In Carroll Gardens, Organic Stores Arrive as Stoop Culture Fades
For its latest “Living In” column, the New York Times took a look at what it is like to live in Carroll Gardens, from the neighborhood’s Italian roots to today’s expensive brownstones and condo developments. The number of Italian Americans living there declined from 52 percent in 1980 to 22 percent in 2012, as the median…
For its latest “Living In” column, the New York Times took a look at what it is like to live in Carroll Gardens, from the neighborhood’s Italian roots to today’s expensive brownstones and condo developments. The number of Italian Americans living there declined from 52 percent in 1980 to 22 percent in 2012, as the median household income rose to $95,600 from $40,663.
And the Sackett Union development has altered the low-rise feel of Court Street, bringing a 32-unit condo building to Court and 11 townhouses to Sackett and Union, said the story. The paper interviewed blogger Katia Kelly of Pardon Me For Asking, who noted the neighborhood rallied around downzoning building heights in 2009 to protect Carroll Gardens’ small-town atmosphere.
How do readers living in the area feel about the neighborhood?
Living in: New Roots in Carroll Gardens [NY Times]
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EJR summed it up pretty well but the change has not been an event, it’s been an ongoing process. I moved to the neighborhood over 30 years ago – it was where I could afford to buy a brownstone and feel pretty safe coming home late at night. The run-up in prices is not just recently. Between 1980 and 1983, I saw prices increase 50%. I the mid 1980s, several of my neighbors living in houses they owned commented about their children moving to Staten Island because they could not afford the neighborhood any more.
The turnover is more rapid than ever so you I no longer know most everyone on my block by sight to acknowledge as I am coming and going to work. It has also become more homogenous. Although there are more stores there is less variety. That goes for the people too. There are many more that are self absorbed and rude than years ago, but maybe that’s everywhere.
Zip it heather
Not quite true. I and my lawyer husband are eyeing the new frontiers of Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle–because they are cheap, diverse, close to the city and have good housing stock. Also because I find them less scary than Larchmont.
Okay, it’s really just me–my husband rolls his eyes whenever I bring this up, and he’s probably right to do so. A burb is still not on a subway line, and Metro North is expensive and sucks.
When are you going to have some kids, DH?
Totally wrong, the correct and only answer to that question would be Yoga. Or possibly jogging.
The same. Empty. Everyone has mid-century modern furniture. Everyone is in Manhattan from 8-7 except the dog walkers and the nannies. And the children, who have gymnastics after school on the days they’re not at Kumon. You might as well be in Newport, JC.
Hey, I do have a job, DH. True, it is not taxing. When I had a taxing job, I had much more time to post here.
and i want to reply to DIBS comment about being crotechety,
your probably a bitchy tierd ass old ugly queen.
****sticks tongue out*****
actually, it is sad.
a decent working man, with a good career that can no longer even afford to live in his neighborhood.