'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.
Park slope is so fucking white and obnoxious. We got brothas and sistas here in ft. greene. Greene rules, PS blows!
Park Slope, Fort Greene, Tish James, and chicks in Crown Heights will all be worthless once AY is built.
5:23, that’s why I left Park Slope: too many goddamn Eskimoes.
park slope sucks and always will. ft. greene is much better, diverse and doesn’t have a stroller mafia.
OMG FACTS that prove Park Slope ISN’T all families!!!????
Say it isn’t so! Now what will we have to bitch about on here!!!?
Oh right…we’ll just make shit up and hope everyone believe it!
(Anyone who has lived or visited Park Slope knows that those facts above at 5:23 are really not very surprising…I’ve always found it quite diverse every time I go explore over there)
Brooklyn was much cooler in 1491, after that it got really lame..
5.23 Thanks for your book report. You are 0% fun.
Wow…haven’t we come a long way here in Brooklyn! Back in the 80s, when I was in high school, everyone argued about which neighborhood was better. Mostly, it was the Bensonhurst kids arguing with those of us from “South Brooklyn”, (as PS and CG were collectively known to those of us who grew up here). Now, we trade school yeard insults between hipsters and yuppies about which neighborhood is “coolest”. Ahhhh….progress!
The What went to FT green park to make the final payment on a nickel bag he had on lay away since 2007 and got arrested. Bail is at 35 cents.