay home with no friends, get fat, and play video games,etc.
THEY’RE PARENTS ARE WITHOUT FRIENDS, GET FAT, AND PLAY FRESH DIRECT ALL DAY!!!!
why would I pay like 3 bucks for eggs when I can walk to the store and get em for a buck-fifty??
I know its SO cool to be able to order this service, and even cooler to say you do,but come on man.
I miss old NY
not just Pratt and Clinton Hill spillover, South Williamsburg spillover too. these neighborhoods are very close to the hipster allure of Bedford Avenue.
hi. there have been hipster kids in bed stuy especially around flushing avenue for many years already, at least 10 years in fact. but it is true i have seen more evidence lately, noticing hipster action in many houses in the area now instead of just seeing them when going to see live bands in lofts. it’s like the outer stops of the L train was years ago: one day there were 2 hipster kids getting trains there and then suddenly the next day there was a mob that never stopped.
Cool. As long as I can keep asking more for my rentals I’m happy. Go NY Mag!
Oh, and Fresh Direct apparently delivers to some parts of 11216 (ostensibly the Stuy) but not to MY part of 11216, and they get quarterly emails from me in protest. Come on, I’ve got investment bankers living next door to me and you won’t send me a lousy Fresh Direct truck?
Interesting that NY Mag is long on the North end of Bed-Stuy. For my money, the South end is where it’s at, due to A-C train access… forget the G! But I guess it really is about Pratt and Clinton Hill spillover.
10.18 – I think you may be wrong about Crown Heights. A Mexican Architect just moved next door to me. A mixed race (black and white) couple with a kid bought a place across from me – recently moved from Manhattan, another Japanese and American couple with their kids live a few blocks over from them – also moved from Manhattan. An italian guy bought a house on our street a few years ago, and there are many many young white, black, asian and latino EDUCATED renters around. I think Crown Heights will do very well (and quickly) if only for the transportation network and proximity to the park, to Prospect Heights and Park slope. Yuppies dont care about the G train. Where can you go on the G ? Yuppies want and need to get in and out of Mahattan for work, run to Park Slope (or Clinton Hill – Ici anyone? ) for high end food etc etc. I wouldnt call myself a yuppie, but as I write, maybe I too fit that category – and I too live in Crown Heights ! BTW I just heard Fresh Direct delivers on my street. I am ordering today….