'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.
People here don’t “give Park Slope the stereotype” it’s all families. Park Slope families promote it that way among other couples and their friends, and the area in general uses the family thing on purpose as a marketing tool for real estate. It’s also known nation-wide if not worldwide as a family-oriented neighborhood. Don’t confuse yourself with Williamsburg, please. Park Slope is not some incredibly edgy arty hip enclave for young people.
Plus if singles were going around “giving Park Slope the stereotype” that it’s all families then that means…follow me here….they’re complaining about how they don’t fit in there. Which proves the point someone made about that.
Talk about not making sense.
park dope rocks!
F*!k Park Slope and Ft. Greene, I’d rather be in Bed Stuy. I’m tired of those wannabe kewl people moving into PS and FG.
Few more posts till 200. be sure to bring the KY.
FUCKTARDS AND BROWNSTONER
The Atlantic Yards is in Prospect Heights NOT Fort Greene.
Put that in your Tish James butt and smoke it.
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Another I hate Park Slope thread. Love it!
Facts have little meaning when you pull them out of your ass.
2:30 — And Julio’s on Court Street…