'Port Sleene'? Yeah, That Has Quite a Ring to It
Brooklyn Paper columnist Dana Rubinstein spies a new maybe-trend: The Slope-ification of Fort Greene. Evidence? More boutiques, more strollers, more white people, more coffee shops, more high-end grocers like Union Market coming. It’s a glass half-empty sorta thing (“Fort Greene has acquired a distinctly less edgy vibe. Stores cater to the arrived, rather than the…
Brooklyn Paper columnist Dana Rubinstein spies a new maybe-trend: The Slope-ification of Fort Greene. Evidence? More boutiques, more strollers, more white people, more coffee shops, more high-end grocers like Union Market coming. It’s a glass half-empty sorta thing (“Fort Greene has acquired a distinctly less edgy vibe. Stores cater to the arrived, rather than the up-and-coming, the mainstream, rather than the avant-garde.”) but hey, at least the water is designer (“there are far worse things than looking like Park Slope”). And of course, what trendspotting nabe article would be complete without a couple possible new names for the area: “Park Greene. Or Fort Slope. Or Port Sleene.” Wait a sec, has Fart Grope been spoken for?
My Copycat Neighbors [Brooklyn Paper]
Fort Greene photo by Daniel A. Norman; Slope photo by wallyg.
Just as a point of reference…I recently went to Berlin and was hanging out in a bar talking to a bunch of german chicks (one was super hot).
They had just come back from a 2 week trip to NYC. They spent most of their time in Manhattan, but then “discovered” Brooklyn by the 5th day.
I asked them their favorite parts of New York City.
Their answer:
The Lower East Side and Park Slope. Every single one of them said Park Slope was one of their favorite areas of the city.
I don’t live there, I’m just telling you what they said.
but park slope is awesome!
I lived in Park Slope once but I kept on tripping over peoples egos so I moved to Clinton Hill.
alright everybody, now get back to work and stop wasting thime on this nonsense
Park Slope has Union Hall, Southpaw, Cattyshack…all 1000 times more exciting than anything Ft. Greene has to offer.
Yes, and nobody ever mentions how awesome Park Slope is.
The person did not mention the house, 11:57.
They mentioned how awesome CG was.
I dunno- I moved to Clinton Hill from Lower Manhattan because I could afford it. That’s all- I wanted space and couldn’t afford it in Manhattan. I never thought about whether or not I could get a $4 latte. Now that I’m settled I think FG and CH are fine places to live and all, but they’re rather boring little hamlets and as far as ‘hip’ I’d call that a stretch. What’s ‘hip’ around here? Almost nothing that I can think of. Are they referring to coffee shops with 2 small tables and a pastry case? So what- there’s at least 5 of those in Norman, OK.
If I’m looking for excitement (and not going into Manhattan) I’m 75x more likely to wind up in PS than CH or FG. There’s just more to do there.
Period.
Actually, one of the houses in the story was in Carroll Gardens. Don’t you think that would make it appropriate to talk about Carroll Gardens in the thread? This is exactly the kind of self centered clueless behavior that makes Park Slope so loathsome.