Open Thread

thanks rf!! i used to live in crown heights circa 05/06, so i kinda know what it’s like to not live in such a sterilized, yuppified neighborhood (thank god!) i liked the vibe there alot – only problem was the lack of variety in sit down eating places/bars, and the grocery stores were terrible. clinton hill seems to be better in both respects. obviously i don’t know every block, but i’ll definitely ask you guys once i start looking at places!!

(i think that ugly bldg on classon/fulton you mention is the one where the aparment is available, lol)

DH are you still here? Classon and Fulton is ok but kinda ghetto. Of course I’ve always lived in ghetto nabes (we left Clinton Hill when it was becoming less so) and my daughter knows nothing else, but plan on some culture shock. Also that corner has a truly hideously ugly building featured several times on Brownstoner. Definitely worth a trip to see. It has gentrified some, but it’s more of an Afrocentric neighborhood–mosques, African video stores, etc. Some of that is on Fulton St. in Clinton Hill but it’s much more so from Franklin eastward.

Transportation is better than M4L/Donatella/DeLepp Clinton Hill because of the shuttle at Franklin Ave., which takes you to just about all the lines (2, 3, 4, 5, Q, B) that the C doesn’t take you to. Not as good as where I live and DIBS lives because it’s the C, not the A. And the G isn’t far so you can always visit your old nabe.

It took me a while to get used to living in Clinton Hill when I moved there in 1989. I thought I was such a pioneer, but the joke was on me–I moved into a perfectly functional neighborhood that didn’t really give a shit that a middle-aged white woman was moving in. It took me a while before I didn’t think everyone was staring at me all the time. They weren’t. Maybe 6 months and then I was fine. But I think you expect more from your neighborhood than I did. No more falling out of bed and having 10 places to eat within 2 blocks. There are 10 places to eat within half a mile though.

Bite me, Rob. Professional people are supposed to be……professional!

cobble, get over it. people in nyc are flakes.

*rob*